Month: January 2022

Congress MP Kharge slams BJP, claims the govt plans to end all public sector jobs

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Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge has slammed the BJP by claiming that the government is planning to end all public sector employment as they don’t want the youth to get into assured jobs. His claim comes amid the violent protests related to RRB NTPC/GroupD exam of railways. Kharge’s claim found support from Congress’ Maharashtra ally Shiv Sena as well. “After the BJP government was formed, all public sector jobs, be it railways, BSNL or banking or any other sector, they want to finish these jobs. They don’t want to bring…

BJP duped Parliament and misled the SC on use of Pegasus: Congress

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Reacting to the latest revelations in New York Times, the Congress said that use of Pegasus spyware on Opposition leaders, Supreme Court judges, and other civilians is an “act of treason”. The New York daily claims that in July 2017, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel, the sale of a package of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear worth $2 billion with Pegasus as its centerpiece was agreed on. Congress general secretary (communication) Randeep Surjewala and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge at a press conference said It was now clear that…

Delhi Metro services to resume as per regular timetable on weekends from today

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Delhi Metro services on weekends will be resumed as per regular timetable from Saturday in view of the ease in restrictions due to improvement in Covid situation in the city, officials said. Weekend curfew was imposed in Delhi from January 8 onwards, following which services had been curtailed. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Thursday had decided to lift weekend curfew and the odd-even system of opening non-essential shops in the city besides allowing restaurants, bars, cinema halls and theatres to reopen with 50 per cent capacity, given the improving…

Women’s Asia Cup 2022: Kiren Rijiju congratulates Team India on winning bronze medal

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Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju on Saturday congratulated the Indian women’s hockey team on winning a bronze medal in the Women’s Asia Cup 2022 in Muscat, Oman. India defeated China 2-0, where goals by Sharmila Devi (13′) and Gurjit Kaur (19′) helped the Savita-led side end the continental tournament with the third-place finish. “Congratulations to the Indian Women’s Hockey Team on winning the Bronze medal in the Women’s Asia Cup 2022 after defeating China 2-0. The whole country is proud of their performance. May the team bring more laurels…

Delhi to make PUC certificate mandatory for filling fuel

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Delhi to soon make PUC certificate mandatory for filling fuel at pumps North India, including Delhi, faces grave air pollution particularly in winter: Environment Minister PUC certificate is instrumental in monitoring vehicular pollution and certifying fitness of vehicles To ensure that polluting vehicles do not ply in the national capital, Delhi government will soon make Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate mandatory for filling fuel at pumps. Environment Minister Gopal Rai said: “This is a very ambitious policy being brought forth by the Arvind Kejriwal government. North India, including Delhi, faces…

No night curfew in Karnataka from Jan 31, schools set to reopen in Bengaluru | Details

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The Karnataka government decided to relax Covid curbs across the state. There will be no night curfew in the state from January 31, while all schools in Bengaluru have been allowed start offline classes from Monday. The Karnataka government decided to lift the night curfew across the state from January 31. As per the new Covid norms, all schools in Bengaluru have been allowed to start offline classes from Monday with strict adherence to Covid-appropriate behaviour. Schools for classes 1 to 9 in Bengaluru Urban district can commence from Monday.…

Gandhidham-Puri Express train catches fire near Maharashtra’s Nandurbar station

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The fire was extinguished after an hour and the pantry car coach, where the blaze erupted, was separated from the train. A train coach of the Gandhidham-Puri Express on Saturday caught fire near Nandubar station in Maharashtra. The incident happened at around 10.35am, the western railways informed. The fire was doused in about an hour. At about 10.35hrs, Dy SS/Nandurbar informed Nandurbar Control that a fire was detected in the pantry car of 12993 Gandhidham-Puri Express while the train was entering Nandurbar station,” the railways ministry said in a statement. …

R-Day invite sparks row in West Bengal: Grey area between courtesy and politics

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Many in the West Bengal government said that there was a massive reduction in the number of guests owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. Agrowing popular perception is that in today’s politics, courtesy means weakness. If you don’t believe in courtesy, then you are seen as an aggressive and smart politician. This means that the old values of courtesy among politicians are not as important now as they once were. However, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was present at the parade despite the fact that he has been taking to Twitter almost every…

Deepika Padukone styles ultra-chic black mini dress with Rs 62k pumps for Gehraiyaan promotions

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For the promotion of her upcoming film Gehraiyaan, Deepika Padukone amped up the glam quotient in a black faux leather mini dress by Halpern Studio. Deepika Padukone is gearing up for the release of her upcoming film Gehraiyaan and has been serving some drool-worthy promotional looks. In her latest look, Deepika amped up the glam quotient in a stunning faux leather black dress by Halpern Studio. Her stylist Shaleena Nathani took to Instagram to post pictures of the actress in the outfit and we are in love. What Deepika wore…

‘Horrific’ destruction, casualties if Russia invades Ukraine, says top US army general

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If Russia unleashes the forces it has amassed near Ukraine’s border to invade its neighbor, the outcome would be “horrific” and result in significant casualties, Army General Mark Milley has said. If Russia unleashes the forces it has amassed near Ukraine’s border to invade its neighbor, the outcome would be “horrific” and result in significant casualties, the top US military officer said on Friday, comparing this moment to the Cold War. Army General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the comments amid fragile Russia-US diplomacy…