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Tense situation continues in K'taka colleges as hijab wearing Muslim students sent back
Six persons, who came in support of the hijab wearing students near the Vijay Para-Medical College, were taken into custody in Belagavi. The individuals who gathered in front of the college raised 'Allah hu Akbar' slogans and demanded that hijab wearing students must be allowed inside the classrooms. They were taken into custody after they indulged in heated arguments with the police.
Centre resumes biometric system for attendance for its employees, work from home stopped
In an office memorandum issued on February 16, the DoPT said while referring to the earlier office memorandum on January 31, 2022, "Since the period of suspension of biometric attendance is over on 15.02.2022, all the officers, officials working in this Department are required to mark their attendance in the Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance Control System (AEBAS) with effect from February 16, 2022.
'Opposition unity' on menu at Maharashtra-Telangana CMs' Sunday lunch
Earlier on Wednesday, Thackeray called up KCR, as Rao is popularly known, and lauded his efforts to rally the country's regional and Opposition parties and forge a united challenge to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre. Thackeray is understood to have conveyed to KCR the need to "save the country" from BJP's divisive political agenda for which the Shiv Sena would extend full support.
Assam govt proposes to rename places that do not reflect state's tradition, culture
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday tweeted that the government would soon launch a portal to invite suggestions on change of names of cities, towns or villages that are "contrary to our civilisation, culture and derogatory to any caste or community".
Chinks between Team Raje and Raj BJP expose miscommunication within party
On Wednesday, the two groups, one led by former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and the other by BJP's state unit chief Satish Poonia, shared two different versions with IANS for Raje's absence from the BJP's protest staged here on Tuesday to press for a CBI probe into the REET (Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers) paper leak scandal.
No enmity with Pakistan's people, but with its rulers: Amarinder
Addressing public meetings in support of the party candidates, Farzana Alam from Malerkotla and Sardar Ali from Amargarh, he said these elections were going to decide the future of Punjab as the state was confronted by multiple challenges which could be matched by a "double engine" government only. He said before independence about 40 per cent population of Patiala was Muslim and most of them had migrated to Pakistan.
Govt makes harness, helmet mandatory for toddlers riding on motorcycles
The rules will come into force after one year from the date of publication of the Central Motor Vehicles (Second Amendment) Rules, 2022. "This has been notified under Section 129 of the Motor Vehicles Act, which mandates that the Central government may, by rules, provide for measures for the safety of children below four years of age, riding or being carried on a motorcycle," the ministry said in a statement.
Kejriwal must clarify on Kumar Vishwas' statement: Kharge
Vishwas in an interview has spoken about his and Kejriwal's conversations during the 2017 Assembly elections in Punjab. Vishwas had warned Kejriwal in 2017 against increasing Khalistani separatists. A complaint lodged in this connection by Congress leader Sandip Dikshit at a police station Mohali read that Kejriwal had ignored the warnings, and had said that he will manage them.
Delhi's Safdarjung records max temperature of 27 degrees Celsius
All five main stations of Delhi - Safdarjung, Palam, Lodhi Road, Ridge, and Aya Nagar - recorded maximum temperature above 25 degrees Celsius, but the temperatures dipped to below 20 degrees Celsius after 9 p.m., the data from India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
UP to emerge as hub for EV, drone units
The Technical Education Department in Uttar Pradesh has decided to encourage technical and vocational institutes to introduce courses tailored to suit the requirements of these industries. The industrial training institutes (ITIs) in the state could introduce courses in drone pilot and drone technicians' courses soon, he said.
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