Political controversy erupted in Punjab after the Union government issued a notification abolishing the post of the Adviser to the Union Territory Chandigarh Administrator, a joint of Punjab and Haryana. According to gazette notification issued on January 3 by the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension, the post of Adviser to the U.T. … Read more
Emergency doctors in the UK have issued a safety warning over water beads, which could be given to children as gifts over Christmas. The brightly coloured soft plastic beads, also known as jelly balls, sensory beads, or water crystals, are marketed as crafting tools and homeware items – but also toys. They are typically only … Read more
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has termed the visit of Jagdambika Pal, Chairman of Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, to Karnataka as a ‘political drama because of the elections’. Speaking to press persons in Hubballi on November 7, he … Read more
The Siddaramaiah government (in its previous tenure) set up a nine-member committee to study, design, and recommend an official flag for the State in 2017. | Photo Credit: File photo With the Kannada Rajyothsava celebrations on Friday, the Karnataka government has been urged to spell out its stand on the Kannada flag issue, following the … Read more
Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Sugar content in packaged baby foods, safeguarding consumer rights in the banking sector and rising prices of medicines are some of the issues that have come under the scanner of the Parliamentary panels. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, chaired … Read more
A file photo of the work on the Mahadayi river diversion project in Belagavi district. | Photo Credit: File Photo Members of several non-governmental organisations have written to the Union government and the governments of the riparian states of the Mahadayi river, with a request not to politicise the issue. Activists from Paryavarani, Parivarthan and … Read more
Arvind Kejriwal. | Photo Credit: ANI Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, accusing him of inducting 25 leaders from the Opposition whom the BJP had labelled as “corrupt” into the BJP. The AAP chief made the comments on the second day of the two-day … Read more
London: Elon Musk’s brain technology startup Neuralink said its implant, designed to allow paralysed patients to use digital devices by thinking alone, is working well in a second trial patient. The company said the patient, identified as Alex, did not face issues of “thread retraction”, unlike Noland Arbaugh, Neuralink’s first patient who received the implant … Read more
BSP supremo Mayawati addresses during a press conference at the party office in Lucknow on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday (August 11, 2024) said the Congress, which won Lok Sabha seats by promising to protect reservation, seems to be in favour of sub-classification within SCs and STs and is yet … Read more
Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot has recommended empowering officers of the rank of Assistant Traffic Inspector (ATI) of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to issue challans to buses violating lane discipline under the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988. This recommendation has been forwarded to Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena for approval. Gahlot said that empowering Assistant … Read more