Month: August 2017

28 deaths so far due to swine flu in MP

Two more persons died of swine flu in Madhya Pradesh, taking the death toll due to the disease in the state to 28, an official said on Thursday. Health Department Director K.L. Sahu said the patients died between July 1 and August 31. Official sources said 14 patients were undergoing treatment in government hospitals and...

August 31, 2017

Rudy resigns as union minister, more offer to quit

Minister of State for Skill Development Rajeev Pratap Rudy on Thursday night resigned from the Union Council of Ministers, while six others are believed to have offered to resign from their posts, ahead of much-spculated reshuffle shortly. Union ministers Uma Bharati, Radha Mohan Singh, Giriraj Singh, Kalraj Mishra, Nirmala Sitharaman, Mahendra Nath Pandey, Faggan Singh...

August 31, 2017

Kohli, Rohit fire India to another emphatic win

Kohli (131 runs off 96 balls) and Rohit (104 off 88) made merry on a batting beauty to guide India to 375 for five.

August 31, 2017

AAP government didn’t let power rates go up in Delhi: Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday said the AAP government did not let the power rates (usage charges) go up in the city for the third consecutive year. “Wherever the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power, they increased electricity tariffs while this is the consecutive third year when we did not let the...

August 31, 2017

Rajiv Mehrishi appointed CAG, Sunil Arora as Election Commissioner

Rajiv Mehrishi, who retired as Union Home Secretary on Wednesday, was on Thursday appointed the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India and former Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sunil Arora as Election Commissioner. Senior IAS officer Rajiv Gauba took charge as the Union Home Secretary on Thursday. Mehrishi is a 1978-batch Rajasthan cadre Indian...

August 31, 2017

GJM puts off shutdown, Mamata welcomes it

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha on Thursday put off its indefinite shutdown in the Darjeeling hills from tomorrow till next round of talks with the state government, a move welcomed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The shutdown has been suspended till September 12, when the talks are scheduled to take place, GJM convenor Binay...

August 31, 2017

Sensitise teachers, students on Blue Whale Challenge: Maneka

Union minister Maneka Gandhi has written to all school principals, asking them to sensitise teachers and students on the Blue Whale Challenge, a social media “game” which has reportedly been linked to teenage deaths in several countries, including India. The controversial internet game involves a number of tasks which have to be completed by the...

August 31, 2017

Student groups told to clean DU campus in 36 hours

The Delhi University (DU) election office on Thursday issued a stern warning to the student groups indulging in littering and vandalising of the premises, asking them to clean the campus in 36 hours or face action. “The DUSU election committee directs the stakeholders to immediately stop all these activities and remove the posters or banners...

August 31, 2017

Tribal women up again to move the mountains

Hitherto unsuccessful in their social battle to get a customary law, that denies them right to inherit ancestral property, scrapped, the tribal women in Himachal Pradesh are up again to move the mountains. Ready to put up legal fight, they are set to take this age-old issue to political arena ahead of assembly polls in...

August 31, 2017

Virbhadra should quit on moral grounds: Dhumal

Leader of Opposition and former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal sought the resignation of CM Virbhadra Singh on moral grounds in the Gudia case. “It is unfortunate that owing to the wrong policies of the Congress to shelter the criminals, the number of FIR registered in Himachal Pradesh has reached to...

August 31, 2017

Vikramaditya reminds BJP of Khattar’s failure on law and order

Himachal Pradesh Youth Congress president Vikramaditya Singh on Thursday lambasted BJP leaders for trying to destabilise the political and social scenario in the state. “The Opposition party is also trying to mar the law and order of the state and gain political mileage from the unfortunate Gudia incident,” he said. He said that the BJP leaders lust...

August 31, 2017

Himachal govt for cashless transactions

Chief Secretary VC Pharka stressed the need for providing online facility to all the Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) of the state during the next four years so as to ensure cent-per cent cashless transactions. He emphasised upon to reducing the number of DDOs, which is more than 4,400. Launching the World Bank aided ‘HP Public...

August 31, 2017

Dera chief’s aide surrenders, arrested

Haryana Police on Thursday arrested an aide of rapist Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh after he surrendered here after being booked for sedition and inciting violence. Police officials did that Surender Dhiman, a Dera functionary and journalist with its newspaper ‘Sach Kahoon’, surrendered before the police here on Thursday. He was taken...

August 31, 2017

Sindhu, Saina, Srikanth felicitated by Sports Minister

Saina Nehwal spoke on the development of badminton in the country.

August 31, 2017

Bayern Munich midfielder Renato Sanches joins Swansea

Sanches on Thursday joined EPL club Swansea AFC on a season-long loan.

August 31, 2017

SC allows Pune woman to abort foetus without skull

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a Pune-based woman to terminate her pregnancy on a medical report that the 26-week-old foetus was without a skull and would not be able to survive. The apex court noted that the report submitted by a medical board clearly suggested that there was no point in allowing the pregnancy to run...

August 31, 2017

AP CM announces Rs.1 crore to Arjuna awardee archer Surekha

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday announced a reward of Rs.one crore to archer Vennam Jyoti Surekha, who received the prestigious Arjuna award two days ago. He also announced a 500- sq yd house site in Vijayawada and a government job for her. Surekha met the Chief Minister here this afternoon. The...

August 31, 2017