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Taking to the media after presiding over the meeting of Cabinet, Khattar said the Common Eligibility Test (CET) is conducted by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission for recruitment to various Group C and D government jobs.He said the candidate is given the opportunity to opt for the posts according to his or her educational qualification.The Chief Minster said the government in the last eight-and-a-half-years tenure has given more jobs as compared to 10-years tenure of previous Congress government.Quoting figures to support his claims, he said only 88,000 government jobs were given during the tenure of Congress government from 2005 to…

The mother was identified as Karami Murmu, a native of Mahulia village under Khunta police limits of tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj district.According to the police, she sold her daughter Lisa to a couple — Phulamani Marndi (40) and Akil Tudu — of nearby village Bipracharanpur a month ago.Karami sold the child without the knowledge of her husband, Mushu Murmu, who works in Tamil Nadu and is often away from home for work. The couple had two daughters including the one, who was sold for just Rs 800, said a police official.When Mushu recently came back home from Tamil Nadu, he could not…

Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra, while briefing media persons on the day-long SCO summit, which was held virtually, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined that the fight against terrorism remains a central goal of SCO. In a special briefing on the 23rd Summit of the SCO Council of Heads of State, he said: “Prime Minister underlined India’s contribution to SCO, especially in the last six years, as a Member State. He highlighted the new spheres of cooperation.” Kwatra also said that the Prime Minister underlined the need to work together to eliminate the menace of terrorism in the region and…

The incident occurred on Monday and the accused identified as Heera, a resident of Ashok Nagar, has been arrested, said the official.Sharing the details, a senior police official said that an information was received on Monday at MS Park police station that one unknown person was brought dead from Nathu Colony chowk underpass due to stab injury.“On further inquiry, it was revealed by an eyewitness that the deceased was a vagabond and lived on a footpath near an underpass of Nathu Colony. Heera gave him deadly stab injuries using a beer bottle on Monday around 10.30 p.m,” said the official.…

Five drones were reportedly used in Tuesday’s attack, which also targeted locations in the wider region around the capital.The ministry said all the drones were shot down and there were no casualties or damage, BBC reported.Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the alleged attack, BBC reported.Restrictions at Vnukovo Airport, one of Moscow’s three international airports, have now been lifted. Flights from Turkey, the UAE and Egypt were among those affected, BBC reported.According to the Defence Ministry, four of the drones flying in the Moscow region were shot down by air defence systems. A fifth was intercepted electronically before crashing.”An attempt…

BCCI’s Junior Cricket Committee has picked India A squad for the upcoming ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 to be played from July 13 to 23 in Colombo. The tournament has eight Asian nations in the fray and will be held in a 50-over format.The 20-year-old Dhull will have Abhishek Sharma as his deputy while the squad also includes notable names in Sai Sudharsan, Riyan Parag and Prabhsimran Singh.Saurashtra stalwart Sitanshu Kotak has been named the head coach of the India A squad and will have spinner Sairaj Bahutule as its bowling coach.India A are placed in Group B…

The unified security command in Manipur, in its first meeting chaired by Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, on Monday decided that the bunkers erected by militants anywhere in the state have to be destroyed. The Chief Minister, after the meeting, said on Monday evening that the Army would lead the operation in destroying the illegal bunkers and would also be joined by other Central paramilitary forces.Addressing media here, ITLF spokesman Ginza Vualzong said: “This would make the Kuki-Zo tribal villages more vulnerable to attacks by radical Meitei gunmen and mobs. Despite the deployment of a massive number of security forces…

These buses will be plying in cities like Madurai, Coimbatore, Tiruchi and Salem as the buses there are in very poor conditions with many buses not having foot boards, some having broken doors and torn and damaged seats.According to sources in the State Transport Corporation in Madurai region, most of these buses are fit to be scrapped and cannot ply with passengers.Most of the bus terminals in cities like Madurai, Salem and Tiruchi have huge rush in peak hours and people are not able to even stand on the foot boards of these buses. The sanction for the new buses…

A three-member larger bench headed by Justice Inayatur Rahman announced the reserved verdict over a petition seeking the CM’s disqualification under Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution, The Express Tribune reported.Notably, last April, Khurshid’s Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree turned out to be fake, a year after he was appointed to the post, the report said.Khurshid had acquired his degree from a network of diploma mills operating under the brand name Belford, but it doesn’t actually exist, The Express Tribune reported.He was entrusted with the top slot over his ‘outstanding educational achievements’, something even former Pakistan premier Imran Khan…

The world’s second largest carmaker was already pursuing a plan to roll out cars with advanced solid-state batteries, which offer benefits compared with liquid-based batteries, by 2025, The Guardian reported.On Tuesday, the Japanese company said it had simplified production of the material used to make them, hailing the discovery as a significant leap forward that could dramatically cut charging times and increase driving range, the report said.“For both our liquid and our solid-state batteries, we are aiming to drastically change the situation where current batteries are too big, heavy and expensive,” said Keiji Kaita, President of the Japanese auto firm’s…