New Delhi: There are 1,365 vacancies in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 703 in the Indian Police Service (IPS), Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. Besides these, 1,042 vacancies exist in the Indian Forest Service (IFS) and 301 in Indian Revenue Service (IRS), Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a…
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has confirmed that five people, including two police officers, lost their lives in the Nuh clashes. Curfew was clamped in Nuh and mobile internet services have been suspended in the district. Clashes have also prompted authorities in neighbouring Gurugram to take measures to prevent any possible communal flare-up. Meanwhile,…
Chennai: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted fresh searches in connection with its ongoing money laundering investigation against Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji and others, official sources said. They said premises linked to some entities being probed in this case and alleged benamidars (in whose name a benami property is standing) were being raided in…
New Delhi: Congress leader Manish Tewari on Thursday asked how the Digital Data Protection Bill can be classified as a financial bill, and said it should be considered as a regular bill. The bill should again go to a Joint Parliamentary Committee, he said. The bill aims to make entities like internet companies, mobile apps,…
New Delhi: Former environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said questions should be asked of the government and parties that “rubber-stamped” the “insidious” Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023, asserting that securing the rights of forest dwellers will be a long struggle. Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023, after a brief…
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by the Gyanvapi committee challenging a district court order directing the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a survey to determine if the mosque was built upon a temple. The Varanasi district court order was issued on July 21 and was challenged by the…
New Delhi: The decision to impose a 28 per cent tax on the full face value of bets placed on online games will be implemented from October 1 even though there was demand for a review from states like Delhi and Goa, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. The GST Council — the highest…
Kolkata: In the backdrop of West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose setting up an anti-corruption cell at Raj Bhavan, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday lashed out, terming this as an attempt to interfere in the functioning of the state’s administration. She also alleged that Bose is “wearing a mask” and “working under instructions of the…
Two significant incidents on Tuesday appear to have pushed the much- trumpeted and newly-formed Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A) bloc onto the back foot. While the first shock came from the court dismissing the petition challenging the Centre’s Delhi Ordinance, the second was from the most influential Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar….
Tarouba (Trinidad): Less than 48 hours after their ODI series triumph, India will switch to T20 mode, again as overwhelming favourites against the West Indies in a five-match rubber starting here from Thursday, which will provide an ideal platform to the youngsters to express themselves. In the preceding three-match 50-over rubber that had some context in…
