Srinagar, Sep 15 (IANS) J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday questioned the decision of the BJP-ruled states to pursue a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), saying it should be taken up at the national level first.
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) India registered an increase in both the overall Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) and Worker Population Ratio (WPR) in August this year over the same month of the previous year, reflecting a year-on-year rise in employment, figures released by the National Statistics Office showed on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday made a strong pitch for supporting innovation and technological advancement in all sectors, including defence, cyber security, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and others, to strengthen India's defence propects and secure strategic advantage over global peers.
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Overcoming financial hurdles with the help of Central government support, Shewani Kumari, a scholar from the Scheduled Caste community, has completed a PhD in Sociology and started teaching as an assistant professor, an official said on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agarwal said on Monday that India and China were working to address concerns over bilateral trade, including the structural imbalance and supply-chain challenges.
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday questioned Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's "silence" following the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) actions against the aides of two senior Congress leaders in connection with exam irregularities.
Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) BJP MLA Ram Kadam on Tuesday blamed the previous Uddhav Thackeray-led government of turning a "blind eye" to the Disha Salian death case and alleged that the police tried to "cover up" the matter to protect the individuals whose names have emerged in the case.
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) A recent comment by Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia, a first-time Lok Sabha member from Cooch Behar, that 17 rebel Trinamool Congress Parliamentarians are poised to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before next month’s Durga Puja has set off a political storm in West Bengal.
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Gurugram's Golf Course Road hit-and-run victim Sia on Tuesday called for strict action against those who harass and endanger people on the roads, saying such incidents will continue unless there is a strong fear of the law.
Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav's move to take over as President of the Lohia Trust, replacing his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav, has become the latest political debate point in Uttar Pradesh, with SP leaders hailing it, while some in the BJP termed the development as an internal matter of the Yadav family and others questioned it on political grounds.
