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Delhi govt approves Mahila Samriddhi Yojana to provide Rs 2,500 a month to women from poor families

New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI) The BJP government in Delhi approved the Mahila Samriddhi Yojana on Saturday to provide a monthly assistance of Rs 2,500 each to women from poor families in the city and allocated Rs 5,100 crore for the scheme. Addressing a party programme on International Women’s Day at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here, BJP president J P Nadda said the Delhi Cabinet has approved an allocation of Rs 5,100 crore for implementing the Mahila Samriddhi Yojana and congratulated Chief Minister Rekha Gupta for it. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the programme, the chief minister said

When a ‘Tagore Bahu’ introduced blouse to Bengali women and revolutionised saree: Book

New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI) Long before Rabindranath Tagore’s name became synonymous with Indian literature and philosophy, the daughters-in-law of the Tagore household lit the torch of change and were early influences in the young poet’s life – especially Jnanadanandini Devi, the wife of his elder brother Satyendranath Tagore. In the 1860s, then-Calcutta’s Bamabodhini magazine put out an advertisement, proposing a “new way” of putting on a saree that accompanied a blouse, a slip, petticoat, broach and shoes. Soon after the advertisement, Bengali women made a beeline outside Jnandanandini’s house to buy the “controversial” blouse and to learn the modern

Unfair means in public recruitment exam SC quashes HC order granting bail to 2 accused

New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI) The Supreme Court has quashed an order granting bail to two persons accused of compromising with the sanctity of a public recruitment exam, saying this possibly affected many others who put in earnest effort in the hope of securing a job. A bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah said such acts represented possible chinks in people’s faith in public administration and the executive. “In India, the reality is that there are far more takers of government jobs than there are jobs available. Be that as it may, each job which has a

Trump says India agreed to cut tariffs way down

New York/Washington, Mar 8 (PTI) US President Donald Trump said India has agreed to cut its tariffs “way down” as he reiterated his claim that the country charges America massive tariffs that make it difficult to sell products there. “Our country, from an economic standpoint and financial standpoint and a trade standpoint, has been absolutely ripped off by almost every country in the world,” Trump said in remarks from the Oval Office on Friday. “Canada, Mexico and then you just go right down the line. India charges us massive tariffs, massive, you can’t even sell anything into India. It’s almost,

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