Education Minister Bratya Basu said the accused will be arrested. File photo | Photo Credit: ASHOKE CHAKRABARTY More allegations of fraud relating to the West Bengal government’s ‘tablet scheme’ came to the fore on Thursday with several schools in Kolkata, South 24 Parganas and other districts alleging that money allocated for the students have been diverted to other … Read more
A consolidated preliminary inquiry report of six select districts points out that there were serious violations in the registration of the lands pertaining to the “freehold of assigned lands” scheme brought by the previous YSRCP government, which was accessed by The Hindu. The special committees, which were constituted by the NDA State government under the … Read more
दिल्ली विकास प्राधिकरण हाउसिंग यानी डीडीए (DDA) की साल 2024 के लिए ‘सस्ता घर’ व ‘मध्यम वर्गीय आवासीय योजना’ को बुकिंग के पहले दिन खरीदारों का जबर्दस्त रिस्पांस मिला है. लोग किस कदर डीडीए की इस स्कीम पर फिदा हैं, इसका अंदाजा पहले दिन की बिक्री के आंकड़े देखकर आसानी से लगाया जा सकता है. … Read more
Akkayyamma and her 29-year-old daughter Pavithra from Nippani in Belagavi district in North Karnataka travelled approximately 600 km to Kukke Subrahmanya temple in Dakshina Kannada district in the south. They made the journey to perform a special ritual recommended by an astrologer for their family at this temple. But thanks to the Karnataka government’s Shakti … Read more
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has issued a warning to ICICI Bank on the outreach undertaken by the lender regarding the delisting of ICICI Securities. The regulator said the outreach programme was done with the objective of maximising participation in the voting process. “The outreach was done in face of a … Read more
Janata Dal (United) National President and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar along with party leader K.C. Tyagi. File. | Photo Credit: PTI JDU Senior Leader K.C. Tyagi on June 6 said that his party had offered unconditional support to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA but wanted the shortcomings in the ‘Agnipath’ scheme to the discussed … Read more
Merope Mills An initiative allowing rapidly deteriorating patients and their families to seek a second opinion will play a role in “changing the culture of the NHS”, Merope Mills has said. Ms Mills began her campaign for “Martha’s rule” after her daughter Martha, 13, died of sepsis in 2021. Speaking on BBC R4’s Today programme, … Read more
The government is due to announce what it says will be a “comprehensive” compensation scheme. Source link
A final compensation scheme could be running by the year’s end after ministers agree to a Labour-led demand. Source link
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday reacted to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement that the Narendra Modi government was open to making changes in the Agniveer scheme for the armed forces, if required. Agniveers are the new recruits under the Agnipath Scheme where 25% … Read more