New Delhi/Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Aug 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court has granted bail to former BJP MLA from Jharkhand’s Jharia, Sanjeev Singh, who was in jail for eight years on charges of murdering his cousin and then Deputy Mayor of Dhanbad, Neeraj Singh. Sanjeev Singh, the husband of Jharia’s current BJP MLA Ragini Singh, had appealed to the apex court after his bail plea was rejected by the lower court and the Jharkhand High Court.His advocate Mohammad Javed said that the division bench of Chief J…

Patna, Aug 8 (IANS) Jan Suraaj chief, Prashant Kishor, on Friday slammed the Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey over corruption charges, asserting that the minister is involved in the medical college scam. “Pandey accepted a bribe of Rs 25 lakh from BJP’s Bihar state president Dilip Jaiswal in exchange for helping Kishanganj’s MGM Medical College secure the status of a deemed university,” charged Kishor while addressing a press conference in Patna.He claimed the money was used to buy a …

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Cyber Police of North-West District have arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly running a fake work-from-home job scam and duping people under the pretext of online employment offers. The accused, identified as Parth Bhatia, a resident of Moti Nagar, West Delhi, was apprehended following a complaint from a woman named Anshula Sharma, a resident of Model Town. Sharma alleged that she was cheated of Rs 15,000 and her Apple MacBook after being lured with a fraudulent p…

Shimla, Aug 8 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday handed over appointment letters to 312 drawing teachers at a ceremony here. On the occasion, he also gave a send-off to five students from government schools who were embarking on an educational tour to Japan.The students would visit various academic institutions and historical sites across Japan.During the event, the Chief Minister launched several educational initiatives, including the student-centric news pl…

Patna, Aug 8 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Friday, laid the foundation stone for the grand redevelopment of the historic Janaki Temple at Punaura Dham in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district, believed to be the birthplace of Goddess Sita. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, several Union Ministers, and other dignitaries attended the event.Before the ceremony, Union Minister Shah offered prayers at the temple.The Bihar Cabinet had approved the Rs 882.87 crore project on July 1, aimed at the integrated …

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday approved the proposal for implementation of the Rs 4,200 crore ‘Multidisciplinary Education and Research Improvement in Technical Education’ (MERITE) Scheme in 275 technical institutions comprising 175 engineering institutions and 100 polytechnics across the country from 2025-26 to 2029-30.Out of the total Rs 4,200 crore outlay, there will be an external assistance of Rs 2,100 crore from a World Bank lo…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Staff Selection Commission and Railway Recruitment Board are the only two government agencies authorised by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to use face authentication in their examinations to verify the identity of candidates and other officials, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Friday. Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada, in a written reply, said, “The real-time face authentication during examinations hel…

Srinagar, Aug 8 (IANS) Senior religious and separatist leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Friday, expressed shock over the rotten meat scandal unearthed in Kashmir and demanded accountability and ethical introspection. Delivering his Friday sermon at the Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of Srinagar, Mirwaiz expressed shock and anguish over the recent revelations that more than 3,500 kg of rotten, unlabelled, and possibly unlawful meat was seized by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) from various …

Chandigarh, Aug 8 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday jointly launched 24 sector-wise industrial advisory committees, a step to establish the state a hub of industry and commerce. Addressing the gathering during the launch of this first-of-its-kind initiative, Kejriwal termed it a historic day for Punjab. He said the era prior to 2022 was dominated by extortion, where industrialists were coerced by political leaders to …

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday approved the construction of a 4-lane highway from Marakkanam to Puducherry in Tamil Nadu, stretching across a length of 46 km. The project will be developed on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) at a total capital cost of Rs 2,157 crore.Currently, connectivity between Chennai, Puducherry, Viluppuram, and Nagapattinam is dependent on the existing 2-lane National Highway 332A (NH-332A) and…