The chief minister added that discussions with the Congress leadership would continue before a decision is taken. NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar on Monday said that any decision on cabinet expansion rests with the Congress high command, and that his responsibility is to implement the decisions taken by the party leadership.According to…
Kolkata: In a bid to overhaul the state’s healthcare landscape, the govt on Monday announced a series of medical and health initiatives during the presentation of the state budget. The major highlights include the setting up of a second AIIMS and a dedicated cancer specialty hospital in north Bengal, alongside the creation of four new…
Mumbai: A 25-year-old man was killed and his friend was critically injured after their motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle on the Eastern Express Highway in Vikhroli, a Mumbai police officer said on Monday.Shahabuddin Naushad Khan and Hakeek Saeed Khan were travelling to Bandra from Mumbra in the early hours of June 19 when…
CHENNAI: A rare moment of camaraderie swept across the political divide in Tamil Nadu assembly on Monday as members from both the treasury and opposition benches broke into laughter over a suggestion to change the practice of giving water to members in tumblers. The light-hearted exchange began when former chief minister O Panneerselvam disagreed with…
Patna: Rural development department (RDD) minister Shrawan Kumar said here on Monday that the govt has committed itself to implementing the Centre’s Viksit Bharat (VB)-G-RAM-G programme with all sincerity, as Bihar is the first among the major states that gave cabinet approval to it. The VB-G-RAM-G is the new avatar of the earlier MNREGA with…
Rohini Kujur seeks help outside the hospital Gumla: Chief minister Hemant Soren on Monday directed Gumla deputy commissioner (DC) Dileshwar Mahto to probe the case of a critically ill man after images of his wife seeking financial help on the streets for his treatment came to his notice via social media.The video showed Rohini Kujur,…
Dhanbad: The simmering dispute within the Dhanbad Cricket Association (DCA) has now come out in the open, with a majority of its members demanding the dissolution of the existing managing committee. In a significant development, 131 out of the association’s 217 members have reportedly signed and submitted a notice seeking the convening of a special…
The action was confirmed by Union minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary in a letter to Naveen Patnaik NEW DELHI: A bank branch manager in Odisha Grameen Bank has been suspended, and all 28 Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) across India have been directed to provide more compassionate and transparent customer service. The directive comes…
Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya Kolkata: BJP does not endorse ‘dim-ocracy’ and it is tarnishing the state’s image, Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Monday.“This is not a model to register your protest in BJP. We have condemned this and we are condemning it. Why should any BJP worker throw eggs?” he said. Bhattacharya’s…
BJP’s Kirit Somaiya said M-East ward has 289 schools declared illegal in the last four years Mumbai: Former MP Kirit Somaiya from BJP has claimed that 34% of the 849 schools declared unauthorised in the city by BMC’s education department in the past four academic years fall in M-East ward, comprising Govandi, Mankhurd and parts…
