Karnataka Government pushes pause button on job quota Bill
The Congress-led Karnataka Government on Wednesday landed in soup after the Cabinet first approved a controversial Bill mandating first 100 per cent reservation in private firms then revising it to two slabs for Kannadigas and finally “put on hold” facing backlash for 48 hours. The reservation in private firms for Group...
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NCP's Ajit Pawar suffers setback
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Deputy CM fends off Akhilesh Yadav
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UP CM Yogi prepares for critical bypolls
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Top babus tasked to push Modi’s 100-day agenda
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Two arrested in NEET leak case
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Government convenes all-party meet ahead of Monsoon session of Sadan
The Centre has convened an all-party meeting on July 21 ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament which will start next Monday during which the full fledged annual Budget of the third term of the Narendra Modi-led NDA Government will be presented. The traditional "halwa" ceremony, marking the final stage of...
Spate of political murders
In two separate ghastly murder incidents that have sent shock waves across Bihar, Tamil Nadu, and the political circles of the national Capital days ahead of Parliament Session, former State Minister Mukesh Sahni's 70-year-old father was found stabbed to death at his native home in Darbhanga district. Meanwhile, in southern...
MoD marches on self-reliance in manufacturing
Sustaining the momentum in achieving self-reliance in defence manufacturing and minimising import by defence public sector undertakings (DPSU), the Ministry of Defence has notified the fifth Positive Indigenisation List (PIL) consisting of 346 items. It means Indian industry will manufacture these items. Giving details of the list, officials said here on...
Spiralling Terror in Jammu claims four Army personnel
A Captain of the Indian Army, along with three other soldiers, was martyred during a fierce gunfight with a group of suspected foreign terrorists in Jammu Dessa forest area, which shares its boundaries with Basantgarh in Udhampur, Anantnag, Keshwan in Kishtwar, and Pogal Paristan in Ramban district, late Monday night. It...
Nepal okays Oli as PM
K P Sharma Oli on Monday was sworn in as Nepal's Prime Minister for the fourth time to lead a new coalition Government that faces the daunting challenge of providing political stability in the Himalayan nation. The leader of Nepal's largest communist party was appointed as Prime Minister on Sunday by...
SC agreeable to hearing pleas on key Central laws
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider a suggestion for setting up a constitution bench to hear pleas challenging the validity of passage of laws like the Aadhaar Act by the Modi Government as money bills allegedly to bypass the Rajya Sabha where it was in a minority. The...
US Secret Service Spooked
Former President Donald Trump has arrived in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention a day after he was targeted in an attempted assassination at a campaign event. Trump's airplane touched down Sunday, the day before the four-day event kicks off with thousands of Republicans coming together to formally elect him as...
