In order to promote gender equality, the Chhattisgarh government has decided to recruit transgender in the police force. The state police have started conducting workshops to facilitate applications from transgender. With this step, Chhattisgarh has become the first Indian state to do so.
PTI chairperson Imran Khan was acquitted by an anti-terrorism court in a case over the wounding of a senior police officer during clashes between his supporters and the police at a rally outside Parliament in Islamabad in 2014.
Siddaramaiah govt is letting Jihadi elements in the state grow. Be it Uttar Pradesh or Karnataka, terrorism should not have space in our country. People in power who support them should be removed: UP CM Yogi Adityanath at Bagalkot Karnataka Elections.
Protest held outside Uttar Pradesh Bhavan in Delhi against clashes at Aligarh Muslim University over Md. Ali Jinnah's portrait in the University campus.
The two Indian Premier League (IPL) playoff matches, which were originally scheduled in Pune, will take place at the Eden Gardens, it was confirmed on Friday. "Kolkata will host the Qualifier 2 and Eliminator on May 23 and 25 respectively," a Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) official told.
Tamil Nadu government announces train tickets (second-class) and an assistance of Rs 1000 for students who will be travelling outside the state for appearing in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).
Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, is returning from Karnataka a day after more than 70 people were killed in a massive dust storm. The UP CM was heavily criticized for campaigning in Karnataka for next week's elections by the opposition while the dust storm wreaked havoc in his state. The chief minister will visit Agra tonight.
Almost two years into his incarceration in a money laundering case, former Maharashtra Dy CM Chhagan Bhujbal get bail from Bombay High Court in PMLA case.
Bombay High Court bars Maharashtra Cricket Association from using water from Pavana river, says it's illegal to use Pavana's water for maintaining cricket pitches.
PM Modi while addressing BJP Mahila Morcha Karyakarta in Karnataka today said, "Able women have been given important portfolios in our cabinet'. He further said, "Our country is moving from women's development to women led development, and this is what our party strongly believes in."
BJP MLA from Jayanagar, BN Vijayakumar dies of heart attack. He was a two time MLA from the constituency and BJP candidate from the same for upcoming Karnataka Election 2018.
On Thursday,the Supreme Court on Thursday asked Karnataka to release at least 4 TMC of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and warned it of "serious consequences" if it failed to release the water. The kingpin of the rotten meat scandal, Biswanath Garai was arrested from Garia in South 24 Parganas district by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Kolkata. Heavy rains, thunderstorm and dust storm created havoc in several states across North India, causing maximum damage to Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab. It has taken several lives and has left hundreds injured.
Yesterday, National Film Award winners boycotted the award function as President Ram Nath Kovind decided to give away the awards to only 11 winners. It was a huge insult to the other recipients, who boycotted from the event and returned home. In a major relief to senior citizens, the government on Wednesday doubled the investment limit to Rs 15 lakh under the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) pension scheme.
Some big developments that are expected to happen today are:
Twitter has recommended all users to change their passwords after a bug was found that stored passwords in an internal log. An official statement from Twitter stressed that the mishap did not expose its 330 million users to any security breach.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will directly interact with the office bearers and karyakartas of Karnataka's BJP Mahila Morcha through Namo App via video bridge, on initiatives taken by the government for women empowerment today.
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