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“Held a productive meeting with Lt. Gen. R.P. Kalita, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Army’s Eastern Command, Major General Ranjan Sherawat, IGAR South, Lt. General H.S. Sahi, General Office Commanding of 3 Corps, at my official residence. Focused on strengthening cooperation and ensuring security for the people of the state,” Singh said in X, formerly Twitter.Since the outbreak of the ethnic violence in Manipur on May 3, this was Lt. Gen. Kalita’s third visit to the northeastern state. On previous occasions too, the senior Army officer had discussed security related matters with the Army and Assam Rifles officers, besides…

Speaking to reporters here, Shivakumar said,”We will present our case before the Supreme Court on Tuesday. We will take action as per the directions of the apex court.”Meanwhile, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that the government will consult legal experts on this issue. “We are trying to adhere to the distress formula. But we don’t have water storage,” he said. The CWDT had passed its order earlier on Monday.–IANSmka/arm

A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula was dealing with a plea filed by law student Prince Singh from the DU’s Law Faculty against DU’s newly-introduced five-year integrated law courses based entirely on Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2023 result, demanding the implementation of CUET scores for admission. On August 17, the court had told the DU that when CUET score is being considered to grant admissions by other Central Universities, it is not ‘special’ to make admissions based entirely on CLAT 2023 result. During the hearing, however, the University Grants Commission (UGC) took…

Bengaluru, Aug 28 (IANS) India’s middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav stated that he would try to crack the code of excelling in the 50-over format ahead of the upcoming Asia Cup, adding that he is having conversations with head coach Rahul Dravid, as well as skipper Rohit Sharma and talismanic batter Virat Kohli in this regard.Suryakumar, the top-ranked T20I batter, has played 26 ODIs and averages only 24.33 at a strike-rate of 101.38. The right-handed batter made scores of 19, 24 and 35 in the recent ODIs against the West Indies, and before that, he was dismissed for three consecutive first-ball…

The total debt exposure in this financial contract will be of Rs 1,349 crore. This concludes the documentation process of achieving financial closure of the project, which is a major milestone. The CERL is a subsidiary company of the SECL (with 64 per cent stake) formed as a joint venture with IRCON (with 26 per cent stake) and the Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation (CSIDC), representing the state government, with 10 per cent stake). The CERL project is planned with the specific purpose of constructing rail infrastructure in the state. This project is being implemented based on the Joint Venture…

He made the remarks at Bagalkot while referring to the contributions made by the Marathi warrior king.Recently, the civic authorities in Bagalkot had removed a statue of Shivaji that was installed by some activists, citing that due permission was not obtained to put up the statue.Condemning the move by the Congress government, Eshwarappa said that if not for Shivaji, “we all would have been cut”, as he made a gesture with his hands. The Congress leaders are under an illusion that by insulting those who made sacrifices for the country, they could get the votes of the minority community, Eshwarappa…

The tribunal extended the timeline till September 30 and an adjustment of Rs 150 crore from the Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) towards the payment of Rs 350 crore, on consortium’s request. The consortium submitted before a three-member bench an undertaking committing to pay Rs 100 crore by August 31 and another Rs 100 crore by September 30. For the remaining Rs 150 crore, the consortium requested the appellate tribunal to encash the PBG submitted for that purpose. Earlier, the consortium was to pay Rs 350 crore to the lenders by August 31 but sought an extension for the payment. The…

Russia rejected the inclusion of geopolitical Para 13, on the basis that it does not conform to the G20 mandate.China also did not support the inclusion of the paragraph in the document, saying that “G20-CSAR is not the right forum to discuss geopolitical issues and did not support the inclusion of the geopolitical-related content.”The document said that G20-CSAR deplores in the strongest terms the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine and demands its complete and unconditional withdrawal from the territory of Ukraine. Most members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine and stressed it is causing immense human suffering and…

The students, aged between 5 and 15 years, were admitted to address concerns of their well-being and are currently reported to be in stable condition. District Collector Raja Dayanidhi has ordered an inquiry by the Social Welfare Department into the incident, which occurred at an “ashram shala”, a residential school catering to tribal students, situated in Umdi in Jath tehsil during Sunday evening. “Following the consumption of their evening meal, a total of 169 students presented symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhoea. Action was taken to transfer them to government hospitals within the tehsil. Presently, the condition of the affected…

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur was welcomed by Senior Executive Director, Col Raj Singh Bishnoi and other dignitaries from NIS. He interacted with the Asian Games-bound athletes of Boxing, Athletics and Kabbadi, besides inaugurating several renovation projects aimed at strengthening sports infrastructure.”During the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, NSNIS Patiala has received crores of rupees for sports development in the last 1 year. Development projects worth 13 crores have been inaugurated today,” he said.The Minister inaugurated the projects worth Rs. 13 crore, which included a state-of-the-art weightlifting hall, fitness centre, modern hostels and a guest house. The president of the…