Mumbai: Mahayuti alliance’s new government in Maharashtra will be formed on December 5 with Devendra Fadnavis emerging as the frontrunner to become the next chief minister again, a senior BJP leader said on Saturday. In the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls, the Mahayuti alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and…
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said his government is committed to the welfare of farmers and is implementing various schemes covering the entire spectrum of agriculture for the benefit of cultivators in the state. Kumar said his government after coming to power in 2005 took several initiatives for welfare of farmers. “After…
Kozhikode (Kerala): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, who accompanied his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi to Kerala after her maiden electoral victory, on Saturday urged the party and UDF to pressure the state government to help the Wayanad landslides victims. Rahul, at a joint public meeting along with his sister…
MS Shanker Eknath Shinde, the leader of the breakaway faction of the Shiv Sena and current Chief Minister of Maharashtra, reportedly demanded a continuation in the top post during a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. According to some media reports, Shinde threatened to offer external support to…
Chennai: Heavy rains accompanied by gusty winds pounded several parts of northern Tamil Nadu on Saturday, affecting normalcy, as cyclonic storm Fengal, expected to make landfall near Puducherry later in the day, continued moving towards the coast. What began as intermittent rainfall in coastal regions on the night of November 29, gradually became steady leading…
Puducherry: Officials here have asked the residents to stay indoors in view of cyclonic storm Fengal’s likely landfall near Puducherry on Saturday afternoon. All schools and colleges here will remain closed on Saturday, they said. The cyclonic storm is likely to make landfall close to Puducherry with wind speeds up to 90 kmph, the India…
Johnnesburg: India will provide South African parastatal electricity supplier Eskom with a Powerplant Control Room simulator to train locals in Eskom’s plans to renew and repurpose its power stations across the country, an official has said. The announcement was made on Friday after representatives of a dozen Indian energy companies met Eskom executives on the…
Udhagamandalam (Tamil Nadu): The benefits of Central schemes like the PM Awas Yojana were not reaching the tribals, especially the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG), as they were landless, President Droupadi Murmu said on Friday and appealed to states to strive in unison to foster development of these sections. She had told the NITI Aayog…
Bhubaneshwar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Odisha BJP headquarters here on Friday and discussed ways to strengthen the party in the eastern state. Modi spent around two hours at the party office during which he interacted with its leaders and workers. “Went to the @BJP4Odisha HQ and interacted with Party leaders and Karyakartas. We…
Rama entered Kaikeyi’s chamber and found his father, King Dasharatha, seated on a magnificently adorned throne. Yet, the grandeur of the surroundings could not veil the king’s wretched state—he appeared drained, forlorn, and utterly defeated, while Kaikeyi sat beside him in cold composure. Though taken aback by the king’s unexpected despondency, Rama quickly composed himself….
