New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged graduating students of IIT Delhi to look beyond academic achievements and lucrative career opportunities and dedicate their knowledge, innovation and problem-solving abilities to addressing the country’s emerging challenges. Addressing the 57th Convocation Ceremony of IIT Delhi, Modi said the degrees awarded to the graduating students represented…
Mumbai: Union minister Amit Shah on Saturday urged urban cooperative banks to embrace technology, ensure transparency and modernise customer services to remain competitive. Speaking at the inauguration of the new office of the National Urban Cooperative Finance and Development Corporation Limited (NUCFDC) in Mumbai, he said ensuring the prosperity of customers will help the banks…
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday said the process of issuing the final notification for reservation of seats for Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the state assembly will be completed within a month. The Union government on Thursday notified the Act that grants political reservation for the ST community in the 40-member Goa House….
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday hit back at Union Minister Kiren Rijiju over his remarks challenging the Congress on the Women’s Reservation Bill, asserting that his party will give more strength to women and declaring that there is no need for Rijiju to worry about the state of the Congress party. Addressing…
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta High Court order denying him permission to travel abroad for eye treatment. The high court had on August 5 dismissed Banerjee’s plea seeking nod to travel abroad, noting that the Diamond Harbour MP was not willing to appear before the…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government on Saturday held talks with various outfits amid the massive agitation over the alleged paper leaks in recruitment exams, but failed to break the deadlock as the protesting aspirants decided that their stir would continue until all their demands are met. A five-member panel of the government, which included state ministers,…
Jammu: The Amarnath Yatra was suspended from Jammu on Saturday amid inclement weather, a forecast of heavy rain over the next few days and a decline in pilgrim arrivals, officials said. No fresh batch of pilgrims was allowed to leave the Bhagwati Nagar base camp for the Kashmir Valley this morning, they said. Officials said…
United Nations: Expressing concern over the security situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), a spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said there needs to be accountability for action taken against people engaging in peaceful protest. “The Secretary-General supports the work of his High Commissioner, and we certainly hope that the pleas made by Mr….
Shrikant Rao There is a certain curiosity around Nevin Aslan-Özkan’s arrival as the new Managing Director of Continental India. Unlike many senior corporate appointments that arrive with an immediate public narrative, interviews and leadership profiles, her entry has been relatively understated, leaving the industry with limited visibility into her personal leadership style and creating interest…
New Delhi: Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan expressed confidence in legendary cricketers and his former teammates Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and backed them for the 2027 ODI World Cup, saying they will add value to the Indian squad and help them win the tournament. Now exclusively ODI players, Rohit and Kohli enjoyed a productive…
