Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will have to appear at the ED office again on Friday as the questioning in connection with the National Herald case will continue. On Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi appeared before the investigative agency for the third consecutive day for questioning. Congress workers have been staging protests over Rahul Gandhi’s questioning in the […]
Shortly after the government made the big announcement of filling up 10 lakh vacancies in 1.5 years, the Congress – already sparring with the BJP over the National Herald case – further went a notch higher and shredded the mega plan. India is experiencing the worst employment rate in 50 years, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala […]
Union defence minister Rajnath Singh and the three service chiefs on Tuesday introduced the short-term defence recruitment policy called Agnipath at a press conference. “The Cabinet Committee on Security has taken a historic decision today to approve the transformative scheme of ‘Agnipath’. Under this, Indian youth would be granted an opportunity to get inducted into […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reviewed the status of human resources across all government departments and ministries, thereby instructing that the recruitment of ten lakh people be carried out in the next 18 months, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) tweeted. The prime minister’s review meeting comes more than two months after he suggested the secretaries […]
Delhi witnessed another fire incident on Sunday as a massive blaze broke out in the Gaffar market in Karol Bagh area. As many as 39 fire tenders were rushed to the spot after a call regarding the incident was received by the Delhi Fire Service, reported news agency ANI citing officials. Delhi Police personnel also […]
A disqualified vote of a Shiv Sena lawmaker was among the key factors that led to a spectacular victory of all three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates in the Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra, leading to the defeat of the Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Pawar. The counting of votes, which started past midnight after being stalled […]
The single-day rise in new coronavirus infections in the country was recorded over 7,000 after 99 days, registering around 39 per cent jump in daily cases, while the daily positivity rate crossed 2 per cent after 111 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.A total of 7,240 infections were recorded in a span of […]
The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday increased the repo rate by 50 basis points to 4.90%. The current repo rate is 4.40% after the rates were increased by 40 basis points at an off-cycle meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee. The repo rate remains still below the pre-pandemic level, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said […]
A two-year-old boy fell into a deep borewell at a farm in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district, following which a team of the Army, fire brigade, police and health officials rushed to the spot and rescued him, officials said on Wednesday.The incident took place at around 8pm on Tuesday when Shivam was playing at a farm in […]