NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected India’s 14th vice-president on Saturday, defeating opposition candidate Margaret Alva by a landslide in an election marred by absentee and illegal voting. The former West Bengal governor got 528 out of 725 votes, while Alva – a former five-term Congress MP, Union minister and governor – got 182, which … Read more
Highlighting the company’s fresh investment prospects, capacity utilization in the manufacturing sector in the last three quarters rose to 75.3 percent as of March-end compared to the long-term average of 73.7 percent. Higher capacity utilization is seen as a sign of a return to growth momentum, which has provided headroom for the Reserve Bank of … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a series of meetings with party leaders in Bengaluru on Thursday in what is seen as the first phase of strategizing ahead of next year’s Karnataka assembly elections, and to take stock of the sharp communal divide in coastal Karnataka, where three murders took place between July 20 and … Read more
The Uttarakhand government is working on tourism circuits for Maa Bhagwati, Shiva, Vishnu, Nava-graha, Golju Maharaj, Nagadevta, Hanuman and Vivekananda. Next is ‘Modi Circuit’. The state tourism department is developing a trail that will cover places and activities visited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a special episode of survival reality show ‘Man Vs Wild’ … Read more
The arrest of three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand with huge cash in Howrah — just a week after nine of its MLAs were suspected of cross-voting in the presidential election — signals a threat to the stability of the Hemant Soren government. looming large In fact, talk of an impending political crisis in Jharkhand has … Read more
Shatrughan Sinha, who used to sit on the treasury bench in the Lok Sabha, now sits in the opposition. But joining the Trinamool Congress and becoming its MP in a by-election does not seem to have changed his popularity or his warm relationship with BJP MPs. Last week, when he was waiting for a car … Read more
It appears that economically weaker section (EWS) students preferred their existing government schools despite the option of free education in Haryana’s “budget” private schools – mostly in villages or small towns – under government schemes. Under the recently launched scheme, as many as 381 “budget” private schools offered 24,987 seats to EWS students in government … Read more
On July 25, the Supreme Court declined to entertain a plea seeking exemption of Supreme Court and High Court lawyers from wearing compulsory black coats during the summer months. Lawyer Shailendra Mani Tripathi approached the Supreme Court seeking amendment of the Bar Council of India rules. ① Why are you exempt from wearing coats in … Read more
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said he was ready to adopt the “Yogi model” to deal with “anti-national and communal elements”, while his higher education minister Dr CN Aswathanarayan said on Friday that the state government would “go five steps ahead of Uttar Pradesh” and “even to encounter ready”. “We are ready to send tremors,” … Read more
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday attached five more properties under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. In a statement, J&K Police said, “As per Section 2(g) and 25 of the UAP Act for use for the purpose of terrorism. Two each in Lawaipora, one each in Malura, Batmalu and Harwan. These … Read more