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Jammu, Nov 16 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday notified the transfer of over 1756 posts of Jammu and Kashmir to the Union Territory of Ladakh. As per the order issued, 221 gazetted and 1535 non-gazetted posts have been…

Chandigarh, Nov 15 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday assured the Punjab Brahmin Welfare Board of prompt resolution of its all genuine demands. A 60 member delegation, led by Board  Chairman Advocate Shekhar…

Lucknow, Nov 15 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh government nominee Ali Zaidi of Lucknow has been elected unopposed as the president of the Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board. Outgoing president Syed Wasim Rizvi and Syed Faizi, both members,…

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address the inaugural session of 82nd All India Presiding Officers’ Conference on 17 November, 2021 at 10 AM via video conferencing. The All India Presiding Officers’ Conference (AIPOC), the apex…

DEHRADUN: BJP national president JP Nadda flagged off the party’s ‘Shaheed Samman Yatra’ from poll-bound Uttarakhand’s Chamoli on Monday which will commemorate the martyrs of the Indian Armed Forces. “Our soldiers laid down lives to…

NEW DELHI: Russia has already trained a group of Indian personnel to operate the first regiment of the Triumf S-400 surface-to-air missile systems and the delivery of the components of the weapons to India has begun ahead of schedule, a…

New Delhi, Nov 15 (UNI) The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the 14 names for elevation as judges of the High Courts. According to the apex court's website, Delhi High Court advocate Saurabh Kirpal, Andhra Pradesh High Court…

New Delhi, Nov 15 (UNI) Fully vaccinated travellers from 99 countries, including the US, UK, UAE, Qatar, France and Germany, have been exempted from mandatory quarantine on arrival in India, according to an updated notification by the Union…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to call an emergency meeting on Tuesday to take measures like stopping non-essential construction transport, power plants and implementing work from home. A bench, headed by…

Chandigarh, Nov 14 (UNI) A high level BJP delegation, led by Punjab unit President Ashwani Sharma, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to appeal that the Kartarpur corridor be opened by Gurupurab. "The Gurupurab is on November 19 and we…

Chandigarh, Nov 14 (UNI) Former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Sunday rubbished the claims made by one of the ministers in the State government that he would be meeting the Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul…

Former CM's autography 'Living My Convictions' released by CUHP Vice Chancellor Dr Sat Prakash Bansal

Passengers on board Vande Bharat Express between Delhi and Katra will be encapsulated in a completely vegetarian environment, and not just in terms of food. The cleaning agents, soaps and other such items will also be “neutral” material;…

IN A major relief to senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state Dr Nirmal Singh, and his wife Mamta Singh, the Jammu and Kashmir Special Tribunal has kept in abeyance the November 8 order of…

FROM JUST SIX in 2018 to 55 in 2020 and 315 in 2021, the enrolment of girls in Sainik Schools — the six-decade-old institution set up with the “primary aim of preparing boys” for the National Defence Academy — has been steadily rising.…

At least 26 Maoists were killed Saturday in a fierce encounter with security forces in a dense forest in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra police said. Four policemen were also injured in the encounter and were taken to a Nagpur hospital.…

Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India early next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with a delegation of US lawmakers on Saturday, led by Senator John Cornyn. Cornyn was one of the two US senators who…

Two days after Harekala Hajabba received his Padma Shri, the government school the former fruit vendor helped build started on a typical note. Even as Karnataka Road State Transport Corporation staff were at his home to felicitate him, the…

A call to end subsidies on fossil fuels in the draft text invited strong objections from India and many other developing countries but the Glasgow climate meeting seemed all set on Saturday night to push through an agreement despite several…

An injunction suit has been filed before a Delhi court seeking to stop the publication, circulation, and sale of ex-Union minister Salman Khurshid’s book for allegedly hurting the sentiments of a large section of society, the lawyer of the…