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Delhi to hold month-long Seva Sankalp Abhiyan from September 17, projects worth ₹13,820 crore lined up NEW DELHI: The Delhi government will launch a month-long public service campaign, the ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’, from September 17 to October 17 to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced on Monday.The campaign will see…

Air Marshal (retd.) Jeetendra Mishra NEW DELHI: Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshtera has refuted claims that retired Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra did not participate in the interview rounds of the selection process for the chief executive officer of Ram temple in Ayodhya.In a statement, trust’s general secretary Swami Govind Dev Giri said that the search…

National Medical Commission (TNN) NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has sought a detailed report on allegations that a private medical college in Bihar made payment of a ₹3.75 lakh hostel fee mandatory for MBBS graduates to start their compulsory internship, with a July complaint alleging that interns feared they would be denied internship…

NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday busted an Over Ground Worker network allegedly linked with terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba and arrested three persons.According to officials, the accused were involved in providing logistical support, safe transit and other ground-level assistance to terrorists. They allegedly acted as guides and facilitated the movement of terrorist groups towards…

Pune: NCP-SP working president Supriya Sule Monday said the possibility of vendetta politics cannot be denied after CBI named Sena UBT MLA Aadtiya Thackeray in the FIR registered in connection with the Disha Salian death case.“The same govt had closed the case. I fail to understand what development prompted the probe agency to reopen the…

NEW DELHI: The southwest (summer) monsoon, which has so far reported a cumulative (June 1-Sept 14) rainfall deficit of over 14% this season, is likely to start withdrawing from west Rajasthan this weekend. IMD predicted Monday that conditions are becoming favourable for monsoon’s withdrawal around Sept 19.Monsoon normally starts withdrawing from Sept 17 and its…

NEW DELHI: A day after Union home minister Amit Shah expressed confidence that 21 NDA-governed states would implement Uniform Civil Code by 2029, three BJP allies struck a circumspect note.Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, parliamentary party leader of Telugu Desam Party which is in office in Andhra Pradesh, told TOI, “As of now, there is no…

NEW DELHI: An interesting situation may be unfolding in Nandigram and Rejinagar, with both factions of TMC, one headed by Mamata Banerjee and the other by Ritabrata Banerjee, naming their own candidates for the bypolls while claiming to be the “real” party entitled to use its reserved symbol.EC, which heard the two factions Saturday, asked…

NEW DELHI: Govt has agreed to export 654MW of electricity daily to flood-ravaged Nepal for 18 hours a day till Dec 31. The ministry of power Monday said the recent floods caused significant damage to hydropower infrastructure in Nepal, reducing its domestic power generation capacity and creating an additional requirement for electricity, reports Atul Mathur.Beginning…

NEW DELHI: Leading lawyers Harish Salve and Mahesh Jethmalani Monday advocated a reset in the judiciary, as happened after the Emergency, and said the complaint redressal mechanism needs to be reformed for the public to continue reposing faith in the institution.Referring to the unprecedented discovery of burning cash at Justice Yashwant Varma’s residence in March…