National Urban Enclave 2026 NEW DELHI: Even as the Centre moots directly elected mayors with a fixed five-year tenure and a mayor-in-council system, municipal heads from different cities at National Urban Conclave flagged that the move would serve little purpose without giving mayors adequate powers. Rajkot mayor Nehal Shukla also called for time-bound financial audits…
Women founders are building India’s social startups NEW DELHI: A survey of more than 145 organisations working in the social impact space shows that over 57% of non-profits have at least one female founder – more than three times the 18% share reported among Indian startups. Moreover, female representation in the nonprofit sector outpaces corporate…
Delhi Police have registered an FIR against opposition MPs who visited Jamia Millia Islamia University over alleged trespassing, following a complaint by the university authorities, amid ongoing student protests demanding the restoration of the students’ union.According to news agency ANI, the FIR was registered following the MPs’ visit to the campus to meet students protesting…
NEW DELHI: Keralam BJP president and former Union minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar on Sunday said chief minister VD Satheesan should refrain from encouraging “Jinnah worship”, accusing him of indulging in “selective secularism.“His remarks came in response to a social media post by Satheesan after a YouTuber was booked for allegedly making communal remarks in a video….
J&K Congress distances itself from Farooq Abdullah’s Pakistan remarks; Kashmiri Pandit groups seek FIR NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir Congress has distanced itself from National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah’s remarks that Pakistan was helping Kashmiris by keeping the Kashmir issue alive at international fora.“The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee has distanced itself…
Targeting PM Modi further, Kharge called the prime minister a “habitual liar” NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge triggered a controversy on Sunday with his remark, “Modi ka baap bhi jayega” (Modi’s father will also be defeated), at a programme in Patna.In a video shared by ANI, a person can be heard shouting, “Modi nahi…
Targeting PM Modi further, Kharge called the prime minister a “habitual liar” NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge triggered a controversy on Sunday with his remark, “Modi ka baap bhi jayega” (Modi’s father will also be defeated), at a programme in Patna.In a video shared by ANI, a person can be heard shouting, “Modi nahi…
The Cybersecurity Training Institute will focus on training, research and capacity building. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Rs 169-crore data centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute at Info Valley-II in Jatni, near Bhubaneswar, Odisha.Spread across 18.55 acres, the facility’s foundation stone was laid by then RBI…
The five-year initiative, established in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, will support research, medical training, faculty exchanges and patient care at BJ Government Medical College.Indian American physician and philanthropist Dr. Navin C. Shah has committed $525,000 to establish an infectious disease program at his alma mater, BJ Government Medical College in Pune, Maharashtra, in collaboration…
“If it is found that any private institution has deliberately sidelined Kannadigas, the government will take appropriate action,” he said. NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar has warned that the state government will take action against IT companies found to be deliberately sidelining Kannadigas in job opportunities.In a post on X on Sunday, Shivakumar…
