Patana:27/7/1`7:Less than 24 hours after he resigned as the chief minister of Bihar stating he could no longer continue amid allegations of corruption in his government, Janata Dal(United) leader Nitish Kumar came back as chief minister when he took oath of office Thursday morning and Susil kumar Modi sworn as deputy chief minister,The JD(U) leader resigned over a CBI FIR against his deputy and ally Lalu ...

Newdelhi:27/7/17:Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel here today felicitated the Indian Women’s Cricket team and its support staff when they came to pay a courtesy call to the Minister at his official residence. The team has returned from London after their splendid performance in the recently concluded Women’s World Cup. Welcoming the team Shri ...

NEW DELHI: 26/7/17: Nitish Kumar is currently meeting Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi to stake claim to form government with the support of the BJP, hours after he dramatically resigned as Chief Minister, ending his mahagathbandhan or grand alliance with Lalu Yadav’s RJD and the Congress. Mr Kumar will likely take oath as Chief Minister tomorrow as the head of his government. Nitish Kumar’s ...

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi:26/7/17: The University Grants Commission has asked all universities to introduce photograph and Aadhar number in degrees and certificates awarded to students. The UGC vide letter dated March 21, 2017 has requested all the universities to introduce such identification mechanisms, said Union Minister of State for HRD Mahendra Nath Pandey in the Lok Sabha recently.While replying to a question ...

Newdelhi:26/7/17:The Delhi High Court today sought response of the Centre, AIIMS and the CBI on a plea seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged illegalities and irregularities during the AIIMS MBBS entrance examination held this year. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar specifically directed the CBI to place before it the agency’s status ...

Newdelhi:26/7/17:The BJP on Wednesday night announced its support to Nitish Kumar for forming a new government in Bihar, which it said the JD-U leader has accepted. BJP senior leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who is part of the three-member committee formed by the party high command to give a report on the situation in Bihar, made ...

Newdelhi:26/7/17:The Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said that an empowered civil society is crucial for a more humane redress of the yawning social gaps. He was addressing the gathering after releasing the book ‘Empowering the Marginalized’ authored by Shri Deepak Dwivedi, here today. The Vice President said that empowering people, to strengthen their capacities has to ...

Newdelhi:26/7/17 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the Chhattisgarh Government to stop construction work of six water projects on Mahanadi River till further orders. The tribunal’s halter on construction of water projects by Chhattisgarh came in response to a plea demanding halt on all construction activities on river Mahanadi to protect it by petitioner Sudarsan Das. In a major ...

Patna:26/7/17: Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar resigned from the post of Bihar Chief Minister on Wednesday. The decision was announced after he met Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi at the Raj Bhavan. “The governor has accepted my resignation and asked me to continue working till the next development,” he said. Earlier in the day, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav ...

Newdelhi:26/7/17:Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unlikely to attend the annual UN General Assembly session here in September and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will address the high-level session, according to the provisional agenda released by the UN. According to the first provisional list of speakers for the General Debate of the 72nd session of the General Assembly, Swaraj will address ...