NEW DELHI: Barely days after the personnel department (DoPT) allowed railways to recruit engineers through two different examinations, the railway board has notified that now there will be eight streams under the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS), which the Cabinet had approved in 2019.The eight services have been notified as a “sub-cadre” under IRMS and…
NEW DELHI: The farmer protests, billed as the catalyst behind AAP’s win in Punjab, failed to yield similar output for Congress in Haryana where even a prominent farm agitation leader Gurnam Singh Charuni, who could garner only 1,170 votes, lost his deposit from Pehoba assembly seat.While state agriculture minister Kanwar Pal was among the eight…
NEW DELHI: The Congress, which was riding high on its success in Lok Sabha elections, has literally fallen flat after the party’s stunning defeat in Haryana assembly elections. The Haryana results have left the Congress bleeding – with not just the BJP but even the INDIA bloc partners unsparing in their attacks on the grand-old-party….
File photo: BJP national spokesperson Shahzad Poonawalla (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: BJP National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Wednesday, levelled allegations against the Congress party for spreading lies and colluding with anti-national forces to win election. “When yesterday the BJP government was formed for the third time in Haryana and that too with a huge…
Lowest vote margin win by BJP’s Devender Chatar Bhuj Attri vs highest margin win by Congress’s Mamman Khan (Photo credits: Candidates’ Instagram handles) NEW DELHI: The much anticipated Haryana Assembly elections reached their conclusion on Tuesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious, securing 48 seats and surpassing the majority threshold. The outcome caught many…
EC raps Maharashtra for not carrying out poll-related transfer order NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday chided the Maharashtra administration for its failure to fully carry out its July 31 instructions to transfer all poll-related officers who have completed three years in a posting or are posted in their home districts, while ordering…
At 57.3%, turnout for J&K Phase 2 lower than first phase’s 61.4% NEW DELHI: Total voter turnout in Phase 2 of the ongoing J&K election was 57.3%, higher than the 52.2% polling recorded in 2024 Lok Sabha polls but lower than the 61.8% turnout in 2014 assembly polls as well as 61.4% in Phase 1…
BENGALURU: Edtech unicorn Physics Wallah on Friday announced the closure of its largest funding round, raising $210 million. India-focused hedge fund Hornbill Capital led the round, with participation from venture capital funds Lightspeed Venture Partners, GSV, and WestBridge Capital, bringing the company’s valuation to $2.8 billion.The Noida-headquartered company plans to hire 1,000 employees over the…
Three FIRs have been registered against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Chhattisgarh for allegedly making remarks that hurt the religious sentiments of the Sikh community during his recent visit to the US, police said on Friday. The complaints were lodged by BJP leaders, accusing Gandhi of disrespecting Sikh traditions.The first two cases were filed on…
The chief minister leads the council of ministers and is responsible to the legislative assembly. They serve a five-year term, provided they have the assembly’s confidence, with no term limits.Recently, Atishi Marlena Singh, Delhi’s former Education Minister, was named the next Chief Minister of Delhi by Arvind Kejiriwal following discussions within the party.Arvind Kejriwal resigned…
