Sports Mahakumbh will be held in the first week of next month in which more than two lakh players will participate in 16 sports competitions. On Friday, Sports and Youth Welfare Secretary Brijesh Kumar Sant took a meeting of the state level organizing committee and gave necessary instructions to the officials regarding its preparation. Taking a meeting of the State ...

The Income Tax Department conducted search on 9th October 2019 on a prominent business group in Karnataka which runs multiple educational institutions. During the course of the search, the modus operandi of conversion of seats which were originally to be allotted by merit through counselling by MCC maliciously into institutional quota seats through dropout system has been unearthed. Incriminating evidence ...

China says the US has been harassing Chinese scholars, students, entrepreneurs and scientists, in part through the denial or revocation of visas. Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang says the actions have “infringed upon the safety and lawful rights and interests of the Chinese personnel involved.” His complaint Wednesday came as China demanded Washington lift restrictions on sales of US technology ...

For the last two months, the Narendra Modi government at the Center has been making continuous efforts to remove the economic slowdown of the country. For this, many big decisions have been taken by the government, including a cut in corporate tax. But despite these efforts of the government, the auto industry slowdown continues. In fact, SIAM, the association of ...

Delhi recorded poor air quality on Thursday for the first time this season, the Central Pollution Control Board said. The Air Quality Index, based on 33 air quality monitoring centres, was at 211. AQI between 201 to 300 is considered as poor. Indications of increased fire activity during the last 48 hours are visible from satellite imagery and further deterioration ...

Indian Railways has added a large amount to its coffers by selling scrap. According to the details released from the railways in response to an RTI application, the department has earned Rs 35,073 crore from scrap in the last 10 years. The details of the scrap issued by the Ministry of Railways in the last 10 years, shows that the ...

Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff-starrer “War” has crossed the Rs 200 crore-mark at the box office in its first week, the makers announced on Thursday. Directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Yash Raj Films, the movie opened countrywide on October 2. Hrithik said he is overjoyed and humbled about the number of records the film has created so far. ...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday appeared before a magisterial court and pleaded not guilty in a criminal defamation case filed against him for his “why do all thieves share the Modi surname” remarks. Gandhi appeared before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate B H Kapadia here and pleaded not guilty when asked by the court whether he accept the ...

The Union Cabinet Chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 01.07.2019 representing an increase of 5% over the existing rate of 12% of the Basic pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise. This increase is in accordance with the accepted ...

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday attacked the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over its treatment of farmers, alleging that the Yogi Adityanath dispensation remembers them only in advertisements. Her attack on the UP government came over a media report that in separate incidents, two farmers from Mahoba and Hamirpur allegedly committed suicide over debt issues. “The UP government ...