Madurai, Sep 23 (IANS) Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said on Wednesday that he is not in favour of the candidates fielded by the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) for the upcoming bypolls in Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, on Wednesday said the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has cleared over 23,000 promotions in the last 12 years, and timely career progression is vital to keep employees motivated and ensure effective administration.
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a Chintan Shivir with his Cabinet members, the Modi Story social media account highlighted several initiatives introduced over the years that it said have changed the way the government functions.
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of a Patna High Court judgment that acquitted a man convicted of attempted rape, after observing that the allegations -- including an attempt to remove the victim’s salwar, undressing himself and physically molesting her -- constituted an offence of outraging a woman’s modesty under Section 354 of the IPC rather than an attempt to commit rape.
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has busted a gang involved in large-scale rigging of an online examination conducted by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), arresting two directors of Aces Infra Private Limited, the company responsible for selecting examination centres.
Gandhinagar, Sep 23 (IANS) Gujarat government has operationalised state-wide GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) framework to provide government departments, institutions and selected AI startups access to shared high-performance computing infrastructure, a move aimed at supporting the implementation of the state's AI Action Plan.
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday came down heavily on the Election Commission of India (ECI), demanding the arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and cancellation of elections held in the past few years and also that of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Bhopal, Sep 23 (IANS) Amid a controversy surrounding the Election Commission of India (ECI) over its conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, former Chief Election Commissioner of India OP Rawat on Wednesday termed the exclusion of eligible voters as a "grave sin".
Nilambur (Kerala), Sep 23 (IANS) Amid the ongoing row over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday described the issue as "extremely serious" for democracy, questioning its relevance if elections are not held fairly.
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Amid a series of recent organisational changes involving her family members, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday appointed her nephew Ishan Anand as the party's national convener as she directed acceleration of its electoral preparations.
