London: The British government on Tuesday opened its second ballot under the UK-India Young Professional Scheme for Indians aged between 18 and 30 years with graduate-level qualifications for visas to the UK. The ballot, which closes on July 27, offers eligible young Indians the opportunity to live, work or study in the UK for up to…
Jaipur: A day after he waved a ‘red diary’ in the assembly alleging it contained details of financial irregularities involving Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and others, sacked Rajasthan minister Rajendra Gudha on Tuesday called for a narco test on all ministers in the state. In an interview with PTI, he also took sides with Sachin Pilot…
New Delhi: The number of groups searched by the Income Tax Department and the resulting seizure of assets has shown an increasing trend over the last three financial years, according to a government data placed in the Parliament on Tuesday. Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said, in a written reply, to the Rajya Sabha…
Imphal: The Manipur government on Tuesday lifted the suspension on broadband internet conditionally in a “liberalised manner”, nearly three months after it was banned due to the ethnic violence in the state. However, mobile internet will remain suspended, the Home Department said in a notification. “Connection will be only through static IP and that the subscriber…
Bengaluru: The Janata Dal (Secular) would fight the Lok Sabha elections independently, the party supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, said on Tuesday but appeared to keep the options open amid the recent bonhomie between the party and the BJP. The party would decide on its action in future based on the…
Hyderabad: AIG Hospitals, one of India’s largest tertiary care centers, Tuesday flagged off a state-of-the-art vehicle equipped with latest technology for surgical training. This is being done with the collaboration with Johnson & Johnson. The vehicle starts its journey of 100 days covering 28 government and private medical institutions across 14 cities in 4 south-Indian…
New Delhi: The government has initiated the process of the auction of enemy properties in a transparent way, Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Those immovable assets which were left behind by people who have taken citizenship of Pakistan and China are known as ‘enemy properties’….
New Delhi: The Congress hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday over his remarks targeting the opposition alliance, with Rahul Gandhi saying “call us whatever you want” but “we are INDIA” and will rebuild the idea of India in Manipur. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said while “we are talking…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday derided the opposition alliance INDIA as the most directionless the country had ever seen and cited reviled names such as East India Company and Indian Mujahideen to assert that people cannot be misled merely by the use of the country’s name. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said…
Hyderabad: In a bid to accomplish gender equality, it is necessary to ensure a girl to school and performs to her potential. But, due to inadequate facilities, especially menstrual hygiene, much-needed attention was drawn to this factor. Addressing such an important component, the NTPC SRHQ under its CSR Program, on Tuesday disbursed 9 sanitary Vending…
