Relaxing rules for withdrawing money from the General Provident Fund (GPF), the Central government yesterday said employees can withdraw up to 90% of their amount for housing needs and 75% for buying vehicles. There is no need for documentary proof for taking out money and requests will be settled in 15 days. A simple declaration…
Selected for Natl. karate
March 16, 2017Mayank of SVEI Public School secured third place in the 9th State-level Karate Championship organised by Akhila Karnataka Sports Karate Association. He is also selected for the National-level tournament to be held in New Delhi shortly.
SC clears Manohar Parrikar’s swearing-in as Goa CM
March 14, 2017Orders floor test on Thursday; Congress says it has the numbers In a big setback for Congress, the Supreme Court today ordered that a floor test in Goa be held on Thursday morning, refusing to stay the swearing-in ceremony of Manohar Parrikar as Chief Minister today evening. The BJP has been invited to form the…
BJP set to sweep UP after 15 years
March 11, 2017BJP rides on Modi wave to a massive victory in UP Congress gets another chance to rule Punjab BJP achieves unassailable lead in Uttarakhand Hung Assembly likely in Goa and Manipur Holi arrived two days early for Bharatiya Janata Party as it was set to sweep back to power in Uttar Pradesh this morning after…
India test fires BrahMos successfully
March 11, 2017India successfully test fired its latest 450-km range version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Odisha coast this morning, according to DRDO sources. The move came days after Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chief S. Christopher announced its development at the Aero India 2017. This is the first test of the missile…
DRS controversy: BCCI files official complaint
March 10, 2017The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on yesterday filed an official complaint with the International Cricket Council (ICC) against Australian captain Steve Smith and middle-order batsman Peter Handscomb regarding the DRS controversy. The development comes a day after the ICC in a press release had stated that it will not charge players…
ISSF World Cup: Jitu Rai wins gold
March 2, 2017India won their first gold medal at the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi after pistol shooter Jitu Rai clinched the top position in the 50m men’s air pistol event yesterday. This was his second medal in two days after he won the bronze medal in the 10m pistol event on Tuesday. The silver medal…
3-year-old twins die after falling into washing machine in Delhi
February 26, 2017Three-year-old twin boys died after falling into a washing machine at their home in outer Delhi’s Rohini locality yesterday. The horrific accident occurred when their mother Rakhi had stepped out to buy detergent and other household items, setting up the machine, filling it with water for laundry. When she returned, approximately “six minutes later”, she…
Applications invited for Arabic course
February 19, 2017Madarasa-e-Moinia Wakf Centre has invited applications for one-year certificate course in functional Arabic from those who have knowledge of Urdu and Arabic and particularly passed in Aalim course. The course is sponsored by the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi. Interested persons may obtain the application…
Cannot release any more water to TN: Karnataka
February 18, 2017Counsels for Karnataka yesterday explained before the Cauvery Supervisory Committee (CSC) the acute water crisis it is facing in the Cauvery River basin due to severe droughts and conveyed its inability to continue releasing 2,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu due to the prevailing distress situation. Participating in the CSC meeting at Shrama…
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