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Mumbai, Ahead of the assembly elections, the Maharashtra government has decided to recruit 50,000 youth to promote various welfare programs of both the state and central government.Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil told the State Legislative Council here that these...

Moscow, India and Russia on Tuesday called for "zero tolerance" towards terrorism and pushed for an "uncompromising fight" against the international threat while underlining the importance of increasing global cooperation without hidden agendas or double standards, in a veiled mockery of...

New Delhi: The Sixteenth Finance Commission headed by Arvind Panagariya on Tuesday set up a five-member advisory council to help broaden the scope of the commission.The five-member panel will be headed by Poonam Gupta, Director General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research...

Mumbai, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will address the joint meeting of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council on July 11.Officials said on Tuesday that the address to the Assembly at 4 pm is part of the centenary celebrations of the Legislative Council and marks the...

He told the House that the National Medical Council has approved the capacity of 50 students for MBBS in these new government medical colleges.Mushrif said that the state government had submitted its application to the National Medical Council seeking grants to start these 10 new colleges with...

Mumbai, Maharashtra Legislative Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a proposal to rename seven stations on the Mumbai local train network.The grand alliance government of Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, BJP and NCP led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will now submit the...

Ukraine's largest children's health facility was one of the locations hit by a barrage of about 40 Russian missiles across the country on Monday.Russia, which is president of the council for this month, will chair the meeting called at the request of the three permanent members, the US...

Adopting resolution 2742 unanimously, the Council also requested that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres report monthly on progress regarding its implementation and that a further review of the UNMHA be submitted to the Council after the end of its mandate, Xinhua news agency reported. Submit...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the ninth Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog on July 27 to discuss the 'Develop India@2047' document to make India a developed nation, a senior government official said on Monday. .The Council, the supreme body of NITI Aayog, includes the...

Mumbai: Two newly elected members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council took oath on Monday.The third new member, Kishore Darade from Nashik teachers constituency, could not reach Mumbai for the function due to heavy rains.Council vice-president Neelam Gore administered the oath to BJP's...

Rajasthan School Education Council has recently included it in its calendar which mentions the dates of festivals and days celebrated in schools.This calendar does not mention how this day is to be celebrated and what students have to do on this day. However, the calendar shares general...

Pune: Renowned economist Dr Bibek Debroy has been appointed Chancellor of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics here, the institute said on Friday.Debroy currently serves as the Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM). He was earlier a member of NITI...

New Delhi: Prominent Muslim organization Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Friday denounced any attempt to "saffronize the education system" and said imposing customs of one religion on students of other religions in schools, such as the practice of "surya namaskar" , I was against. the Constitution.In...

Amaravati, ruling TDP's C Ramachandraiah and Janasena Party's P Hari Prasad were on Friday elected unopposed as members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council under the MLA quota.Returning Officer M Vijaya Raju announced the election of Ramachandraiah and Hari Prasad at the Vidhan Bhavan...

Patna: JDU leader Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha took oath in the Bihar Legislative Council on Friday, an official statement said.According to a statement issued by the Legislative Council Secretariat, he was administered the oath of office by acting Chairman Awadhesh Narayan Singh in the presence of...

Kohima (Nagaland) [India], Seven women and twelve male councilors took oath as members of the Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) on Friday at the Nagaland Capital Convention Center Kohima.Kohima Deputy Commissioner Kumar Ramanikant IAS administered the oath to 19 newly elected members of Kohima...

Lucknow: BJP's Bahoran Lal Maurya was elected unopposed on Friday in the by-election for a seat in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, an official said.UP Legislative Assembly Special Secretary and Returning Officer Mohammad Mushahid announced Maurya's election by issuing a notification to...

Mumbai: With 12 candidates left in the fray, including BJP's Pankaja Munde and Uddhav Thackeray's personal aide Milind Narvekar, the biennial elections for 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council will be held on July 12.Friday was the last date for withdrawal of nominations for the...

Tehran [Iran], Voting is underway in Iran, as the country prepares to elect Ebrahim Raisi's successor in the presidential runoff taking place on Friday, according to Al Jazeera.This second round comes as Iran recorded a low voter turnout in the first round, with 39.92 percent confirmed by the...

Hyderabad, six BRS MLCs late last night, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, dealing a major blow to the party led by K. Chandrasekhar Rao.After the defeat in the assembly elections last year, many leaders including six MLAs have left the party, due to which Bharat Rashtra Samithi is...