Patna, March 22 (IANS) Ashok Kumar, a resident of Bihar’s Sheikhpura district who once barely managed to make ends meet by running a small shop, is running a successful entrepreneurial venture in the city. He attributes his success to the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) – a central government scheme, which assists prospective beneficiaries in establishing new micro-enterprises primarily with small project costs, facilitated through small loans. Sharing the experience o…
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Bengaluru, March 13 (IANS) Responding to questions from the media over Odisha Congress MLAs having been shifted to a Bengaluru resort, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress President D.K. Shivakumar said that he had not invited them, and they themselves came.“I have not invited the Odisha MLAs; they themselves have come to Bengaluru,” said Shivakumar while responding to questions from the media at his Bengaluru residence on Friday.The Odisha MLAs are reportedly staying at a reso…
Bengaluru, March 13 (IANS) Amid fears of cross-voting in the upcoming Rajya Sabha election in Odisha, the Congress party has shifted its MLAs to Bengaluru in a move widely seen as part of “resort politics” to keep its legislators together.Congress sources confirmed on Friday that the legislators were brought to Bengaluru under the supervision of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar. The MLAs and party leaders arrived in the city from Bhubaneswar on Thu…
Hyderabad, Feb 14 (IANS) The makers of director Abhishek Nama’s much-awaited mythological action drama ‘Nagabandham’, featuring actor Virat Karrna in the lead, have now released the dual looks of child artiste Kiara Khanna in the film. Kiara plays two characters called Malli and Ria in the film. Taking to his Instagram page to share the first look poster of the child artiste, director Abhishek Nama wrote,”She’s the one who changes the course of destiny. Here’s @myrakiarakhanna as Malli & Ria…
Hyderabad, Feb 13 (IANS) The makers of director Abhishek Nama’s much-awaited mythological action drama ‘Nagabandham’, featuring actor Virat Karrna in the lead, have now released actor Jagapathi Babu’s look in the film and disclosed that he plays a character called Prabhakar in the film. Taking to his social media timelines, Jagapathi Babu shared the first look poster of his character released by the makers. He wrote, “Here’s my look as #Prabhakar from #NAGABANDHAM.Teaser on February 15th | 11:…
Chandausi (UP), Feb 11 (IANS) In a significant anti-corruption move, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended two officials of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh, for demanding and accepting bribes from a private firm. The arrested officials are Sunil Tyagi, Manager, FCI Depot, and Ashok Kumar, Assistant Grade-II (Depot In-charge), FCI Depot. Both are posted in Chandausi.According to the CBI press release, the case was registered on February 11, 2026…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The ECI appointed Ashok Kumar, a 2006 batch IAS officer, as the new Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi in place of R Alice Vaz, an official said on Monday. Principal Secretary, ECI, Rahul Sharma, informed Delhi Chief Secretary Rajeev Varma about Ashok Kumar’s appointment in an official letter on Monday.In January, the poll panel asked the Delhi government to furnish a panel of three IAS officers to select the CEO. Ashok Kumar was one of the three officers whose name…
Shimla, Jan 4 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday expressed grief and heartfelt sorrow over the demise of a young girl student from Government Degree College in Dharamsala. Demonstrating his personal commitment to the grieving family, the Chief Minister had a telephonic conversation with the parents of the girl to offer his deepest sympathies and support during this period of immense personal loss.During the conversation, facilitated by Minister for Youth Serv…
Dharamsala, Jan 2 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Police have booked a college professor and three women students on charges of ragging to death a 19-year-old woman student of the local Government Degree College in Kangra district. The victim, Pallavi, was a second-year student of the college.In a complaint to the police, her father Vikram Kumar alleged that on September 18 last year, three students — Harshita, Aakriti and Komolika — of the college had allegedly intimidated and assaulted his daughter….