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Rajib Ray elected as DUTA president

2:44 pm August 30, 2019

New Delhi: Rajib Ray was elected on Friday as the president of Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) for a second term, officials said. Ray, who belongs to Left-affiliated Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF), defeated AK Bhagi of the right-affiliated National Democratic Teachers’ Front (NDTF) by a slim margin of 269 votes. Ray polled 3,750 votes while […]

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Uttarkhand gets over 2,000 crores under CAMPA fund

2:33 pm August 30, 2019

Dehradun: The Centre has allocated Rs 2,675 crore to Uttarakhand for compensatory afforestation and other green activities, officials said on Friday. The amount was released under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) fund. Union Environment minister Prakash Javadekar handed the cheque to Uttarakhand’s Forest minister Harak Singh Rawat at a meeting in […]

Govt to set up over 12,000 Ayush centres across India: PM

2:10 pm August 30, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Friday said that the government has set a target of setting up 12,500 Ayush centres across India, 4000 of which will be set up this year. Speaking at Yoga Awards ceremony here, he also stressed for the need to create a homogenous system by creating an “Ayush grid” […]

Nadda promises OBC status for left out Hindu backward castes

BJP to add 7 cr new members: Nadda

7:07 pm August 29, 2019

New Delhi: The ruling BJP’s membership is set to increase by seven crore, taking the total number of members to 18 crore, the working president of the party, JP Nadda, said on Thursday. Sharing the details of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) “successful” membership drive, he said the process of collecting the data of the […]

Pakistan will achieve all FATF targets in time: Qureshi

No decision yet on airspace closure to India: Qureshi

12:54 pm August 29, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that no decision has been taken yet to close the airspace to India, underlining that any such step would be taken after looking into each and every aspect of the move through consultation. Qureshi dismissed as speculative reports suggesting that the airspace was being shut for […]