Jorhat (Assam): Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday said investment to the tune of around Rs 200 crore will be made in the CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST) to build capacity for the medicinal plant sector of the region. The amount is aimed at creating infrastructure that will boost medicinal plant storage…
Bhopal: The new Madhya Pradesh cabinet will be expanded on Monday, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said. “The oath-taking ceremony of the new cabinet will take place at 3:30 pm tomorrow (Monday),” Yadav told reporters after meeting BJP president JP Nadda in New Delhi on Sunday evening. He, however, refused to divulge details like the number…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday interacted with around 250 underprivileged students from almost every district of Jammu and Kashmir who have been touring the country as part of the “Watan Ko Jano-Youth Exchange” programme. An official statement said the interaction at Modi’s residence was freewheeling and informal. These students are visiting Jaipur, Ajmer…
Kolkata: The recitation of Bhagavad Gita at the Brigade Parade Grounds here on Sunday aggravated the political discord between the BJP and the ruling TMC, with the saffron party urging Hindu unity and the TMC criticising the alleged political exploitation of the mega event. In a one-of-its-kind gathering at the iconic ground, nearly one lakh…
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy, during his first meeting with all the 33 district collectors and superintendents of police at the Secretariat on Sunday, pitched a constructive and empathetic approach to governance. He said, “Please don’t reject an application from the people of Telangana for the sake of rejection. Be empathetic and focus on finding…
New Delhi: Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday said he has “taken retirement” from the sport and the newly-elected body will now take charge as he has many more responsibilities to look into, including the next year’s Lok Sabha elections. Brij Bhushan’s comments came soon after he met…
Tirumala: More than a lakh devotees thronged the holy hill shrine of Tirumala on Saturday to have the ‘Uttara Dwara Darshan’ of Lord Venkateswara on the occasion of auspicious Vaikunta Ekadasi. Devotees had queued up for darshan since Friday night. By the end of the day around 72,000 devotees had Uttara Dwara Darshan of Lord Venkateswara…
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his best wishes to the ‘Lokkhe Konthe Gita Path’ event in Kolkata on Sunday, expressing his belief that the recitation of the Bhagavad Gita by a huge gathering from diverse backgrounds will not only enhance social harmony but also infuse energy into nation’s development journey. Approximately 1 lakh people…
New York: An Indian-flagged crude oil tanker is among two vessels that came under drone attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Southern Red Sea, the US Central Command has said. The US Central Command said in a statement that on December 23, two Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles were fired into international shipping lanes in…
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry on Sunday suspended the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) till further orders after the newly-elected body made a “hasty announcement” of organising the U-15 and U-20 nationals “without giving sufficient notice to wrestlers” to prepare. The WFI elections were held on December 21 with former president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s…
