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Doctors, community health officers, ASHAs, anganwadi workers and multipurpose workers in Silvassa have been ordered to mobilise beneficiaries of government schemes to attend the public meeting for inauguration of the new 450-bed hospital of National Modern Medical Education and Research Institute (NAMO MERI) by PM Modi on March 7.The preparations for the VVIP visit started…
NEW DELHI: The railway ministry on Wednesday roped in the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) to conduct all departmental promotion examinations through a centralised computer-based test. This comes a day after CBI arrested 26 officials of the East Central Railway for allegedly leaking papers of a departmental examination and seized Rs 1.2 crore cash during raids.“All…
DEHRADUN: A motor bridge connecting Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib and the Valley of Flowers National Park collapsed due to a massive landslide on Wednesday. The landslide was triggered by boulders tumbling down the hillside near Govindghat in Chamoli. The bridge was located on the Badrinath National Highway, the main route for the 4km stretch from…
In this picture taken on February 25, 2025, a worker gives final touches to a robotic elephant model at a workshop in Thrissur. It flaps its ears and waves its trunk, but this elephant model is a lifesize and lifelike mechanical replica rolled out in India as an alternative for the highly sensitive and endangered…
NEW DELHI: The cabinet on Wednesday approved two ropeway projects – Sonprayag to Kedarnath and Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib – in Uttarakhand, which will reduce travel time to less than an hour from close to 10 hours now. Govt has also lined up over half a dozen ropeway projects for Maa Kamakhya temple in Assam,…
A 14-year-old girl who was forcibly married off by her mother to a relative was rescued following a complaint from the girl’s grandmother in Anchetty on Wednesday. The victim, who had dropped out of school after Class 7, was forcibly married off to a 29-year-old man. The wedding took place in Bengaluru on March 3,…
The guidelines issued by the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) on personal policies, related terms and conditions of employment and indemnity bonds secured from employees, will not apply to the public sector banks, said the High Court of Karnataka. “The public sector banks are guided by the instructions issued by the Department of Economic Affairs…
The FIFA Club World Cup trophy. | Photo Credit: AFP FIFA will pay total prize money of one billion dollars to participants in the Club World Cup taking place in the United States this year, a source close to negotiations told AFP on Wednesday. The figure is significantly more than the prize money offered for…
Ahmad Rashad Nadir, 27, and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 26, were recorded wearing their hospital uniforms Two Sydney nurses have been arrested after a video surfaced online in which they allegedly threatened to deny treatment—or even kill—Israeli patients.Ahmad Rashad Nadir, 27, and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 26, were recorded wearing their hospital uniforms while engaging in a…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a post-Budget webinar on employment via video conferencing on Wednesday (March 5, 2025). | Photo Credit: PIB via PTI This year’s Union Budget will pave the way for a stronger workforce and a growing economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Wednesday (March 5, 2025), while addressing a post-budget…