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National Montex Ball Championship: J&K team wins two gold, one silver in UP
Srinagar: The J&K Montex Ball team has won two gold medals and one silver medal in a championship held at Ghaziabad area of Uttar Pardesh. An official has said that team participated in Federation Cup, titled as 10th National Montex Ball Championship 2020-21, which was held at Ghaziabad UP, from…
Read More »787 incidents of suicide reported in armed forces since 2014
New Delhi: A total of 787 armed forces personnel died by suicide since 2014 with the Army reporting a maximum of 591 such cases, according to data provided by the government on Monday.In response to a question, Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik told Rajya Sabha there were 18…
Read More »India, Pak militaries agree for ‘strict observance’ of all agreements on ceasefire India desires normal neighbourly ties with Pak, committed to resolve all issues bilaterally: MEA
New Delhi/Islamabad: India and Pakistan on Thursday announced that they have agreed to strictly observe all agreements on ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir and other sectors, even as Indian Army officials asserted there would be no let-up in its fight against terrorism or in…
Read More »Massive flood as glacier breaks off at Joshimath, 150 labourers missing
Green experts point at increased human intervention in Himalayan region Dehradun: A glacier broke off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, leading to a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river and causing large-scale devastation in the upper reaches of the ecologically fragile Himalayas.More than 150 labourers…
Read More »Union Budget 2021-22 a step towards industrialization under Atma Nirbhar Bharat: FOIJ
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Union Minister of Finance presented Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament today which we termed as a positive step to encourage the MSME Sector of our Country under the AtmaNirbhar Bharat concept of our Hon’ble Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi as the AtmaNirbharta is not a new…
Read More »Kovind defends new farm laws and condemns R’Day violence; says govt “vigilant” amid standoff with China
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday strongly defended the three new agri laws saying their benefits have begun reaching 10 crore small farmers instantly, and condemned as “‘very unfortunate” the Republic Day violence and “dishonour” to the tricolour during the tractor parade by the protesting farm unions here.Kovind…
Read More »India suspends all flights to and from United Kingdom
New Delhi: Hardeep Singh Puri, MoS, I/C, Civil Aviation has informed that all flights originating from U.K into India will be suspended temporarily from 22nd December to 31st December 2020. He stated that Government of India has decided to take all necessary precautions as a result of the situation arising…
Read More »Health Ministry calls urgent meeting on Monday to discuss new coronavirus strain in UK
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has called an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group on Monday to discuss the emergence of a mutated variant of the coronavirus in the UK, which has led to a surge in the infection rate there.A number of European countries have banned flights…
Read More »Former IB Chief Dineshwar Sharma dies
Former Director of IB Dineshwar Sharma who was currently holding the charge of LG Lakshadweep died on Friday afternoon. Sharma was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Nov 25 and was then shifted to MGM Hospital, Chennai on Nov 27. Sources told…
Read More »Former CJI Dattu completes tenure as NHRC Chief
New Delhi: National Human Rights Commission chairperson H L Dattu on Wednesday completed his tenure during which the apex body disposed of over 4.2 lakh cases, officials said.He had joined the NHRC on February 29, 2016 after retiring as the Chief Justice of India on December 2, 2015.Justice H L…
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