New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report alleging that a 16-year-old boy was illegally confined as an adult inmate in Kasna jail in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Budh Nagar district for more than two months before being shifted to a juvenile home. Observing that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of human rights violation, the apex human rights body has issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh Director …

Bengaluru, June 19 (IANS) The review meeting on the implementation and progress of the Karnataka government’s guarantee schemes was held on Friday at the Committee Room of Vidhana Soudha under the chairmanship of Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Chairing the meeting, CM Shivakumar made it clear that no eligible beneficiary should face hardship while the government acts against misuse of its flagship guarantee schemes. He stressed that the objective was only to prevent ineligible beneficiaries a…

Dehradun, June 19 (IANS) Taking strict action in the Haridwar land purchase scam, the BJP government in Uttarakhand has recommended that former Municipal Commissioner Varun Chaudhary be immediately dismissed from service and imposed a major punishment on former District Magistrate (DM) Karmendra Singh after he was found guilty of serious negligence in discharge of his official duties.According to sources, recommendations for action against both officers, in accordance with rules, are being sent …

Imphal, June 19 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Friday said that a united Manipur is the only way forward for all communities residing in the state. The Chief Minister said that Manipur’s identity and territorial integrity have been preserved through the ages by the collective sacrifices of all its 36 communities.He made the remarks while addressing the inauguration‑cum‑reception programme of the newly constructed Girls’ Hostel of the Mission Blind School at Laich…

New Delhi/Agartala, June 19 (IANS) Responding to the request from the Tripura government, the Union Ministry of AYUSH has granted approval for the establishment of the 60-seat Tripura Government Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital at Udaipur in southern Tripura’s Gomati district, Chief Minister Manik Saha announced on Friday.Expressing his happiness over the development, the Chief Minister took to social media platform X and said: “The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NC…

New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership as the latter recently became the longest and continuously serving elected head of government in India, while also flagging concerns on “communal divide” and “hollowing out” of constitutional establishments.Speaking to IANS, Tharoor called PM Modi a “powerful orator”, having an “articulate vision”.He said, “I think we all recognise that he has a tremendous amount of dynamism and energ…

Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first programme in West Bengal, when he arrives in the state on Saturday will be at Tarakeswar in the Hooghly district, about 62 km from Kolkata. But, what is so important about Tarakeswar that the Prime Minister has decided to celebrate ‘Paschimbanga Divas’ (West Bengal Day) there? For the uninitiated, it was at Tarakeswar that a meeting of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha was held on April 15, 1947, authorising Bharatiya Jana Sangh foun…

New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the Centre’s decision to temporarily suspend Telegram’s services across India ahead of the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination, ruling that the government had strictly followed the procedure prescribed under law while invoking emergency blocking powers and that the restrictions satisfied the test of proportionality. Dismissing a petition filed by Telegram FZ LLC challenging the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MeitY) …

New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY) is helping generate employment, empower the country’s youth and build a stronger workforce for the future. Addressing an incentive disbursal programme under PM-VBRY, the Prime Minister added the initiative has helped create millions of jobs in recent years and has emerged as a symbol of the Union government’s commitment to providing opportunities for young Indians.”PM-VBRY is t…

Patna, June 19 (IANS) Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday inaugurated the new weekly train service between Chhapra Junction railway station and Anand Vihar Terminal. During the event, the Railway Minister also virtually flagged off two additional train services connecting Maul to Delhi and Zahirghat to Varanasi.The inauguration ceremony was attended by Saran MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Maharajganj MP Janardan Singh Sigriwal, among other leader…