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Nitin Raut, who is chairman of the AICCs scheduled caste department on Wednesday, wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray urging him to take some significant steps to help the women working in the sugarcane fields of the state. (Photo: ANI)

30,000 women get uterus removed to earn during menstruation: Raut...

The Congress leader urged the Maharashtra Chief Minister to take requisite measures.

25 Dec 2019 1:50 PM IST

PM Modi launches Rs 6,000 crore groundwater management plan

PM Modi launches Rs 6,000 crore groundwater management plan

The scheme aims to improve groundwater management through community participation in identified priority areas in seven...

25 Dec 2019 12:42 PM IST

Jodhpur had two squadrons of MiG 27, of which one had been decommissioned earlier this year. (Photo: AFP)

MiG-27 to pass into history, its last squadron to be decommissioned in...

A New Delhi-based IAF officer said the Jodhpur-based squadron of MiG 27 is the last one not only in SWAC but in the...

25 Dec 2019 12:23 PM IST

After the varsitys convocation, Das told reporters that he has great respect for the post of chancellor and he along with the Pro-VC and registrar had requested the varsity employees to lift the blockade and let the chancellor enter the varsity and preside over the ceremony. (Photo: PTI)

Facing Governor Dhankhar-'s ire on campus protests, JU VC pleads not...

Prof Das also asserted that he went by the rule book in holding the convocation ceremony without varsity Chancellor...

25 Dec 2019 10:50 AM IST

These units drawn from the CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF and the SSB were sent to the Kashmir Valley after the Centre abrogated Article 370 provisions in Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: File)

J&K: Home Ministry orders withdrawal of over 7,000 paramilitary troops

A total of 72 companies of CAPFs have been ordered to -'revert-' to their locations across the country.

25 Dec 2019 8:40 AM IST

GHMC workers place road signs on the biodiversity flyover for a safe and smooth drive.

Trees â€˜blindâ€™ motorists, set to be chopped

This apart, the tress are also covering the indicative signboards, thereby leaving drivers unaware of the stipulations.

25 Dec 2019 5:22 AM IST

According to rating agency Icra, the GST compensation requirement of nine large states--Karnataka, Kerala, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal-- will double from Rs 36,100 crore in FY19 to Rs 60,000-Rs 70,000 crore in FY20.

Small bizmen up in arms against new GST rules

Very difficult to file monthly returns without an accountant, biz owners say.

25 Dec 2019 5:17 AM IST

Students representing MSF demanded that the government and the police should show equal responsibility in punishing the criminals of other sexual assaults as well, crimes that happened recently to the SC, ST and OBC women.

Stir against atrocities on SC/ST women

The cases should be solved on humanitarian grounds and not on the basis of caste.

25 Dec 2019 5:15 AM IST

Two other ways which are not deemed safe are through a layer of exposed photographic film or smoked glass, or by observing the reflection of the eclipse in a bowl of black oil, he explained. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Brace up for solar eclipse tomorrow

Celestial treat to last 3 mins 40 secs.

25 Dec 2019 4:16 AM IST

Chauhans experience is shared by his fellow students from Australia too, who will be at this city school along with their two teachers till November 3.

Hyderabad: Plea against errant tuition centres filed

Most of the tuition points in the state do not have basic facilities like washrooms, benches, drinking water and others.

25 Dec 2019 4:11 AM IST

The department is planning to install water jets with lighting where bio-remediation will be done to improve the quality of water.

Durgam Cheruvu to be a tourist hub

According to highly placed sources in the department, DCDC will be a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to fund the project.

25 Dec 2019 4:09 AM IST

The couple expressed great happiness and thanked the ministry of home affairs from giving its go ahead to issuing her the document. (Representational Picture)

Pak woman marries J&K man, gets citizenship

This has rekindled hope among hundreds of Pakistani women married to former militants of Jammu and Kashmir.

25 Dec 2019 3:23 AM IST