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If the Congress is voted to power, it will launch the ‘Young Mizo Entrepreneurs Programme (YmElevate)’ to provide startup funds and jobs to the youth, Renthleisaid.“Under YmElevate, incubation and startup funds would be provided which would help create more than one lakh jobs,” Renthlei told the media.The Congress has already announced to introduce ‘Tang Puihna’, a monetary assistance scheme for farmers and entrepreneurs to develop sustainable economic and livelihood activities.Criticising the Mizo National Front (MNF) government, the Congress leader said that Deputy Chief Minister Tawnluia earlier claimed that the outgoing government has created 7,983 jobs in the last five years.“Actually,…

Some of the top Republican presidential candidates were expected to face off at their third primary debate on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Miami, but there will be fewer people on stage after former Vice President Mike Pence dropped out of the race and others haven’t yet said if they’ve reached the higher threshold to qualify, media reports said.Frontrunner former President Donald Trump is once again not expected to participate as he is way ahead of others in the RNC primaries race for nomination and will instead hold a rally of his own just across the road of the debating…

Leaders of various constituents of the UMF on Friday met BRS working President K.T. Rama Rao and conveyed their full support to the ruling party.They said the BRS government has worked committedly for the welfare of the minorities in Telangana and also allocated the highest budget for the minorities when compared to other states of the country.The leaders also said that the BRS government introduced various schemes which improved the socio-economic conditions of the minorities in the state.They observed that residential schools set up for the students from the minority communities laid the path for their bright future. The delegation…

Takuto Miki scored for Shillong Lajong in added time after the first half (45+1). They dominated the proceedings and had the better of the exchanges but Mohammedan Sporting saved their blushes in the 53rd minute when David Lalhlansanga equalised the score.Unfazed about playing in front of a partisan crowd, it was Shillong Lajong who created the bulk of the chances in the first half. The first of those changes came as early as the third minute, as Brazilian midfielder Renan Paulino lined up a freekick right at the edge of the Mohammedan box. The free kick hit the wall, but…

The plea alleged that the Governor is leaving no stone unturned to commit gross and patent violation of the Constitution persistently and eroding his responsibilities bestowed by the Constitution consciously. It added that the Governor has been continuously sitting upon the Bills passed, not considering files, remission orders and policies forwarded by the Tamil Nadu Legislature, not approving recruitment orders, granting approval to prosecute Ministers or MLAs involved in corruption cases is totally averse to his position as a Constitutional functionary. “The non-action by the Hon’ble Governor has brought the entire administration of the State of Tamil Nadu to a…

The ED raid at Delhi Labour Minister Raaj Kumar Anand’s house, which took place just two days after the agency sent a notice to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has intensified this claim.At a press conference held on Friday, senior AAP leader and Delhi Cabinet Minister Atishi detailed what the party perceives as the BJP’s fear of AAP.Atishi said: “When the ED summoned CM Arvind Kejriwal, I had already predicted that this was just the beginning, and more AAP leaders would be summoned soon. Their homes would be raided, and AAP MLAs, MPs, and ministers would be arrested because the BJP…

He visited the Kamakhya Temple here atop the Nilachal Hills, and offered prayers.Wearing a yellow traditional Buddhist robe, the King did a ‘parikrama’ (circumambulation) of the temple, lit earthen lamps, and prayed at the sanctum sanctorum, or “garbhagriha”.The royal visitor was also given a replica of the Kamakhya Temple.Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma welcomed the 43-year-old monarch of the neighbouring Himalayan kingdom as he landed at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport here earlier on Friday.Sarma greeted the King with a traditional Assamese “Gamosa” (scarf).High ranking officials of the Bhutanese government are accompanying the King.Taking to ‘X’, CM Sarma…

One of the main agendas of the Cabinet meeting was the second phase of DIAL 112, which it passed on Friday. With this, Bihar police will establish a team of DIAL 112 in every police station of the state. Bihar has around 1,200 police stations across the state. The police department will also purchase 800 vehicles, including 700 four-wheelers and 100 two-wheelers in the second phase. In the first phase of DIAL 112, Bihar police had purchased 470 vehicles.The DIAL 112 was started by Bihar police keeping in view the rising domestic violence and crime in the state. It has…

The NGT issued this directive while hearing a case in which it had taken cognizance of the online air quality bulletins of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for various cities from October 20 to November 1.The tribunal ordered the chief secretaries to submit an action taken report before the NGT on or before the next hearing scheduled for November 10.“The chief secretaries of the states where the AQI has dipped to severe, very poor and poor categories are directed to take immediate remedial action and submit action taken report before the tribunal on or before the next date of…

The court was hearing a series of pleas, that stand disposed of now, seeking the strict enforcement of the provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, and the Rules framed under the Act, citing the Supreme Court’s judgement as a basis for its decision. The top court had ruled that compensation in cases of sewer deaths must be increased to Rs 30 lakh, and the compensation for permanent disablement arising from sewer operations should be increased to Rs 20 lakh, with not less than Rs 10 lakh for other forms of disablement. The…