Apart from outlining its future plans for the development of Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar led party also referred to poll promises made by the rival Grand Alliance, including approving 10 lakh jobs, and sought to know from where would they manage Rs 5 lakh crore additional money that will be required for fulfilling their 'lofty' announcements.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India at its working committee meeting in Mumbai on Sunday has decided to pay an annual honorarium of Rs 25 lakh to each of five selectors of the national selection committee. The decision will come into effect only after the annual general body meeting of the Board, which will be held at the Cricket Centre in Mumbai on September 27 and 28.
Siddharth Gajbhiye, a relative of the victims, was a police patil, a civil appointee in villages who liaises with the local police and revenue department and was paid honorarium by the government.
SPOs, who are local youth appointed on a honorarium basis under the provisions of the Police Act, have been a soft target of the Maoists and in the deadliest attack by the ultras in Chhattisgarh this year 39 of them were killed in a single incident.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday announced Rs 500 a month as "honorarium".
The tussle between the AAP government and the Centre escalated on Tuesday with the cancellation of appointment of nine advisors to Delhi ministers following the Union home ministry's directions which said these posts were "not sanctioned".
When Nitin Gadkari was president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the party had announced it would set up a separate ministry for handlooms and handicraft. Instead of doing that, the BJP government has abolished the only institution that took into account the voice of the weavers.
As their parties are locked in a fierce battle for Bengal, Tathagata and Saugata Roy, siblings who belong to the BJP and the TMC respectively, answer the same questions put to them about the assembly election.
The Shehnai maestro has said he will perform free of cost.
The chief minister said the Delhi government was implementing from November 19 its decision to reserve 80 per cent of ICU beds in private hospitals for COVID-19 patients.
The royal family has already made it clear it would not hold the traditional private durbar in the Palace
Goyal also announced hiking of tax free gratuity to Rs 30 lakh from existing Rs 20 lakh for employees having service of more than five years.
Formally kicking off his party's campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday paid obeisance at the dargah of renowned sufi saint Haji Waris Ali Shah and held a road show in Barabanki.
Governor E S L Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 46-year-old leader, whose party emerged victorious in 151 seats in the 175-member strong state assembly.
The new TTD chairman's Venkateswara pendant seems like a simple yet effective tool to silence his critics and to unburden the baggage of his family's religion.
'A sum of Rs 6,000 a year is very significant for a small farmer whose land holding is very small and whose produce is very small. All these calculations on a daily basis are extremely unfortunate and an insult to farmers.'
If the Bhima Koregaon commission is terminated before completing its work, the people affected by the violence 'would feel cheated'.
According to a decision of the Union cabinet 3,000 additional government jobs and 6,000 transit accommodations will be provided to Kashmiri migrants in the valley.
'Reduce the perks and privileges of MPs, but let there be no reduction in the money spent on the education of martyrs' children,' says former BJP MP Tarun Vijay.
Incentives for industries have been rolled back and teachers have gone without salary for months as the state grapples with the after-effects of the ban
'Whatever happens in Delhi happens in India,' says Kiran Bedi.
On Monday, August 29, a court in Saran, Bihar, sentenced the headmistress of the school where 23 children died after eating a mid-day meal to 17 years in prison. Three years after that tragedy, discovers Satyavrat Mishra, the state government has failed to learn its lessons.
It is actually quite remarkable that EPW has survived for so long. "I see it as a journal of dissent," says Rammanohar Reddy and is thankful to the EPW community for keeping it relevant.
'A man dies and it's over for him. But we're right here, it isn't over for us,' she says cryptically. She talks about the "poverty" in which she had to raise her sons and daughter, the responsibility of today's youth to its country and how war widows should cope with their loss.
At seven, Laxman Singh was one of the first children to be rescued by Kailash Satyarthi from bonded labour. Through his story, the author traces the Nobel Peace Prize awardee's campaign
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