Day: December 8, 2020

Govt school teacher suspended for sending lewd messages to women teachers: Official

India drops to 9th spot in global spam call tally, Gujarat gets max calls: Truecaller

8:33 pm December 8, 2020

New Delhi: Indian mobile users saw a 34 per cent decline in spam calls received in 2020, helping the country move lower to the ninth position in the tally of most spammed countries, according to a report by Truecaller. Within India, Gujarat received the most spam calls in 2020. In 2019, India was at the fifth position […]

IMA Guj protests over order allowing Ayurveda docs to train for surgeries

8:24 pm December 8, 2020

Ahmedabad: Members of the Indian Medical Association’s (IMA) Gujarat chapter on Tuesday held state-wide protests against the government’s notification allowing postgraduate students of Ayurveda to study and practice surgical procedures. As part of the nationwide protest call, the IMA Gujarat staged protests and handed over memorandums to deputy collectors and mamlatdars, demanding the withdrawal of […]

Mamata presents vote on account for Rs 2.99 lakh cr in House, oppn parties boycott speech

People of landslide-prone areas in Bengal’s coal belt to get flats: Mamata

8:23 pm December 8, 2020

Raniganj: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that the state government is constructing nearly 29,000 flats for rehabilitating people from landslide-prone areas in the Raniganj coal belt in Paschim Bardhaman district. Long-term mining activities and underground coal fire have left large tracts of land in the area landslide-prone, endangering localities here. In the first phase, 9,284 families of […]

Oppn practising hypocrisy, trying to stoke fire: BJP

8:21 pm December 8, 2020

New Delhi: The BJP slammed the opposition for its support to the ‘Bharat Bandh’ on Tuesday, saying they have resorted to spreading confusion over issues to ”stoke fire” after being unable to counter Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity among the masses. Senior BJP leaders hit out at opposition parties with Union minister Prakash Javadekar noting that many […]

Stop foundation-laying ceremony for new Parl building, divert funds for people’s needs: CPI MP to PM

8:14 pm December 8, 2020

New Delhi: CPI MP Binoy Viswam Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop the December 10 foundation stone-laying ceremony for a new Parliament building and suspend the overall Central Vista project, and divert the fund to ”more important and pressing issues that the country faces”. In a letter to the prime minster, Viswam said that carrying out such […]