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Maha portfolio allocation: Fadnavis gets Home, Ajit Finance, Shinde...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday allocated portfolios to his council of ministers, retaining the crucial Home department with him. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister......

'Welfare to saturation point was YSR's mantra'

While former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu wanted development to trickle down to the poor, YS Rajasekhara Reddy believed in welfare of every individual, KS Gopal, founder-member......

J-K govt to make all efforts to restore statehood: LG

Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha assured the newly elected legislative assembly on Monday that the Omar Abdullah government will make all efforts for the restoration of full statehood and......

Yogi orders strict action against all illegal occupants of land

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed officials to take strict action against illegal occupants of any land, be it government or private, without discrimination.......

MSP, hiking 50% quota, VVPAT, no Agnipath: Congress rolls out manifesto

Right to apprenticeship, legal guarantee for MSP, passing a constitutional amendment to raise the 50 per cent cap on reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs, a nation-wide caste census and scrapping of......

50% tariff to severely hit exports of shrimp, apparel, diamonds and footwear

The USA's steep 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods entering America will severely impact exports and job creation in labour-intensive export sectors such as shrimp, apparel, leather and gems and......

The hidden cost of job guarantees

The Employment Guarantee Act that would legally guarantee every household at least 100 days of employment in public work programmes seems to be suffering from birth pangs.The National Common......

NREGA gets monitoring body at last

The ministry of rural development is at the receiving end of criticism for holding in abeyance for a year the Employment Guarantee Council set up under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.......

Rural jobs: Panel members against NGOs

The first meeting of the newly-reconstituted Central Employment Guarantee Council last week, meant to oversee the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme, saw two prominent members, Jean......

Orissa offers health insurance, houses to workers

In a bid to woo villagers to benefit from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the Orissa government on Tuesday decided to offer health insurance and a house under the Indira Awas Yojana......

Government 'urged' to guarantee jobs for sportspeople

In a letter, Malhotra ‘urged the Union Minister of State (Independent charge) for Labour & Employment to formulate a scheme to provide employment guarantee to national and international......

Qatar's human rights record questioned at FIFA Congress

IMAGE: A long exposure shows FIFA's logo near its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland February 27, 2022. Photo: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters A Norwegian soccer official delivered a scathing......

ICC explains why reserve days not possible at World Cup

'There is also no guarantee that the reserve day would be free from rain either.' IMAGE: Rain covers on the wicket ahead of play in the Pakistan-Sri Lanka match at Bristol County. Photograph:......

FIFA rules to protect female players' maternity rights

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Korea DPR's referee Ri Hyang Ok in action during the FIFA Women's World Cup. Photograph: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images FIFA is......

'Chopra, Hima, Dutee are worth crores'

'These youngsters have proved there is money in sports today, not just cricket!''They are youth icons and people look up to them.''Our athletes are not scared. Like a child knows no fear, they are......