New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Six years after the abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35A, J&K stands transformed – not just in its constitutional status, but in its developmental trajectory. The decision taken on August 5, 2019, marked a watershed moment in India’s political history, ending decades of special status and ushering in a new era of integration, reform, and revitalisation for the region. What followed was not merely administrative reconfiguration but a concerted effort to reimagin…

Patna, Aug 5 (IANS) In a bizarre twist to the growing trend of fake residence certificate cases in Bihar, an application has surfaced in Samastipur district seeking a certificate in the name of US President Donald Trump. The incident took place in the Mohiuddinnagar zone, where an unidentified person submitted an online application using Trump’s photo and name, falsely listing the address as Village Hasanpur, Ward No. 13, Post Bakarpur, Police Station Mohiuddinnagar, District Samastipur.The ap…

Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Tuesday, directed the West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant to suspend four election officials posted with the two Assembly constituencies in two districts of West Bengal for their involvement in wrongful addition of names in the electoral rolls of these two seats. These four officers are Debottam Dutta, the electoral returning officer (ERO) and Tathagata Mondal, assistant electoral returning officer (AERO) of the Baruipur (Purba)…

Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted conditional bail to the two Kolkata Police personnel who were named as accused in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)’s latest supplementary charge sheet in the case of with the murder of BJP worker, Abhijit Sarkar in the post-poll violence in the state after the 2021Assembly election and sent to judicial custody by a special CBI court last month.On July 21, both these cops, namely the then woman sub-inspector of Narkeldanga Po…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (ANS) While US President Donald Trump has labelled India as a “tariff king”, the claim doesn’t hold up against actual trade data and global comparisons with other nations.While India’s simple average tariff is approximately 15.98 per cent, the trade-weighted average, which better reflects the duties actually applied on traded goods, is only 4.6 per cent, as per World Bank data, much lower than what is commonly believed.Trade-weighted average tariffs measure the actual duties pai…

Chamoli, Aug 5 (IANS) Women of Self-Help Group are not only running their livelihood by taking advantage of the public welfare schemes run by the government, but they have also improved their economic condition by earning good profits by making eco-friendly rakhis in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli. The initiative is part of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), the Ministry of Rural Development’s flagship programme aimed at reducing poverty by building strong…

Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) Trinamool Congress National General Secretary and the newly appointed leader of the party’s Parliamentary team in Lok Sabha, Abhishek Banerjee, on Tuesday, directed his party leaders at all levels to chant the “Jai Bangla” slogan when the latter come across any BJP leader anywhere within the state. He gave this direction to the Trinamool Congress workers at a virtual meeting earlier in the afternoon, which was attended by all elected party MPs, legislators, heads of municip…

Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday, reiterated her allegation that the BJP-led Union government wants to impose the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in West Bengal through Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. “A plan to slap NRC is being hatched in the name of conducting SIR. Ensure that your name is on the voter’s list. Every individual must have his name on the voter’s list. If anyone’s name is excluded, then br…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 5 (IANS) Kerala’s Education Minister V. Sivankutty has initiated steps to set up a committee of experts to identify the most suitable model for the state’s education system — one that may include eliminating the concept of “backbenchers” from school classrooms.Taking to his social media handle, Sivankutty wrote: “I wish to eliminate the concept of ‘backbenchers’ from our school classrooms. This idea can negatively affect a student’s confidence and learning.”The …

Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) The Maharashtra government on Tuesday, in a minor reshuffle, transferred five bureaucrats. Tukaram Mundhe (IAS: RR: 2005), Development Commissioner (Un-organised Labour), Mumbai, has been posted as Secretary, Divyang Kalyan Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai.Nitin Kashinath Patil (IAS: SCS: 2007), Managing Director, Maharashtra State Cotton Growers Marketing Federation, Mumbai, has been appointed as Special Commissioner, State Tax, Maharashtra, Mumbai.Abhay Mahajan (IAS: NON-SCS…