Participation of World Champion Mirabai Chanu at the Asian Games appears doubtful. India chief coach Vijay Sharma has recommended that Mirabai Chanu should be given time to be fit for the Olympic qualifiers as that will more important than that Jakarta event. As per PTI report, Coach Vijay Sharma said, “I have submitted a report
On Monday, the Rajya Sabha passed by a voice vote a legislation prescribing death penalty to those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years. The Lok Sabha has already passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018 on July 30. Thus, the law against such sexual offences will be more rigorous now. This
Yesterday, Immigration Officer of Myanmar said in an interview that Myanmar government is considering about offering Visa on arrival at the Border Gate. On August 8, the Indo Myanmar Border gate will be inaugurated and after the opening of the Indo Myanmar Border gate, ‘Visa on Arrival’ facility will also be launched. On the same
On Monday, Minister of State for Human Resource Development Satya Pal Singh shared information about vacant seats in AICTE approved engineering colleges across the country in the last four years. As a reply to one question, Dr. Satya Pal Singh said, “48.79% seats remained vacant during the 2014-15 academic session while the percentage of seats
Yesterday, ‘Protest rally against the prolonged closure of Manipur University’ was organized by the Peace Rally Committee. It was with the demand of restoring normalcy in the varsity. In response to this rally, volunteers of Manipur University community also immediately organised a rally, which resulted in an altercation between the two agitating sides. Hence, police
Yesterday, CAF and PD, revenue minister, Karam Shyam was speaking as the chief guest at the 8th Foundation Day of South East Asia Cultural Organization (SEACO) at Thangmeiband, THAU ground. Karam Shyam said, “There are two different types of civilization viz. external and internal, external in technology development apart from construction of buildings and bridges
United States Consul General in Mumbai, Edgard Kagan said that his country encourages and welcomes “qualified Indians”. US president Donald Trump is “very committed” to relations with India. In an interview, he answered about issues regarding the H-1B visa programme. Edgard told, “We strongly encourage and welcome Indians to study in the US. We believe
As per one recently released data, around 21 public sector banks and 3 private sector lenders collected around Rs 5,000 crore from customers for non-maintenance of minimum balance in their accounts in 2017-18. India’s largest lender State Bank of India led the task of penalising customers for not maintaining minimum account balance. SBI collected nearly
On Saturday, M. Hemanta Singh, chairman, JCILPS, Jiribam Branch, held a press meeting at the office of All Manipur Student Union (AMSU) District Committee Jiribam. He shared that four persons were denied entry into Manipur state and were made to turn back by the JCILPS Students Wing. These four people were not having proper identification
Yesterday, R.K. Shivananda, convener of Act East Policy Committee, held a press conference at his residence at Kwakeithel. Shivananda told that recently completed highway connecting Myanmar through Moreh will be officially opened on August 8. He further added that this 73.6 km ‘India-Myanmar Friendship Road’ has been under constant renovation to improve relations with the
