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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Saturday that extensions in service, extensions in any form for a particular post are set back to those who are in line. Dhankhar was delivering the inaugural address at the 25th National Conference of Chairpersons of State Public Service Commission being held in Bengaluru. According to him, extension of service indicates that some individuals are indispensable. «Indispensability is a myth. Talent abounds in this country. No one is indispensable. And therefore, it lies in the domain of public service commissions at the state and the central level that when they have a role in such kinds of situations, they must be firm,» added the VP. He also said public service commissions' appointments cannot be driven by patronage, or by favouritism.

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DK Shivakumar on Saturday said he was not looking for anyone's support and he worked as per the wishes of the Congress party amid public voices of resistance within the Cabinet to his ambitions to succeed chief minister Siddaramaiah. The CM is scheduled to present his budget in March, and there are speculations that the party might begin preparations to replace him with Shivakumar in the following months. Shivakumar is also the president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). There was a dinner meeting organised by PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi and another was planned by Home Minister G Parameshwara, both tall leaders from the SC/ST communities. Parameshwara's meeting, however, got cancelled on intervention by the AICC general secretary RS Surjewala reportedly on complaints from Shivakumar.

Maha Vikas Aghadi's rout in the state assembly elections, key constituent Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday announced to contest local bodies polls solo, a move raising question mark over the opposition bloc's unity. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut cited the lack of opportunities for workers of respective parties in an alliance and the right to organisational growth as the major considerations for contesting solo. Two days back, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party announced its support for Arvind Kejriwal's AAP in the February 5 Delhi Assembly elections, in a snub to the Congress. Reacting to Raut's announcement, a Congress leader said the party's central leadership will take a call on whether Congress will contest solo or otherwise in local body polls, the schedule of which is yet to be declared.

Honey Singh is back! The popular singer and rapper has officially announced his Millionaire India Tour 2025, and tickets went live on January 11 at 2 pm. If you’ve been waiting for this moment, now's your chance to grab those tickets! The concert will take place in 10 cities across India, including Mumbai on February 22, Lucknow on February 28, Delhi on March 1, Indore on March 8, Pune on March 14, Ahmedabad on March 15, Bengaluru on March 22, Chandigarh on March 23, Jaipur on March 29, and wrapping up in Kolkata on April 5.

Amit Shah said on Saturday that dark web, cryptocurrency, online marketplace and drones continue to be a challenge for the country and these have to be checked by strict measures. Chairing a regional conference on 'Drug Trafficking and National Security' here, Shah also asserted that the country will not allow even a single kg of drugs to be smuggled in or out of the country. He said the government has not only been successful in eliminating many networks of drugs, but the terrorism linked with them too was also destroyed. He said many cases of narco-terrorism were busted in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh and these were major achievements. «The use of dark web, cryptocurrency, online marketplace, drones continue to be a challenge for us even today,» he said.

The report, which has not yet been made public, has raised significant concerns about the policy. Reacting to the report, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said, CAG has revealed the whole story of the corruption of AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, who has played the role of a broker by destroying the happiness of Delhi.

The users complained that they were unable to access the platform. While logging, many greeted with an error message that read, «Booking and cancellation for all sites will not be available for the next hour. We deeply regret the inconvenience caused.» One user posted, «IRCTC Down!!! Users are unable to book tickets as the website faces its first outage of 2025! The site had previously gone down just before New Year, marking the second service disruption in less than two weeks.»

digital arrest scam and lost more than Rs 1.2 crore between December 21 and January 3. In a desperate attempt to pay the fraudsters, she even took out a loan of Rs 40 lakh after they drained her savings. According to a TOI report, Keerthana (name changed), from east Bengaluru, lodged a complaint with the East CEN Crime police, revealing that the scam began on December 11 when she received an IVR call from a number (+971 71518333) claiming to be from the courier service ‘DHL’. Following the instructions, she spoke to someone pretending to be a courier executive, who told her that a parcel sent in her name contained six fake passports, ATM cards, and illegal drugs like MDMA. Keerthana explained that she hadn't ordered any such parcel. She was then told that she needed to go to Mumbai to clear the matter with the police. When she expressed that she couldn't immediately travel, the fraudster connected her to someone posing as «Sunil Dutt Dubey», a police officer from Mumbai's crime team.

But she still had nine more dogs and a pig to evacuate, so flagged down some 18-year-olds with a truck who agreed to take them to a shelter. She couldn't bring two ponies with her, but she left the corral open so they could escape if needed. «That's how we evacuated almost 30 animals,» she said. «It was crazy.»

Madhya Pradesh High Court has served a notice to the principal accountant general, Gwalior, on a petition filed by retired judge and former deputy Lokayukta Umesh Chandra Maheshwari seeking direction for his gratuity payment. A division bench of Chief Justice SK Kait and Justice Vivek Jain issued notices while hearing the former judge's plea on Wednesday. Justice Maheshwari became the deputy Lokayukta after his stint as a high court judge. As per the plea, Maheshwari was appointed as the deputy Lokayukta of Madhya Pradesh with effect from June 28, 2016, and rendered his services till June 27, 2022.

Supertech Township Projects, has rejected the settlement proposal and NCLAT will now take a final decision on the insolvency of the debt-ridden realty firm. Counsel representing Ram Kishore Arora, the suspended director of the realty firm informed NCLAT on Thursday about the rejection of the settlement proposal. «Counsel for the appellant (Arora) submits that they have received the communication from Punjab & Sind Bank that the proposal submitted by the appellant is not acceptable,» noted an NCLAT order recording the submissions. A three-member bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) said it will have to take a «final decision» in the matter as the appeal has been pending for the last several months.

Delhi Jal Board (DJB), which manages water distribution to 2.7 million registered consumers, struggles every year in summers with both water quality and quantity. The national capital relies heavily on supplies from neighboring states and facing challenges in meeting growing demand. A severe water shortage during last year's summer led to restrictions and fines for water misuse. Tragically, a dispute over water resulted in a fatality in East Delhi. The Delhi government blamed Haryana for the crisis, alleging reduced water supply. The political tension between the two states escalated, with Delhi's then-water minister staging a protest. Delhi's water allocation, based on a 1994 agreement with neighboring states, is set to expire in 2025, raising concerns about future supplies. A government source highlighted the disparity in water allocation: “Delhi's share of water has been constant at 1,005MGD since 1994. Delhi, whose population has grown three times since 1994 to 3 crore, receives 1,005 MGD of water, while Haryana, with a population also of 3 crore, receives 6,500 MGD of river water.” A long-delayed dam project in Himachal Pradesh, intended to supplement Delhi's water resources, remains incomplete.

According to a TOI report, the house was owned by businessman Dhirendra Shrivastava, who has been living in Dubai for the past six months. The house had a room, kitchen, and toilet on the right side, while the left side contained two bedrooms and a hall. The two sides were connected by a staircase that led to the upper floor, which remained in Shrivastava's possession. In July 2024, Balveer Rajput, a resident of Ingoria in Ujjain, rented the ground floor. He had repeatedly asked the landlord, who was in Dubai, to unlock another room for his family, which included his wife and two children aged 10 and 11, as the room had been kept locked by the previous tenant. Eventually, the landlord gave permission to unlock the room.

Abhishek Dutt targeted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, asking him to clear the air on the chief ministerial face of the AAP for the upcoming Delhi assembly polls. The Congress candidate stated that development is at the heart of the Delhi assembly polls. "… Why does Arvind Kejriwal not formalise his alliance with BJP?.. Who is that person in the BJP who tells Chief Minister Atishi that temples are going to be demolished and she makes insensitive statements?.. Who are these people from BJP who are associated with AAP and are distracting Delhi from the main issues? The direct issue of Delhi is 'development'… They (AAP) have turned a green Delhi into a polluted Delhi, a liquor-filled Delhi...," Dutt told ANI, in response to a query regarding AAP suggesting that BJP's CM face will be Ramesh Bidhuri.

Devajit Saikia and Prabhtej Singh Bhatia will be officially elected as the BCCI secretary and treasurer respectively during the Special General Meeting (SGM) here on Sunday. Saikia and Prabhtej were the only candidates in the fray for the vacant posts once BCCI electoral officer and former CEC of India, Achal Kumar Joti finalised the list on Tuesday. Saikia has been working as the BCCI interim secretary since Jay Shah took over as the ICC chairman on December 1. The BCCI constitution stipulates that any post lying vacant should be filled within 45 days by calling a SGM, and Sunday's meeting is well within that period, holding on the 43rd day.

That has officially given it the edge over Egypt, the previous tourism leader on the continent, and who also shattered its own arrival record, welcoming 15.7 million visitors in 2024. While no governing body tracks arrival numbers for every African nation, both UN Tourism and the World Travel & Tourism Council confirm that North African nations outpace sub-Saharan ones in terms of tourism volume. Morocco’s new tourism benchmark marks an astounding 20% jump from 2023 and more than a 33% increase over 2019 pre-pandemic levels when the Arabian destination received 13 million visitors. It has also put the Kingdom of Light two years ahead of its tourism projections.

Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the Ram Temple. Although the historic consecration ceremony took place on 22 January 2024, the first anniversary is being celebrated on 11 January 2025.

Neuralink Corp., the brain-computer interface company founded by Elon Musk, has successfully implanted its device in a third human patient and plans 20 to 30 more procedures in 2025, Musk announced this week. “We’ve got now three humans with Neuralinks implanted and they’re all working well,” Musk said during an event in Las Vegas, streamed on X, his social media platform, according to Bloomberg. In the U.S., Neuralink has implanted its device in two patients so far. The first recipient has been able to play video games, browse the internet, post on social media, and move a laptop cursor using his mind.

A One-Time Mandate (OTM) is a directive given by an investor to a mutual fund house to invest a specific lumpsum amount in a particular mutual fund scheme. Unlike systematic investment plans (SIPs), which involve regular, periodic investments, an OTM involves a single, one-off investment. This approach allows investors to deploy their funds immediately based on their financial goals, market outlook, or specific investment opportunities. Also Read | Small cap mutual funds see inflows of over Rs 34,000 crore in 2024

Donald Trump that the United States should take it over. In an interview with The Associated Press, Ricaurte Vasquez denied Trump's claims that China was controlling the canal's operations, and said making exceptions to current rules concerning its operation would lead to «chaos.» He said Chinese companies operating in the ports on either end of the canal were part of a Hong Kong consortium that won a bidding process in 1997. He added that U.S. and Taiwanese companies are operating other ports along the canal as well. Trump has gone so far as to suggest the US should take back control of the canal and he would not rule out using military might to do so.