PMK urges Centre to listen to Muslim organisations before passing amendments to Waqf Act

PMK urges Centre to listen to Muslim organisations before passing amendments to Waqf Act

PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday said the Central government’s decision to hold Parliamentary Joint Committee’s meeting to listening to perspectives from various stakeholders regarding the proposed amendments to the Waqf Act should result in beneficial measures with respect to governance of management of properties donated for Islamic religious and charitable purposes. In a statement, … Read more

Prices of essentials unlikely to rise during festive season: Centre

Prices of essentials unlikely to rise during festive season: Centre

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar The Centre said on Wednesday (September 18, 2024) that it does not expect an increase in prices of essential commodities such as sugar and edible oils during the festival season. Talking to reporters on decisions taken by the Food Ministry in the first 100 days of … Read more

Rahul Gandhi centre of hope; BJP in panic due to his successful U.S. visit: Ashok Gehlot

Rahul Gandhi centre of hope; BJP in panic due to his successful U.S. visit: Ashok Gehlot

Referring to Rahul Gandhi’s recent four-day visit to the United States, Mr. Gehlot said the BJP has completely “panicked” due to the success of Mr. Gandhi’s U.S. visit and has started spreading rumours about it. | Photo Credit: ANI Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Friday (September 13, 2024) that the ruling BJP … Read more

Fortune 500 company Eaton to invest in T.N., establish R&D centre

Fortune 500 company Eaton to invest in T.N., establish R&D centre

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin receiving a warm welcome in Chicago. Eaton, a global Fortune 500 company specialising in power management solutions, is making a significant investment in Tamil Nadu with the establishment of a new research and development (R&D) and global application engineering centre at Perungudi here. This facility, entailing an investment of ₹200 crore, … Read more

Why did the Centre alter its pension plan?

Why did the Centre alter its pension plan?

There are five major components of the UPS benefits, starting with the assurance that government employees will receive half of their average basic pay drawn over their final 12 months in service prior to retirement, as a monthly pension for life.  | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The story so far: Last weekend, the Union Cabinet … Read more

CRPF will have an expanded role in Manipur: Centre

CRPF will have an expanded role in Manipur: Centre

Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla said on Saturday that the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is seeing a “further increase” in its role in maintaining law and order in Manipur, which has been wracked by ethnic conflict for over a year. “We are … Read more

Budget 2024: Congress to protest against Centre in Chennai on July 27

Budget 2024: Congress to protest against Centre in Chennai on July 27

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K. Selvaperunthagai on Friday, July 26, 2024 announced his party will stage a demonstration on Saturday condemning the Union government for allegedly ignoring Tamil Nadu in the Union Budget 2024. In a statement, Mr. Selvaperunthagai alleged that the BJP was not able to tolerate rejections by people of Tamil Nadu … Read more

Centre says all departments asked to identify backlog reserved vacancies

Centre says all departments asked to identify backlog reserved vacancies

Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh, in a written reply, said the occurrence and filling of vacancies, along with backlog reserved vacancies, is a continuous process. File | Photo Credit: ANI All Central Government Ministries and departments have been asked to form an in-house committee for the identification of backlog reserved vacancies and fill … Read more

National Testing Agency announces centre and city-wise results of NEET-UG

National Testing Agency announces centre and city-wise results of NEET-UG

NSUI members stage a protest demanding re-examination of NEET-UG Entrance Exam 2024 over alleged irregularities in its results, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on June 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The National Testing Agency (NTA) on July 20 announced the centre- and city-wise results for medical entrance exam NEET-UG, which is under the … Read more