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PM launches scheme for women LIC agents

NEW DELHI: Women empowerment is on the government's topmost agenda and started with the construction of 120 million toilets since 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday while launching a stipendiary scheme to train 200,000 women insurance agents earning a regular monthly sum totaling to ₹2.16 lakh per person in three years.

SC slams army for forcing officer to litigate, grants permanent posting

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday took a firm stance against the Indian Army for compelling officers to seek judicial intervention for relief they are entitled to, emphasizing that such practices undermine fairness and equity in service matters.

Assam CM announces major cabinet changes

CURRENTLY, THE CENTRE PUBLISHES PLFS-BASED URBAN EMPLOYMENT DATA ON A QUARTERLY BASIS

VCK DY GEN SECY SUSPENDED FOR SIX MONTHS OVER REMARKS ON DMK

The Telangana high court on Monday fined former Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA Chennamaneni Ramesh ₹30 lakh for hiding details about his Germany citizenship while contesting assembly elections.

BJP intensifies attack Over Cong links to Soros, Oppn hits back

NEW DELHI: The government and the Opposition traded barbs involving five-letter words on Monday, both names of billionaire businessmen either side sought to link to the top leader of the other side of the Lok Sabha.

1.17mn children identified as 'Out of School': Edu min in LS

THE MINISTRY'S DATA INCLUDE CHILDREN THAT HAVE NEVER ENROLLED IN SCHOOLS AND THOSE THAT HAVE DROPPED OUT

'DUE PROCEDURE FOLLOWED WHILE AMENDING LAWS ON ENVIRONMENT'

NEW DELHI: Due procedure was followed in making key amendments to the Environment Protection Act, Wildlife Protection Act, and Biological Diversity Act, the environment ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Monday.

994 Waqf properties illegally encroached upon, govt tells Parl

TAMIL NADU HAD THE MAXIMUM ALIENATED WAQF PROPERTIES WITH 734, FOLLOWED BY ANDHRA WITH 152

Govt looks to table bill on one nation, one poll

NEW DELHI: A bill to pave the way for simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies ranks high on the Union government's agenda and could be tabled in Parliament in the ongoing winter session or the coming budget session, people familiar with the details said on Monday.

As crisis unfolds, India pushes for stability in Syria

THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTRY NOTED THAT IT WAS MONITORING THE EVOLVING SITUATION IN THE WEST ASIAN COUNTRY AND ADVOCATED FOR PEACE

AT PRE-BUDGET MEET WITH FM, FARMERS DEMAND SCRAPPING OF GST ON AGRI INPUTS

NEW DELHI: A delegation of farmers, which met Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman last week, has sought scrapping of the Goods and Services Tax on farm inputs, two people who attended the meeting said on Monday.

This season of sweetness

On the city's shakarkandi civilisation

PM: Vision of 'reform, perform, transform' led to robust growth

JAIPUR: The country has seen robust development in every sector over the past 10 years with a vision of \"reform, perform, transform\", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday as he addressed investors and industrialists in Jaipur.

Delhi-Shillong flight diverted to Patna

A SpiceJet flight (SG 2950) from Delhi to Shillong with 80 passengers and crew on board was diverted to Patna after a crack in the cockpit windshield was detected on Monday morning.

Audit recommends razing of 9th tower at Ggm condo

GURURGAM: A structural audit of Tower B at Chintels Paradiso in Gurugram's Sector 109 has deemed the ninth and final tower in the condominium unsafe for habitation and recommended its safe demolition, people aware of the matter said on Monday.

2 STUDENTS FALL TO DEATH FROM 4TH FLOOR OF ROHINI HOSTEL

NEW DELHI: Two 19-year-old college students died after allegedly falling from the fourth floor of their PG accommodation in Rohini early on Monday.

MUMBAI MAN HELD FOR AIDING ILLEGAL U.S. ENTRY VIA IGI IN 2019 CASE

A 59-year-old Mumbai resident was arrested last week for facilitating illegal immigration via \"donkey routes\" in a 2019 case involving a Gujarat woman deported from the US, police said on Monday.

3 mowed down on NH-48 while unloading bags

NEW DELHI: Three people, who had disembarked from a bus at their stop at Mahipalpur in southwest Delhi, were mowed down by a speeding truck in the early hours of Monday on national highway 48 while they were in the process of removing their luggage from the storage compartment of the bus, police said.

Fire breaks out at closed west Delhi eatery; 1 injured

NEW DELHI: A massive fire broke out at a closed restaurant in Rajouri Garden, west Delhi on Monday, gutting nearby establishments and forcing students at a coaching institute above it to jump from the building's terrace to escape.

SISODIA'S PLEA ON BAIL CONDITION LISTED FOR WED

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HC STAYS BAR BODY'S ORDER TO SUSPEND AAP LEGAL CELL HEAD

NEW DELHI: A day after the Bar Council of India (BCI) directed for the immediate removal of the legal cell head of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from Delhi's bar body, the Delhi high court on Monday stayed the decision till January 21.

Two minors among three held for murder in Palam

INTERROGATION OF THE ACCUSED FOUND THEY GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH THE VICTIM AS HE WAS ALLEGEDLY DRUNK AND SLANDERED THEM

Govt thanks UP farmers for land to Noida airport

GREATER NOIDA: On Monday, after the maiden test flight landed safely at the upcoming Noida international airport in Greater Noida's Jewar, minister of civil aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, Gautam Budh Nagar member of Parliament Dr Mahesh Sharma, and Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh thanked farmers who gave up their land for the airport, which is slated to become operational by April 2025.

MCD headed for logjam in absence of key panel

ACCORDING TO DMC ACT, THE COMMISSIONER IS EXPECTED TO PRESENT BUDGET ESTIMATES BEFORE THE STANDING COMMITTEE BEFORE DEC 10

PANIC PERSISTS AFTER REPEATED BOMB THREATS IN SCHOOLS

NEW DELHI: Panic, anger, anxiety, frustration—these were the prevailing emotions on Monday, as more than 40 schools across Delhi received yet another bomb threat by email.

SC: Independent agency can work on green cover

If calling meetings is the only exercise you have carried out, then we will appoint an independent agency. SUPREME COURT

Bomb hoax at 44 schools causes chaos

POLICE SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO ESTABLISH THE IDENTITY OF THOSE WHO CREATED THE EMAIL IDS FROM WHICH THREATS WERE SENT

AAP alleges 'secret deletion' of voters from electoral rolls

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday filed a complaint with all electoral registration officers (EROs) in Delhi over the alleged \"secret deletion\" of voters' names from electoral rolls which the party claimed is being done by the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the coming assembly elections in Delhi.

Top court issues guidelines on processing of mercy petitions in order to limit delays

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday laid down a comprehensive set of guidelines to ensure the swift and efficient processing of mercy petitions by death-row convicts, marking a significant development in the legal framework surrounding capital punishment and underlining the adverse effects of delays on both the convicts and societal confidence in justice.

Haiti: Gang kills 180 over death of its leader's child

At least 184 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti's Cite Soleil slum when a gang leader targeted elderly people he suspected of causing his child's illness and subsequent death through witchcraft, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) said on Sunday.