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Finally, country gets first made-in-India note
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India has released a new Rs 100 denomination banknote in the Mahatma Gandhi series with a Swachh Bharat logo in lavender colour. This is the first note made of entirely domestic materials.“This note is designed in India, printed on currency paper made in India. The ink is made in India and even the security features have been made by Indian companies.
Staff crunch: Villagers lock Nabha smart school - Times of India
PATIALA: Panchayat members and residents of five villages locked a government school in Nabha division near here on Wednesday over the district administration and state government not filling vacant posts of teachers there.Located in Chintawala village, the school was recently upgraded to a smart school.
Indian shuttlers bow out of Singapore Open - Times of India
SINGAPORE: The Indian badminton team, including its best bet Sourabh Verma , bowed out of the Singapore Open after a dismal outing on Thursday.Verma lost to Vietnam's Tien Minh Nguyen 21-18, 15-21, 11-21 in 56 minutes in a men's singles match.Rituparna Das was show the exit door by Yulia Yosephin Susanto of Indonesia 21-15, 13-21, 16-21 in a women's singles second round match.The mixed doubles pair of India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa lost 21-14, 16-21, 21-14 to Hong Kong's...
Students from Deakin University redesigning Anganwadis
Deakin University students visited Udupi in Karnataka to redesign Anganwadis with help of district administration An initiative by Architecture students of Deakin University may transform the anganwadis in India. The students plan to give an outline of design created for the anganwadis from July 12 to 26, in the Uni campus.
'Cash for transfer' scam rocks UP police - Times of India
MEERUT: Senior policemen in Uttar Pradesh were first in denial and later damage-control mode on Tuesday after a leaked WhatsApp chat, in which station house officer posted in Bulandshahr claimed to have paid Rs 50,000 bribe to the Meerut ADG for his transfer, went viral on social media.
Hyderabad: VHP, Bajrang Dal to stage rasta roko on Thursday over seer's externment - Times of India
HYDERABAD: The VHP and Bajrang Dal will stage a road blockade in in the city on Thursday demanding immediate withdrawal of orders externing the head of Sri Peetham of Kakinada Swami Paripoornananda from Hyderabad city for six months."Telangana government's order to extern Swami Paripoornananda is an insult to Hindu samaj," VHP Telangana state president Rama Raju told reporters.He demanded that the Telangana government immediately and unconditionally withdraw the externment orders.It is...
Karnataka CM seeks Centre's help to roll out Rs 40,000 crore farm loan waiver - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday called on Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh and sought financial help for implementing the Rs 40,000 crore farm loan waiver scheme announced by the state government.In its state budget on July 5, Janata Dal (Secular)-Congress coalition government had announced a loan waiver of Rs 34,000 crore, which jumped to Rs 40,000 crore after the state last week decided to waive all crop loans of Rs 1 lakh in cooperative banks...
Delhi: Transport department to issue e-challans from August 1 - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Taking a cue from Delhi Traffic Police , the enforcement wing of Delhi government’s transport department will start issuing e-challans instead of manual challans from August 1 . The department has already procured 60 handheld devices to issue the e-challans, which, they claim are better than what the traffic cops have.The enforcement wing has about 200 personnel and these devices will be provided to each of the 60 teams in which the wing’s manpower is divided.
RJD to back TDP no-trust motion against NDA government - Times of India
PATNA: The RJD on Tuesday assured Telugu Desam Party ( TDP ) led by Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu to support its no-confidence motion move against the Narendra Modi government in the monsoon session of Parliament.TDP MPs Galla Jayadev, Ravindra Kumar and Garikapati Mohan Rao met RJD chief Lalu Prasad at the residence of his wife and former Bihar CM Rabri Devi on Tuesday and handed over a letter from Naidu seeking support to the TDP in its fight against the Centre for justice to the...
1km of concrete road built through Aravalis to link Suncity, Faridabad Road - Times of India
GURUGRAM: A one-kilometre-long concrete road has been built through the Aravalis , connecting Suncity in Sector 54 directly with Gurgaon-Faridabad Road, in what appeared to be a major violation of environmental norms.A TOI team, which visited the area on Monday, found that the concrete stretch, located behind Suncity, passes through the dense Aravalis, goes up to a temple on a hill in the middle of the forest and then further winds through the woods towards Gurgaon-Faridabad Road.
From HDK govt with love: iPhoneX for Karnataka MPs - Times of India
BENGALURU: While chief minister H D Kumaraswamy has declared austerity the byword for his government — from cutting down on purchase of new cars for ministers to taxing fuel and power to fund his Rs 44,700-crore farm loan waiver package — his minister DK Shivakumar made a big splash on Tuesday gifting iPhone worth Rs 1 lakh each to 38 Karnataka MPs .
Why can't we order CBI probe against deputy CM: Madras high court - Times of India
CHENNAI: Indicating a possible legal trouble for deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam, the Madras high court on Tuesday asked why it should not direct the CBI to investigate corruption allegations against him.Referring to a corruption complaint lodged by the DMK with the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption three months ago, Justice G Jayachandran asked the state agency why no investigation had been initiated even three months after it received the complaint against Panneerselvam.
Widow ostracised for leprosy returns from 20-year ‘vanvaas’ - Times of India
RAMGARH: Sridevi , a 60-yearold widow who was ostracised by the Sikni village panchayat in 1998 after she was afflicted by leprosy , returned home on Monday after the district administration intervened.For 20 years, Sridevi has been living in a hut in a forest, located about 3km away from the village in Dulmi block. She had built the hut all by herself while still suckling her newborn son, Mukesh Kumar Mahto.
Obama delivers Mandela address in likely rebuke to Donald Trump
JOHANNESBURG: Former US President Barack Obama is making his highest-profile speech since leaving office, urging people around the world to respect human rights and other values under threat in an address marking the 100th anniversary of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela's birth.While not directly mentioning his successor, President Donald Trump , Obama's speech on Tuesday in South Africa is expected to counter many of Trump's policies, rallying people to keep alive the ideas that Mandela...
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