New Delhi: The Central Board of Trustees of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Tuesday recommended 8.15 percent interest for this financial year, compared to 8.1 percent paid to its six crore active subscribers last year. The rate proposed by the Board, headed by Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav, will leave a surplus of Rs….
Three-day mega event to showcase Centre’s big cat conservation efforts New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a three-day mega event on Apr. 9 in Mysuru to mark the completion of 50 years of Project Tiger and showcase India’s tiger conservation success globally. According to reports from New Delhi, the PM will also release…
New Delhi: The Parliament this noon disqualified Opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi as an MP a day after a Surat Court found him guilty of defamation and sentenced him to two years in prison, according to a Parliament notice. Rahul Gandhi, 52, was convicted yesterday for a 2019 speech in Kolar, Karnataka, where he…
Madikeri: Seeking fulfilment of its demands which chiefly included declaration of Kodagu as a Union Territory or formation of the Second States Reorganisation Commission for restoring Coorg State as a Part-C State of India, which existed from 1950 to 1956, the Codava National Council (CNC) will stage a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi…
To assume office on Oct.2 New Delhi: Amid the daunting task of reversing its electoral slide which began with the defeat in the 2014 LS polls, the Congress on Wednesday elected veteran Party leader from Karnataka Mallikarjun Kharge, a first from non-Gandhi family, to head the 137-year-old party in 22 years. Kharge succeeds long-time Party…
New Delhi: Setting the ball rolling for electing the successor to the longest-serving party chief Sonia Gandhi, the Congress’ central election authority today issued a notification for the AICC Presidential polls. After over two decades, the Congress is likely to see a contest for the post of party chief with Shashi Tharoor set to enter…
New Delhi: Popular comedian Raju Srivastava passed away today at the age of 58. The comedian took his last breath at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. He is survived by his wife Shikha and two children, Antara and Ayushman. Raju was admitted to AIIMS after he had a heart…
New Delhi: In what will put a complete closure to the legal battles regarding the Babri Masjid demolition, the Supreme Court (SC) today dropped the contempt proceedings against Uma Bharti, M.M. Joshi, Sadhvi Ritambara, Vinay Katiyar and others and ordered the closure of all the proceedings arising out of the demolition of the Babri Mosque…
New Delhi: The Union Government on Wednesday announced Kendra Sahitya Academy awards, according to which two Kannadigas have got the award. Dadapeer Jayman of Hagaribommanahalli (H.B.Halli) in Vijayanagar district has bagged the ‘Yuva Sahitya’ award while Thammanna Beegaara of Siddapur in Sirsi taluk of Uttar Kannada district has bagged the ‘Bala Sahitya’ award for the…
‘My reaching this post is achievement for every poor in India’ New Delhi: Droupadi Murmu today took oath as the 15th President of India at a ceremony in Parliament’s Central Hall here. Chief Justice of India Justice N.V. Ramana administered the oath of office to the former Jharkhand Governor, who became the first tribal and…
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