In a jolt to the Samajwadi Party (SP), its member Sarojini Agarwal on Friday resigned from the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and joined the BJP in the presence of Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi and Mahendra Singh. “Agarwal has tendered her resignation,” according to the office of chairman Ramesh Yadav. “I had been party MLC twice due to Netaji [Mulayam Singh […]
» Read moreAbhinav Srivastav, 31, an IIT-Kharagpur graduate, has been arrested by the Bengaluru city police on the charge of accessing Aadhaar data, the police said in a statement. The arrest made on August 1 followed a complaint filed against him by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) last week. Srivastav, currently employed by ANI Technologies, which owns the Ola brand, […]
» Read moreCricketer Sachin Tendulkar attended the Rajya Sabha proceedings on Thursday. Tendulkar listened to the debate and discussion during the Question Hour. The cricket icon is a nominated member of the Upper House. Tendulkar has often remained absent from the Upper House. In the past also questions have been raised about the absence of celebrities nominated to the Upper House. Samajwadi […]
» Read moreIncome tax officials raided the Delhi residence of Karnataka minister D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday and seized at least ₹5 crore in cash, according to officials in the Income Tax Department. There were no political orders regarding this raid,” the official added. “The investigative team has been planning this for a while. This is a part and parcel of investigations. Raids […]
» Read moree-Pragati will be the flagship programme that will help the government make a smooth transition from real-time government to real-time governance, said Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, at the inaugural of a training programme for officers in the new mode of technology. He said e-Pragati was one of the most attractive projects that would transform the governance in the State. […]
» Read moreGoogle has reportedly hired a 16-year-old student from Chandigarh at a whopping annual salary of Rs 1.44 crore. According to a report in Hindustan Times, the teenager named Harshit Sharma, will be joining the graphic designing team of the company later this month in the US. A student of Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 33, in Chandigarh, Harshit […]
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