Category: NATIONAL

Rahul Gandhi and senior leaders of other opposition parties staged a protest outside all CBI offices across the country, demanding CBI chief Alok Verma’s instatement. NEW DELHI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi, joined by senior leaders of other opposition parties, on Friday turned up outside the CBI headquarters in Delhi. Gandhi, along with hundreds of party workers, was protesting outside CBI headquarters against the overnight ouster of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Alok Verma. The Centre divested agency director Verma of his powers and sent him on leave.  CBI is India’…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur inaugurated the newly constructed Indian Medical Association Bhawan at Dharamshala in Kangra district last evening. Speaking on the occasion, he said that medical profession was the noble profession dedicated and committed towards the service of suffering humanity. He said that it was heartening to know that the members of the IMA were working towards a noble cause of helping the poor and needy and assured all possible help from the State Government. He said that medical  profession required…

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By: Dr. Sanchita Ghatak, Associate Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: A nine days’ celebration of feminism, power, motherhood, affection has just come to an end. Navdurga or Navaratri, as it is called, is a festival celebrated to worship the feminine form of the Supreme Being. What attracted my attention these days were the two different paradoxes- one filled with negativity and  another, almost choking with positivity. The first set of images flooding the social media were  of a woman hiding half her face with half mask of the goddess symbolising power and the…

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IPS officer M Nageshwar Rao took over as the interim director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday. Nageshwar Rao is an Indian Police Services (IPS) officer of the 1986 batch from the Odisha cadre. NEW DELHI: A government appointment committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi put out an order around 2am on Wednesday sending the Central Bureau of Investigation’s top two officials on leave and appointing a joint director as the interim head. CBI Director Alok Verma has approached the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Central government…

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: This is the age of utter competitiveness. We have to struggle hard to make our existence felt and meaningful at every level. Challenges of life are huge and disturbing. These problems are not only for men, but our women also. We can’t say that our men are fully equipped enough to tackle with every kind of problem in their lives alone. Empowerment and strength, either external or internal, come only through good and quality education. Only knowledge can bring human out of the…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Against an equity participation of Rs.1055.01 crore in public sector SJVN Limited,  the government of Himachal Pradesh holding 26.85 percent equity, has already been paid a dividend of Rs.1485.06 crore during the past 14 years, told Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director to Jai Ram Thakur, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh while handing over the final dividend cheque of Rs.21.10 crore for the financial year 2017-18. The company had already paid an interim dividend of Rs.200.45 crore to the state government in…

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday set November 13 as the date for hearing a large number of petitions seeking a review of the top court verdict that allowed entry of women of all ages in Sabarimala Temple. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul told lawyer Mathews J Nedumpara that it has already passed an order with regard to listing of petitions on November 13. Meanwhile, 19 petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a review of its order on Sabarimala. The…

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The Supreme Court also banned online sale of firecrackers and said it would be the responsibility of e-commerce companies to ensure there is no violation of the order. The Supreme Court Tuesday permitted the sale and manufacture of low emission “green” firecrackers countrywide and fixed a two-hour time period from 8 pm to 10 pm for bursting them on Diwali and other festivals. A bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan said although the matter was mentioned in Monday’s (today’s) list they would be pronouncing the judgment on October 23. The court had reserved…

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All the 400 petrol pumps will remain shut from 6 am today (October 22) to 5 am tomorrow (October 23).The Delhi Petrol Dealers Association had announced this strike on October 15.  NEW DELHI: Diesel is costing more than petrol in Odisha. Conventionally, the diesel costs less in comparison to petrol due to lower taxes. A litre of diesel cost 12 paise more than that of petrol in Bhubaneswar on Sunday with diesel being sold at Rs 80.69 per litre while petrol cost 80.57 per litre. A surge in demand for…

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