Day: May 31, 2019

Car set ablaze, dog slaughtered in front of BJP leader’s

9:59 pm May 31, 2019

Itanagar: A person drove a car, parked it in front of Arunachal BJP president Tapir Gaos private residence here Friday morning and set it on fire before slaughtering a street dog, the police said. As per a CCTV footage the incidents took place at Mowb-II here at around 6 am when the streets were empty, […]

Odisha to set up startup hubs in major cities

8:59 pm May 31, 2019

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has approved a proposal to set up startup hubs in major cities of the state, aiming to boost the ecosystem for emerging businesses, officials said. Chief Secretary A P Padhi, while reviewing the progress of the startup policy implementation on Thursday, directed officials to prepare a detailed business plan of the […]

Fishing banned for June, July in Himachal

8:58 pm May 31, 2019

Shimla: Fishing will be banned in all the reservoirs of Himachal Pradesh for June and July, a state minister said Friday. The ban for the two months every year is a routine process, Himachal Pradesh Fisheries Minister Virender Kanwar said. Most of fish species go through breeding process during this period leading to large scale […]

No proposal for JNU name change: Pokhriyal

Nishank takes charge of HRD Ministry

8:52 pm May 31, 2019

New Delhi: Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ took charge of the HRD Ministry Friday with the senior ministry officials handing him over the draft of the much awaited National Education Policy (NEP). The policy, an ambitious project of the previous Modi government, is expected to be on the agenda of Nishank, who started his career as a […]

Army got 7 complaints of human rights violations in 2020, none found to be true: Naik

Naik takes charge of AYUSH ministry

8:48 pm May 31, 2019

New Delhi: Shripad Yesso Naik, who has been reassigned the AYUSH ministry, took charge of office on Friday. Besides independent charge of the AYUSH ministry, the BJP parliamentarian from Goa is also the Minister of State for Defence in the new Narendra Modi government. Naik, who was initially appointed as the Minister of State for […]