NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday alleged that the Modi government had accentuated India’s “unemployment crisis” with the decimation of job-creating MSMEs through the “Tughlakian demonetisation, a hastily rushed GST, and rising imports from China”. In a statement, Congress general secretary, in charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh cited a new report by Citigroup, a global…
Srinagar: Six militants and two soldiers have been killed in two ongoing encounters between militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Director General of Police (DGP) RR Swain reported that six militants have been killed in these twin encounters. “Based on confirmed identifications, six militants have been killed in the twin gunfights…
Hyderabad: Thanking the people for protesting against his arrest in September last year, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday proclaimed that the Telugu Desam Party will soon regain its past glory in Telangana as well. Addressing TDP workers here, Naidu said the party was born in Telangana (four decades ago) and soon…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has concluded consultations with various stakeholders, including representatives of industry and social sectors, as part of the budget preparation exercise. Sitharaman will present her seventh Budget on July 23. This would be the first full budget of Modi 3.0 which is going to set the path for Vikshit Bharat…
New Delhi: Excellent work of Indians across various fields and enthusiasm to make India a developed nation is the country’s biggest strength, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. In a written message to the Jain International Trade Organisation (JITO) on the seventh foundation day of its incubation innovation fund, Modi said that the kind of…
Noida: Devprakash Madhukar, the main accused in Hathras stampede, was arrested from Delhi by Uttar Pradesh Police which claimed he was the main organiser-fundraiser for the July 2 ‘satsang’ and suspected that self-styled godman Bhole Baba’s events were “funded” by a political party. Claiming that some political parties had recently contacted Madhukar, the police said…
Hyderabad: The Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana held a pivotal meeting on Saturday at the Jyotiba Phule Praja Bhavan in Hyderabad. The meeting concluded on a constructive note, with both leaders agreeing to form two committees: one comprising ministers from each state and another made up of state officials. This move is aimed…
New Delhi: The Naini Coal Mine in Odisha, which boasts a production capacity of 10 million tonne per year, is expected to commence operations soon. This development follows the allocation of the mine to Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) on August 13, 2015, specifically for supplying coal to its thermal power plants. The operational start…
Thiruvananthapuram: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar on Saturday lashed out at Congress leader P Chidambaram over his comment that the three new criminal laws were “drafted by part-timers”, terming it as “inexcusable” and urging him to withdraw his “derogatory, defamatory and insulting” observation. Dhankar said he was “shocked beyond words” when in the morning he read…
Lucknow: A Labour Party candidate’s landslide victory in the UK general elections sparked celebrations thousands of kilometres away in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur and Gorakhpur. Navendu Mishra, elected to the House of Commons for a second consecutive term from the Stockport constituency, was born in Kanpur in 1989. His mother’s paternal home is in Gorakhpur. Mishra’s…
