New Delhi: The BJP-led central government on Saturday launched the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS). Central government employees will exercise the right to decide whether to stay in the National Pension Scheme or join the Unified Pension Scheme. Likewise, the state governments can also decide to adopt this new module of UPS. Assured Pension: 50% of the…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday extended greeting to citizens on the National Space Day, and said the country has scripted indelible history by embossing its “civilisational signature” on the surface of the Moon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the celebration of the National Space Day last year following India’s success…
New Delhi/Kolkata: The protests by resident doctors at government hospitals in several states across the country ended on Thursday as major doctors’ associations called off their 11-day strike over the rape-murder of a trainee medic in Kolkata after the Supreme Court made an appeal to them to resume work. However, in West Bengal, the epicentre…
New Delhi: Leaders and workers of the Congress’ Delhi unit staged a demonstration here on Thursday demanding SEBI chief Madhabi Buch’s resignation from her post and the constitution of a joint parliamentary committee to probe the Adani issue. The protest at the Jantar Mantar was attended by Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav, senior leader Sachin…
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Thursday claimed to have busted an Al Qaeda terror module after detaining 14 people from Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. After receiving intelligence inputs, an operation was conducted along with the police forces of the states, officials said. “The module, as per current state of operations, was being led…
New Delhi: In response to a Supreme Court directive, the Union Health Ministry has established a 14-member National Task Force (NTF) to recommend measures for enhancing the safety, working conditions, and overall well-being of medical professionals across India. The NTF, led by the Cabinet Secretary, was constituted following the Supreme Court’s order on August 20….
Bengaluru: Interesting political developments are taking place behind the scenes in the ruling Congress party with the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s inability to secure a stay in the High Court on Monday. This is despite his case is being represented by senior counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi. With speculations rife that an FIR is likely to be…
Kolkata: CBI officers may conduct a polygraph test on Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a woman doctor was allegedly raped and murdered earlier this month. Ghosh, who resigned two days after her body was found in a seminar hall of the medical facility on August 9, has…
NEW DELHI: Two days ahead of his crucial visit to Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he was looking forward to sharing perspectives with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict. The prime minister’s comments came shortly before he embarked on a two-nation trip to Poland and…
New Delhi: India on Tuesday called on Japan to remove regulatory bottlenecks that exist in sharing of critical technologies even as the two sides vowed to work vigorously towards the common goal of ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific in the face of China’s aggressive military posturing in the region. At the third ‘2+2′ foreign…
