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Haryana to open 1,000 new English medium schools

12 Aug 2020 06:04 AM IST

CHANDIGARH: Stating that the National Education Policy (NEP2020) will lay the foundation stone of ‘New India’ of the 21st century, Haryana’s Education Minister Kanwar Pal said that the state government has decided to open 1,000 new English medium schools. Pal said, “The officers of the Education Department have started implementing

Andhra’s new industrial policy focuses on sops for investors, jobs for locals

12 Aug 2020 06:01 AM IST

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh government has unveiled the new Industrial Development Policy for 2020-23. The policy was released by Minister for Industries Mekapati Goutham Reddy in a function held at Vijayawada. The highlight of the policy is ‘YSR AP One’, a new multi-faceted capability centre which is to be set

Bajwa cites politics behind his security withdrawal

12 Aug 2020 06:01 AM IST

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa on Tuesday wrote a letter to Punajb DGP Dinkar Gupta accusing him of withdrawing his security cover, due to “political interference”. He also wrote another letter to DGP Chandigarh Sanjay Beniwal, saying that if any harm does come to his family, then Punjab

Punjab CM seeks fiscal Covid package from PM Modi

12 Aug 2020 05:41 AM IST

Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases and 50% of the revenue decline for the first quarter of this fiscal in Punjab, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday sought a liberal financial package from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fill the collection gap caused by the pandemic, and also to

Worried about son’s health, Sushant’s dad approached Rhea

12 Aug 2020 05:40 AM IST

A WhatsApp conversation between Sushant’s Singh Rajput’s father K.K. Singh, actress Rhea Chakraborty and Sushant’s manager Shruti Modi has revealed that the actor’s father was worried for his son and had made an attempt to reach out to these two ladies to know about his son’s condition in November 2019.

Pilot Deepak Sathe cremated, Maha govt accords state funeral

12 Aug 2020 05:40 AM IST

Wing Commander Deepak Sathe (retd.), pilotin-command of the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala last week, was cremated on Tuesday with state honours. Hundreds of mourners lined up the road as the funeral procession started from his residence in Mumbai’s Chandivli area and concluded at Vikhroli’s Tagore Nagar

Sushant Singh’s death becomes a big political issue in Bihar

12 Aug 2020 05:37 AM IST

Even as the murkier details of actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death are yet to tumble out, the political arena of Bihar warms up with the BJP and JD-U cornering the Congress over this issue. The JD-U has been patting its back over CM Nitish Kumar taking initiative and providing prompt

Bihar elections will be held on time, says EC

12 Aug 2020 05:37 AM IST

Parties had urged the body not to hold elections as it would put lives of lakhs of people at risk due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Sushant case: SC reserves judgement on Rhea’s plea

12 Aug 2020 05:22 AM IST

The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict with regards to the petition filed by actress Rhea Chakraborty wherein she requested the transfer of the FIR filed against her from Bihar police to Mumbai Police. The court has asked all the parties to file brief written submissions by Thursday. The judgment

UP girl studying in US dies in road accident after alleged harassment

12 Aug 2020 05:22 AM IST

A 20-year-old Indian student studying in the US lost her life on Tuesday in a bike accident while trying to escape from her harassers. Sudeeksha Bhati, a resident of Dadri, was travelling with her brother and uncle to visit her relatives in Bulandshahr where she was chased by two bike-borne

China tones down rhetoric, India not impressed

12 Aug 2020 05:21 AM IST

As a result of massive diplomatic pressure from various quarters of the world community, China has, at least for now, toned down its rhetoric vis-à-vis its ties with India amid the Ladakh standoff. The Chinese foreign minister on Tuesday said that maintaining peace along the disputed boundary and deepening strategic

Sanjay Dutt diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer: Reports

12 Aug 2020 05:21 AM IST

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has been reportedly diagnosed with lung cancer. As per latest reports, the actor has been detected with stage 3 lung cancer and will be soon heading to US for treatment. One of the actor’s close friends told Bollywood Hungama, “Baba is devastated. He has little children.