People are often urged to ‘climb every mountain’ to follow their dreams and chase success. Students in the State aspiring for seats in professional courses can take this metaphor literally. The Higher Education Department has amended the Karnataka Selection of Candidates for Admission to Government Seats in Professional Educational Institutions …
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Entire Aravalli area is devastated, rues annoyed Supreme Court
In a stinging attack on the Rajasthan government, the Supreme Court on Monday said the State authorities are hand in glove with illegal miners who operate in the fast-depleting Aravalli region. A Bench led by Justice Arun Mishra was annoyed when the State’s counsel submitted that the ground-truthing exercise to …
Read More »Concern over drinking water problem
Raising concern over the acute drinking water problem in his constituency; Nagathan, and in other parts of the district, MLA Devanand Chavan, asked in an angry tone district in-charge Minister M.C. Managuli to keep officials in control to ensure adequate supply of drinking water in the rural areas. Participating in …
Read More »Sports Department seeks Rs. 500 cr. in 2019-20 State Budget
It is meant for promoting sports and building infrastructure Minister for Youth Empowerment and Sports Rahim Khan said here on Monday that his department has sought Rs. 500 crore from the Congress-Janata Dal(S) coalition government in the State Budget for 2019-20 for sports promotion and to build infrastructure facilities. Speaking …
Read More »Payouts to farmers from this month itself: Garg
Mr. Goyal has already earmarked Rs. 20,000 crore for disbursal among 12 crore farmers under the scheme in the current financial year. “It has been decided to implement the scheme with effect from December 1, 2018. The allocation of Rs. 20,000 crore, required for the current fiscal, has been made …
Read More »Centre’s crackdown hits Greenpeace
Greenpeace has been forced to close two of its regional offices and “considerably” reduce its staff in India because of a government crackdown on allegedly unlawful foreign funding of NGOs. The organisation has been campaigning on environmental issues in India for nearly two decades but has clashed in recent years …
Read More »Scene set to shift to Supreme Court today
The CBI is ready to move the Supreme Court against the West Bengal government and its police for impeding an ongoing court-ordered investigation into multi-crore chit fund cases, including the Saradha scam. It is learnt that the matter would be mentioned on Monday for urgent hearing by Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta …
Read More »Village school in Maharashtra welcomes ‘Alexa teacher’
Unlike other municipal primary schools in Maharashtra’s Badnera town, the one in Waruda has ‘three teachers’ for its 42 students studying from Classes I to IV. For a similar school, the ratio may have been only two teachers. In Waruda, besides teacher Amol Bhuyar and headmistress Sushma Kapse, there is …
Read More »Citizenship Bill necessary, says Shah
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Sunday said that the government was speaking to all parties, both within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and outside, in the wake of the controversy in the northeast over the Citizenship Amendment Bill, and trying to evolve a consensus. “Home Minister Rajnath …
Read More »26/11 case: warrant against two Pakistan Army officials
A sessions court here has issued non-bailable warrants against Pakistani Army officials Major Abdul Rehman Pasha and Major Iqbal in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case. While Major Pasha has retired, the prosecution believes Major Iqbal is still serving as an ISI official in Pakistan, as disclosed by U.S.-born Lashkar-e-Taiba …
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