Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir has become the first Union Territory to implement the PM Vishwakarma Yojana, an initiative that aims to empower and enhance the skills of the craftsman community, officials said. The inauguration of the training programme for the first batch of 30 trainees (Viswakarmas) in ‘darzi craft’ was virtually conducted by Advisor to…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday directed the state officials to prepare a “flawless” survey report of the Maratha community in the state. Shinde issued the directives to the divisional commissioners, district collectors and municipal commissioners in the state in a video-conference meeting held during the day. Referring to the Supreme Court’s decision…
New Delhi: Rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 will be notified “much before” the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections, a senior government functionary said on Tuesday. Under the CAA brought in by the Narendra Modi government, Indian nationality will be granted to persecuted non-Muslim migrants — Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, where five soldiers were killed by terrorists in an ambush in Poonch district a fortnight ago. A day after the December 21 terror attack, three civilians, aged between 27 and 42, were found dead after they were allegedly…
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday claimed that foreign mercenaries from Myanmar are likely to have been involved in the attacks on security forces in Moreh town. Singh, after visiting the injured security personnel who are undergoing treatment at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences here, said terrorists were “using sophisticated weapons”…
New Delhi: The University Grant Commision (UGC) has launched the Annual Capacity Building Plan (ACBP) for the skill enhancement of its employees. It is the first autonomous organisation to have initiated planning for the capacity building of its employees in collaboration with the Capacity Building Commission (CBC). The ACBP is a comprehensive plan outlining interventions essential…
Tiruchirappalli: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated a string of projects here and laid the foundation stone for new initiatives, in all worth Rs 20,140 crore. The Prime Minister hailed Tamil Nadu for its cultural inspiration and praised DMDK’s late leader Vijayakanth rooted for nationalism while Chief Minister M K Stalin championed the social…
Bengaluru: As the Ram Mandir inauguration in Ayodhya is coming closer, Karnataka police department has taken up cases for investigation against Ram Mandir activists who allegedly indulged in destruction of property and other cases three decades ago at the height of the movement for Ram Mandir, according to sources. Sources further explained that the police…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu BJP on Monday accused Lok Sabha MP Dayanidhi Maran of ‘degrading’ the profession of hairstylists and alleged that the DMK leader had dubbed dissemination of his remarks vis-a-vis north Indians the ‘work of a jobless barber.’ K Annamalai, BJP state president said on ‘X’: “Degrading someone by profession or language seems…
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday attacked the BJP over the alleged involvement of its local leaders in the gang-rape of a BHU student, saying the ruling party gives the slogan of “Beti Bachao” but its actions are of “Beti rulao (making daughters cry)”. Mahila Congress chief Netta D’Souza said that on one hand the…
