As many as seven lakh students have been registered on the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) in Kashmir division till date. This was stated in a handout released on Saturday by Mohammad Younis Malik, Director of School Education, Kashmir. “Seven lakh students have so far been registered on the NSP for pre-matric and post-matric scholarship schemes. The number is expected to increase by February 10, 2020, which is the last date for registration,” the hand-out read. It was revealed that all the schools in Kashmir division have been registered on NSP to facilitate the students to avail the benefits of different…
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India and Sri Lanka on Saturday agreed to furthering cooperation with each other in combating terrorism in South Asia. During a visit of the recently elected Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Terrorism is a major danger in our region. We both countries have fought this problem firmly. There were painful and barbaric terror attacks on Easter in Sri Lanka in April last year. These attacks were not only a blow to Sri Lanka, but also to humanity. Today, we discussed furthering our cooperation against terrorism.” Prime Minister Modi also revealed that…
Giving a message to voters in the national capital to come out and vote in the Assembly polls, a bridegroom from east Delhi on Saturday exercised his franchise on the day of his wedding and urged others to fulfil their responsibility towards the nation. Dhananjay, a bridegroom from east Delhi’s Shakarpur area, that is also part of Laxmi Nagar Assembly constituency, came out to vote with his entire family. Speaking to the media, Dhananjay, while standing outside MCD primary school polling booth here, said, “I have come out to exercise my franchise as I have a responsibility towards my nation.…
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday landed into hot waters after he suggested that women should heed their male counterparts’ counsel while casting their vote. “You must go to vote. Special appeal to all women – Just like you bear the responsibility of home, the responsibility of the country and Delhi are also on you. All of you ladies must go to vote and also take the men of your house. Make sure to discuss with men voting whom will be right,” Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi. Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani questioned…
As polling for the 70-member Assembly seats in Delhi began on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah urged people, especially the youth, to come out and vote in record numbers. “Today is the polling day for the Delhi Legislative Assembly…Urging the people of Delhi, especially my young friends, to vote in record numbers,” Modi tweeted. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who campaigned extensively in the national capital for the Assembly polls, tweeted in Hindi: “By giving Delhi clean air, clean drinking water and house to every poor, Delhi will become the best capital of the world…
Congress candidate and former AAP MLA Alka Lamba assaulted a worker from AAP for asking the identity of her companion. Although the police tried to intervene, she pursued him till the youth was taken away by the police. Polling is having a tepid response in Delhi where polling began at 8 am amid tight security. An estimated 5.64 per cent of 1.47 crore eligible voters have exercised their franchise till 10 a.m. on Saturday in the election for 70 Delhi Assembly seats. The election will determine the fate of 672 candidates in the fray. The estimated turnout for North West…
Polling for the 70 Assembly seats in Delhi began at 8 a.m. on Saturday. The Aam Aadmi Party, BJP and Congress are the top three contenders in the fray. The results for the elections will be announced on February 11.
Japan is not expecting any coronavirus impact at the upcoming Olympic Games in July and estimates over eight million foreigners to reach Tokyo during the prestigious quadrennial event, said a senior official of Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB). So far, over 600 people have lost their lives in China due to coronavirus outbreak and more than 30,000 confirmed cases have been reported. “London got eight million overseas visitors during the Olympic Games when it was held last time (2012). We hope to cross that number,” Kazuomi Yamashita, Director of Marketing/Promotion, Tourist Promotion Officer, TCVB told reporters on Friday. According…
Taking a dig at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in an alleged bribery case of Rs two lakh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that traders were being targeted by the Kejriwal government. Gopal Krishna Madhav, a senior Delhi government officer, was arrested on Thursday evening, two days before the election for the 70-member Delhi Assembly. BJP’s Delhi unit tweeted: “OSD to Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI while accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh…
The most wildly anticipated Assembly elections are here, and as Delhi goes to polls on Saturday, Union Home Minister and former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah has instructed all party cadres to ensure that they cast their votes by 10 a.m. Senior BJP leader has also instructed officials to be deployed at all the 13,750 polling booths on the day. BJP sources said that Shah has issued a directive to the polling booth in-charges that it is not just bravery to cast votes, but they also need to exercise their franchise so that the BJP bags the maximum…