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Sanskrit Vs German: SC to resume hearing today

Breaking news, India December 8, 2014 at 11:22 am 0 comments

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will resume hearing, Monday, on the petition filed against government’s decision to drop German as an alternative to Sanskrit as third language in Kendriya Vidyalayas. The Centre, last Friday, stood by its decision on replacing German as the third language with Sanskrit in Kendriya VidyalayasRead More

Centre financially burdening states: Akhilesh Yadav

Centre financially burdening states: Akhilesh Yadav

Breaking news, India December 7, 2014 at 6:06 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday hit out at the Centre for financially “burdening” states by executing schemes which come under the State List, saying such programmes were putting the resources of the state governments under undue pressure. He also said the practice of ‘one sizeRead More

UN to declare June 21 as World Yoga Day: Sushma Swaraj

India December 7, 2014 at 5:49 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: The United Nations will soon declare June 21 as World Yoga Day following a proposal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday. “Three months ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed to the world community that India’s yoga should be celebrated asRead More

Congress gets over Rs 66 cr in donations above Rs 20,000, BSP nil

Breaking news, India December 7, 2014 at 5:48 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: Congress received donations worth over Rs 66 crore and NCP garnered about Rs 14 crore from individuals and business entities in fund contributions of over Rs 20,000 in the last financial year while BJP was among the parties which did not disclose such details to the Election CommissionRead More

J&K ceasefire violations: MHA asks BSF to intensify vigil along Indo-Pak border

Breaking news, India December 7, 2014 at 5:47 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: The Home Ministry has directed the BSF to intensify vigil along the International Border in the wake of repeated attempts by militants to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir. In the past two months, Pakistan-based militant groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed have made many attempts to infiltrate into theRead More

Ashrams run by ‘godmen’ like Rampal centres of terror: BJP

India December 7, 2014 at 5:46 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: BJP has sought a ban on ashrams run by ‘godmen’ like Rampal, saying they have become centres of “terror” in the name of faith. An editorial in the latest issue of party mouthpiece Kamal Sandesh said “These ashrams which have become centres of terror in the name ofRead More

Assets declaration form for babus likely to be simplified under Lokpal

India December 7, 2014 at 5:44 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: The format for declaration of assets and liabilities by government employees under the Lokpal rules may be simplified, following concerns raised by several departments. According to the rules notified under the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, all public servants shall file declaration, information and annual returns pertaining to hisRead More

PM Modi meets CMs on new Planning Commission; Mamata, Omar skip

India December 7, 2014 at 5:43 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting the chief ministers of all states on Sunday to hear their views on the restructuring of the Planning Commission. “Detailed consultations have been held with experts and economists and within the Planning Commission itself on its restructuring,” Modi said on Friday inRead More

Dikshit to be key campaigner for party in Delhi Elections : Congress

Dikshit to be key campaigner for party in Delhi Elections : Congress

India December 6, 2014 at 9:44 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, Former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit will be a “key campaigner” for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, Congress said today seeking to scotch speculation about her sulking and being sidelined from playing an active role in the polls. “I have met her. She will be actively campaigning for the partyRead More

Nitish Asks People to Stop ‘Ashvamedh Horse’ of BJP in Bihar

India December 6, 2014 at 9:43 pm 0 comments

Patna, Buoyed by efforts to reunite ‘Janata Parivar’, senior JD (U) leader Nitish Kumar today appealed to the people to halt the ‘Ashvamedh Horse’ of the BJP when it comes to Bihar during the next assembly elections. “The Ashvamedh Horse (the horse set free by emperors during ancient India, whoRead More