Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that training should inculcate a whole of government approach, adding that all efforts must be made to nurture the potential of the officials. He also emphasised that the old approach where posting in the training institutions was seen as punishment posting is changing. Inaugurating the first-ever National Training Conclave at the International Exhibition and Convention Centre, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on Sunday, he said that training institutes are one of the most important places as they nurture the personnel who work in government for many decades. Discussing his experience of earlier serving as CM and…
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Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday blasted Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for “indulging in large-scale corruption.” “There is corruption here while the Centre is pumping funds for the state’s development and welfare of the people,” Shah said at a public meeting at the Visakhapatnam Railway Ground, following up on the attack launched by BJP president J.P. Nadda on Saturday. The rally was held as a part of the Maha Jan Sankalp Abhiyan to highlight the achievements of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government in nine years. Shah the Jagan Mohan Reddy-run government in AP had indulged in corruption…
The Indian women’s junior hockey team on Sunday registered a thumping win over Korea in the final of the Women’s Junior Hockey Asia Cup as they clinched their maiden title in the tournament. The Women in Blue outclassed four-time champions by 2-1 in Kakamigahara, Japan. The Indian team displayed brilliant defence along with attacking skills. For India, Annu and Neelam found the back of the nets with their strikes second and third-quarter strike. Meanwhile, for Korea, it was Park Seo Yeon, who scored the lone goal in the second quarter. The opening quarter of the match saw a goaless 15-minute…
In the wake of militant attacks and arson, the state government on Saturday extended the ban on internet services for five more days. The order issued by the home department said that the internet ban would be effective till 3 pm on June 15. Earlier the ban was extended till Saturday. Meanwhile, the curfew was relaxed in most of the districts, particularly in Imphal East and Imphal West. The restrictions were relaxed from 5 am to 8 pm in Imphal. An earlier order said the curfew would be relaxed from 5 am to 6 pm. In latest attack, three people…
The Madhya Pradesh government transferred Rs 1,000 each to the accounts of 1.25 crore women in the state as it rolled out the ‘Ladli Behna Yojana’, a scheme billed as a game-changer by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the poll-bound state. Assembly elections are due by the year-end in the BJP-governed Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan pressed a button at an event at the Garrison Ground in Jabalpur to transfer the first dole of the scheme under which beneficiaries will receive Rs 1,000 a month. Addressing the function, he said that the scheme will empower women socially…
The Government of Canada has decided to hold the deportation of 700 Indian students on the request of Aam Aadmi Party MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney who is also the International President of World Punjabi Organisation. Sahney on Friday said that with the cooperation of the Indian High Commission and his request, the Canadian Government has decided to hold the deportation of the 700 students temporarily. “We have written to them and explained that these students have not done any forgery or fraud. They are victims of fraud because some unauthorised agents issued fake admission letters and receipts of payments. Visas…
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, and its mandate has become a powerful vehicle for change, progress, dignity, and justice, yet “this is far from enough to meet today’s challenges”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in his keynote address at the +30 Symposium, Vienna World Conference: 30 Years On: Our Rights – Our Future. Convened to mark the third decade of the adoption of the landmark Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the symposium aims at highlighting achievements and outlining challenges ahead. “While there have been massive gains in human rights since the Vienna Declaration, today,…
The Central Bureau of Investigation has taken over the investigation into cases related to ethnic violence in Manipur has formed a 10-member special investigation team (SIT) under a DIG-rank officer to probe six cases related to the Manipur violence referred to it by the state government, officials said on Friday. During his visit to the northeastern state, Home Minister Amit Shah announced a CBI probe into six FIRs — five on alleged criminal conspiracy and one on general conspiracy behind the violence in Manipur. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had dispatched Joint Director Ghanshyam Upadhyay to coordinate with the…
Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses concern over the missing of Pakistan journalist and political commentator Imran Riaz Khan for weeks after his arrest at Sialkot international airport and urged the federal government in Islamabad to launch a probe to get his whereabouts at the earliest. The 47 years old scribe’s family members informed that he was flying to Oman after their Lahore-based house was raided by the police in the second week of May and subsequently Khan was arrested. Later the police informed the family members that he was released on 11…
Human rights lawyer Chang Weiping was found guilty of “subversion of State power” and sentenced to three years and six months in prison. The verdict came ten months after the initial trial in July 2022 and was read out at the Feng County Detention Centre in Baoji city, Shaanxi province in China on Thursday. Chang Weiping is a human rights lawyer known for his public interest litigation in defence of the rights of people facing discrimination based on their health status, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation. He has provided legal counsel to human rights defenders and victims of defective…