The Ram Mandir Trust has invited Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Sonia Gandhi for the Ram temple consecration at Ayodhya on January 22. Sources said Ram Mandir Construction Committee chairman Nripendra Mishra met Kharge on Tuesday and extended the invite. He is also learnt to have personally delivered the invite to Sonia Gandhi. The...
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought the release of pending central funds to the state before she left for Kolkata on Wednesday. Banerjee has written several letters to the PM on the issue and has met him on her earlier visits to Delhi with the same demand. After...
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Delhi police teams picked up a senior software engineer identified as Sai Krishna from Vidyagiri in Karnataka’s Bagalkot city and a 50-year-old jobless man named Atul Kulshreshtha in Orai of UP’s Jalaun district on Wednesday as part of their probe into the December 13 security breach in Parliament. Sai Krishna, a resident of Bengaluru...
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Madhya Pradesh governor Mangubhai Patel listed the government’s welfare and development schemes in his address to the 16th assembly on Wednesday, but surprisingly, he excluded the Ladli Behna Yojana, a women-oriented scheme launched by former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Congress MLAs Ram Niwas Rawat and Bala Bachchan pointed out the absence of the...
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Lok Sabha has passed the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, replacing the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Indian Evidence Act, respectively. The bills are set to be passed by Rajya Sabha, clearing the way for significant reframing of the criminal justice system. Home Minister...
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Delhi High Court expresses concern over the abuse of the Right to Information (RTI) Act by government officials, leading to paralysis and fear. The court emphasizes that the RTI Act is meant to promote transparency and accountability in governance. It warns that the misuse of the act dilutes its importance and hinders government officials...
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The IT industry is experiencing a sharp slowdown, leading to companies being selective about annual salary increments. Performance and tenure are now key factors in determining who receives hikes. Infosys, Wipro, and HCL have deferred their increments, with Infosys announcing hikes effective November 1. However, they have excluded certain employees. HCL has rolled out...
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