The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Goa smoothly won a crucial Supreme Court-mandated floor test today with 22 votes in favour of it in the 40-member Assembly. That gave the BJP-plus combine a majority – it needed 21 – and allowed the Manohar Parrikar-led government to continue. Parrikar claims support of 22 legislators, two more than the halfway mark […]
» Read moreCapt. Amarinder Singh on Thursday was sworn in as Chief Minister of Punjab in Chandigarh in the presence of Congress leaders, including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. Capt. Amarinder was administered oath of office and secrecy by Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Badnore at the swearing-in ceremony held at the Punjab Raj Bhawan. Along with him nine […]
» Read moreFour suspected militants from a banned Islamist group were killed during a police raid on a building in southeastern Bangladesh. Senior police official Shafiqul Islam said on Thursday that they had completed an overnight operation after cordoning off the building where the suspects used to stay in Sitakunda in Chittagong district. Bangladesh has experienced a surge in attacks by suspected […]
» Read moreThe government, on Wednesday, approved the National Health Policy, which proposes to provide “assured health services to all” in the country. Government sources said the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its nod to the policy, which has been pending for the last two years. Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda is likely to make a suo moto […]
» Read moreMobile Labs, a leading provider of enterprise-grade mobile testing and development solutions, will introduce its latest hosted solution, deviceConnect™ Hosted Cloud to attendees of IBM InterConnect next week in Las Vegas. Mobile Labs’ newest solution opens up the possibilities for developers and QA professionals to manage their mobile testing lab in the manner that best suits their needs. Organizations are […]
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