New Delhi, Mar 17: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Tuesday clarified that biometric Aadhaar authentication (e-KYC) for LPG consumers is required only for those who have not completed the process earlier and not for all domestic LPG users, amid reports suggesting a fresh directive. In a clarification issued after some news reports…
New Delhi, March 17 (UNI) The Congress on Tuesday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming 2026 Kerala Assembly elections, naming nominees for 55 constituencies across the state. The list, approved by the party’s Central Election Committee, signals the Congress’s early push to consolidate its position in a state where electoral contests have…
New Delhi, March 17 (UNI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today said that it has arrested a Junior Engineer (Electrical) posted at Bhojudih, Bokaro, under South Eastern Railway, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a man in exchange for providing an electrical connection at the site office of a private company….
Parmod Kumar New Delhi, Mar 17 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a provision of the Social Security Code, 2020 that limited maternity benefits for adoptive mothers to cases where the adopted child was below three months of age, holding the restriction to be arbitrary and violative of the right to equality under…
New Delhi, Mar 17 (UNI) The Department of Defence Production (DDP) is organising the National Defence Industries Conclave (NDIC) 2026, on the theme ‘Advanced Manufacturing Technologies’, on March 19-20, in the national capital. The two-day event will be inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The conclave aims to strengthen the integration of Micro, Small and…
New Delhi, March 17 (UNI) Highlighting the importance and need for paternity leave, the Supreme Court today exhorted the central government to bring a law on the paternity leave recognising the role of father in the early childhood caregiving, in balanced understanding of shared parenting, and dismantling the gendered role attributed to the mother alone….
New Delhi, March 17 (UNI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today said that it has arrested an absconding accused, M. Naga Kumar alias Tamil Selvan, who had been on the run in a bank fraud case involving Rs 4.66 crore. He was arrested from Chennai. According to the CBI, the accused had been absconding…
Parwinder Sandhu New Delhi, March 17 (UNI) A day after the arrival of the first LPG carrier Shivalik at Mundra from the Strait of Hormuz, India received another boost to its fuel supplies on Tuesday as the LPG vessel Nanda Devi, carrying 46,500 metric tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas, docked at Vadinar port in Gujarat’s…
New Delhi, Mar 17 (UNI) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and BJP’s state unit chief Virendra Sachdeva along with several party workers on Tuesday welcomed party’s national president Nitin Nabin at the Delhi Airport as he arrived in the national capital after being elected to the Rajya Sabha. On the occasion, CM Gupta said that…
New Delhi, Mar 17 (UNI) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday revoked the suspension of eight Opposition Members of Parliament after the House unanimously adopted a motion moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju following Question Hour. The motion to reinstate Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Hibi Eden, Dean Kuriakose, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, B. Manickam Tagore, Prashant…
