India

There was an increase in farmers suicides after the Rs 70,000 crore loan waiver scheme was announced, said Union minister Parshottam Rupala during the Question Hour.

A division bench of Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad admitted the plea and directed the Employee Provident Fund Organisation to respond.

The Commission for Entrance Examinations, Kerala announced KEAM 2019 second allotment result on July 8 at official website cee.kerala.gov.in

The advisory was issued keeping in view the threats from such groups where Army personnel could be targeted for getting secret information, sources said.

The total number of vacancies in teaching posts and non-teaching posts in 41 central universities is 6,911 and 13,112, respectively, with almost half the vacancies being in SC/ST/OBC categories.

The student alleged that on April 1 this year, the varsity officials had registered a case against him after a ruckus at the university refectory solely because of his SC status.

The science teacher, his son and another relative were injured in firing by policemen when they tried to stop the family members from sacrificing a three-year-old girl in Udalguri district.

Mintu Mallick, a judge and a railway magistrate at the Sealdah court, was suspended in 2007 and in 2013, inflicted a punishment of compulsory retirement for hauling up a driver and a guard of a suburban train for habitual delay.

An FIR has been registered against Dinesh Kumar and two unidentified persons under Section 11 in Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and Section 377 (unnatural offence) of the Indian Penal Code.

According to the a police officer, the accused had committed the first crime at the age of 21 and has 10 cases lodged against him in various incidents.

The chief minister said that after getting stuck for several years, the Dharavi makeover project had got momentum as his government worked seriously to remove all hindrances.

As per the order of the Department of Personnel, Pushpa Satyan, awaiting posting order, was appointed as Additional Chief Vigilance Commissioner in the Home Department while Ramlal Gurjar took over as Joint Secretary in the Administrative Reforms Departme...

The Delhi government wants to work with the Centre and the police, and will take all necessary steps to support them for improving in the law-and-order situation in the city, the chief minister said.

A dozen armed ultras of the banned outfit Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP) poured petrol and set the vehicles on fire at Kurun village, under the jurisdiction of Bhandaria Police Station, on Thursday night, the police said.

People who invested in villas in India were told that they could sell the villas in a buyback arrangement for significant profits if they first paid tax.

The trouble started when the match was about to end and the umpire declared 'No ball', police officials said.