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DG information appointed additional secretary to Uttarakhand CM

Dehradun, Jun 25 (PTI) Director General of Information and Public Relations, Banshidhar Tiwari, was on Wednesday given the additional charge of additional secretary to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. Tiwari is also the vice president of the Mussoorie-Dehradun Development Authority. A PCS officer of the 2006 batch, Tiwari was promoted to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 2016.

For some it’s ‘Modi first, country later’: Kharge’s swipe at Tharoor

New Delhi, Jun 25 (PTI) In a jibe at Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, party chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said his party believes in “country first” mantra but for some it is “Modi first and country later”. “I can’t read English well. His (Tharoor’s) language is very good, that’s why we have made him a Congress Working Committee member,” Kharge said when asked about Tharoor’s article on Operation Sindoor outreach in which he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “But I want to say the people of the opposition together said they are with the Army that is fighting (during Operation

Congress’ Manickam Tagore demands rollback of Railway Board order to rehire retired staff, employ new recruits

New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): Congress leader Manickam Tagore on Wednesday criticised the Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for allowing the Railway Board to rehire retired non-gazetted staff on a ‘volunteer’ basis stating that while crores of people apply for jobs every year while only a fraction of vacancies are available. ‘Why is the Railway Board rehiring retired staff as ‘volunteers’ when 3.3 lakh posts remain vacant in Indian Railways? Is this your idea of Yuva Shakti?’ the Congress leader said in a post on X, addressing the Union Minister. Dear Railway Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw, Why is the Railway Board rehiring

Markets log gains for 2nd day; Sensex, Nifty surge nearly 1 pc on global rally

Mumbai, Jun 25 (PTI) Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged nearly 1 per cent on Wednesday, tracking a rally in global markets amid signs of easing tensions in the Middle East following a ceasefire between Iran and Israel. Extending its previous day’s rally, the 30-share Sensex jumped 700.40 points or 0.85 per cent to settle at 82,755.51. During the day, it surged 760.8 points or 0.92 per cent to 82,815.91. Similarly, the wider gauge NSE Nifty climbed 200.40 points or 0.80 per cent to 25,244.75. “Indian equity markets have staged a recovery, supported by easing geopolitical tensions in the Middle

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