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The Supreme Court today expressed concern over vacancies at the Central Information Commission (CIC) and State Information Commissions (SIC), and directed the Centre and seven states to file an affidavit within four weeks giving a time schedule for filling up the positions. Asserting that at present there are four vacancies …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the digital revolution has brought new opportunities to the BRICS and other emerging economies. Addressing the BRICS Outreach Session in Johannesburg today, Mr Modi said it is crucial that these countries are ready for the change brought by the artificial intelligence and big …

Human Resources Development Minister Prakash Javadekar today said lack in innovation and quality research is the foremost challenge for the country.   The minister was chairing a three day National Conference of Vice-chancellors and Directors in New Delhi. He said, quality expansion and teaching reform is the need of the …

The Lok Sabha has taken up discussion on the no confidence motion moved by Telugu Desam Party against the government.   Initiating the discussion, Jayadev Galla charged the present NDA regime with making empty promises to Andhra Pradesh from the time of its bifurcation in 2014.   He said, both …

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a five day visit to Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa from 23rd of this month. Briefing media on the visit in New Delhi, Secretary (Economic Relations) in the External Affairs Ministry, T S Tirumurti said, in the first leg of his visit, …

Bhopal: A 12-hour hostage drama ended this evening when the city police rescued a model who was held captive after holding talks with her jilted lover who held her captive in an apartment here, demanding that she marry him. The 26-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital around 7 pm …

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted an estimated Rs. 2,000-crore money laundering racket at the Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) in Mumbai and arrested four people, officials said on Friday.   The racket was unearthed after the DRI recently conducted raids at the BDB at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) …

New Delhi: In a bid to pressure companies into hiring more Saudi citizens and reduce unemployment in the country, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has imposed a restriction on the expatriates from working in 12 sectors. The tighter policy has been approved by Labor Minister Ali bin Nasser al-Ghafis, a …

Chandigarh: A 28-year-old woman IAS officer, posted in a Haryana government department, today accused a senior civil servant from the state of sexually harassing her for writing “adverse comments on official files”.   Her senior, however, rubbished the allegations and claimed that the woman officer had been advised “not to …

Bagalkot (Karnataka): Senior Congress legislator Siddu Bhimappa Nyamgoud from Karnataka’s Bagalkot district died in a road accident near here on Monday, police said.   He was 71 and leaves behind his widow, two sons and three daughters.   “The accident occurred near Tulasigiri village when the car in which Nyamgoud …