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Mayawati attacks Medical education reservation as political ploy
The Bahujan Samaj Party chief and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Mayawati has attacked the central government on the provision of reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in MBBS and dental courses. The BSP chief claimed in a series of tweets on Friday that...
27% medical course quota for OBCs, 10% for EWS
New Delhi: Medical and dental courses in the country will have a 27 reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), 10 per cent for Economically Weaker Sections under the All India Quota Scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Thursday. This will apply to...
Speaker says hurt over unruly behaviour of some members
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday adjourned the House proceedings till 11:30 AM amid protests, and also expressed displeasure over unruly behaviour by some opposition members on Wednesday. As the House convened for the day, the Speaker said he was ”very hurt” over Wednesday’s incident. On Wednesday, when...
Mamata’s meet with Sonia, Rahul holds hope for Opposition
The ‘Chai pe Charcha’ between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi was the talk of the town on Wednesday as the two leaders met to prop up a strategy to take on the BJP in the 2024 general elections. If photos are proof, the...
Road to power an uphill task for BSP
The Bahujan Samaj Party is in a ‘do or die’ situation in the upcoming 2022 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, bringing the party’s Brahmin outreach programme, had led BSP to power in 2007, back to focus. However, the success of the formula is questionable with the drastic social changes....
BJP launches Aashirwaad Yatras in UP
Ahead of the much-awaited state elections n Uttar Pradesh, BJP high command has asked their MPs to carry out ‘Ashirvad Yatras’, a move meant for mass connect and seeking blessings from the common people. The Jan Ashirwad Yatra will begin on August 16. BJP chief JP Nadda addressed members...
Two-thirds of population in 11 states have Covid antibodies
New Delhi: At least two-third of the population surveyed in 11 states were found to have developed coronavirus antibodies, according to the findings of a serosurvey by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) done between June 14 and July 6. Madhya Pradesh leads the chart with 79 per...
Rain forces train passing near Goa’s Dudhsagar Falls to halt
A train passing near Dudhsagar waterfall in Goa was stopped due to heavy rain. In a video shared by the Railway Ministry, the train is seen coming to a halt after the waterfall starts releasing a large volume of water on the Mandovi river. During heavy rain in monsoon...
Mamata meets Sonia amid Opposition unity moves
New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee met with Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi today in their first meeting since the two parties were contested as rivals in the Bengal election in April-May. The meeting is significant amid opposition moves to join forces for a united fight in the 2024 national...
IT Committee meeting adjourned over lack of quorum
The meeting of the Information and Technology Committee, led by former minister and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, was adjourned on Wednesday because of the lack of quorum and a face-off between BJP and Opposition MPs. It may be noted that this morning BJP MP Nishikant Dubey had moved a...
Cloudburst near Amarnath shrine in J&K amid heavy rain
Srinagar: A massive volume of water rushed down from the mountains near the holy cave of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir after a cloudburst today, videos show. Officials have asked people at public areas at the base of the holy cave to move to higher ground for safety....
Depositors to get money in 90 days if bank under moratorium
To provide relief to depositors in stressed banks, Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the amendments in Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961, (DICGC Act). The aim is to minimise the hurdles faced by depositors of banks like the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank, Yes Bank and...
Mamata makes it a do-or-die battle
“No party should be considered small. All are important”. This was Mamata Banerjee‘s response when asked whether Congress would ever accept her as their leader and listen to her advise. With this, Banerjee’s ambitions to move centre stage and look at a larger role for herself becomes clear. There...
18 sleeping on road dead in truck-bus collision in UP’s Barabanki
Lucknow: 18 labourers, sleeping on the road in front of a bus, were crushed to death this morning by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district, 28 km from state capital Lucknow. The labourers, who are from Bihar, were returning from Haryana when their bus broke down on...
Basavaraj Bommai as CM, proposed by Yediyruappa
Basavaraj Bommai, home minister in BS Yediyurappa’s cabinet, was picked to succeed him as the Chief Minister of Karnataka at a meeting of party MLAs this evening. The oath ceremony will be held at 11 am tomorrow, sources said. Basavaraj Bommai, a leader of the politically powerful Lingayat...
Thomas Kurian, Kerala-Born Executive Behind Google Cloud’s Rapid Growth
Google Cloud has grown briskly during Thomas Kurian’s tenure. Google Cloud employees were baffled when they learned that their next boss would be Thomas Kurian, an executive who struggled to shepherd Silicon Valley mainstay Oracle Corp. into the promised land of internet computing. It was November 2018 and the...
Sonia ready to let Mamata play leading role in opposing Modi
The year 2024 may be three years away but the recent bonhomie between the Congress and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has set the ball rolling for the general elections where a united Opposition plans to halt the BJP juggernaut and take on PM Narendra Modi. Banerjee, who...
Extensive agenda for talks with US Secretary of State
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will arrive in India on a two-day visit on Tuesday with an extensive agenda featuring the rapidly evolving security situation in Afghanistan, boosting Indo-Pacific engagement and ways to enhance COVID-19 response efforts among others. It will be Blinken’s first visit to India after...
