Yoga guru Baba Ramdev said tutors from his Patanjali Trust would soon be teaching yoga in Goa’s government schools. On the sidelines of a media briefing in Panaji Tuesday, Ramdev told IANS: “Our experts from the Patanjali (Yogpeeth) Trust will be soon teaching yoga at the government schools here.” He made the announcement after meeting […]
Jammu and Kashmir’s National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance headed by Omar Abdullah Wednesday resolved the deadlock over the creation of new administrative units in the state after NC patron and union minister Farooq Abdullah invoked the intervention of 10 Janpath. Authoritative sources told IANS Omar Abdullah and his father finally managed the intervention of Congress president […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday inaugurated the National Waqf Development Corporation (NAWADCO) in a move aimed at bringing transparency to management of Waqf properties worth more than Rs.163 crore across the country. The corporation has been established with an authorised share capital of Rs.500 crore, and will facilitate and mobilise financial resources for setting up […]
The National Human Rights Commission has sought a report from Odisha over the arrest of farmers here last month, a petitioner said Wednesday. Acting on a complaint filed by human rights activist Akhand, the commission directed Odisha’s Director General of Police Prakash Mishra to submit a report within four weeks. Akhand in his petition alleged […]
A judge of the Kerala High Court Wednesday withdrew himself from hearing an appeal petition in the SNC Lavalin corruption case in which CPI-M secretary Pinarayi Vijayan and six others were discharged by a CBI court last year. Journalist T.P. Nandakumar filed the appeal petition in the high court against the exoneration of Vijayan by […]
aapBarkha Singh, chief of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), Wednesday accused the AAP government of “harassing” her after Hindi novelist Maitreyi Pushpa was named the panel’s new chief. Barkha Singh said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government took the step after she summoned Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti to explain his controversial campaign against […]
The civil services officers’ body in Goa Wednesday requested Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to order the release of a bureaucrat arrested over a building collapse in which 31 people were killed earlier this month. The Association of Goa Civil Service Officers’ has accused the government of harassing and needlessly arresting Prashant Shirodkar, the chief officer […]
The AAP, BJP and the Akali Dal Wednesday demanded an SIT probe into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi after Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi admitted some party members’ involvement in the violence. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung Wednesday morning to submit his request for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) […]
A conference attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi was disrupted here Wednesday by a man who said none of the government schemes for the minorities were reaching the beneficiaries. As soon as the prime minister concluded his speech at the launch of the National Waqf Development Corporation Limited (NAWADCO) in […]
The BJP has given up its Rajya Sabha seat in Maharashtra to accommodate Ramdas Athawale, the chief of its junior ally, the Republican Party of India-A, a party official said here Monday. Athawale will file his nomination Tuesday, the last date for filing the nominations, on a ticket given from the BJP’s quota, said RPI […]