Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said her government would rename its rural job guarantee scheme after Mahatma Gandhi, and slammed the BJP-led Centre for seeking to replace the 20-year-old MGNREGA with the VB-G RAM G scheme. Speaking at a business and industry conclave here, Banerjee said if some political parties “failed…
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Jammu and Kashmir resident, a close associate of suicide bomber Umar-un-Nabi, in connection with the Red Fort area blast, making it the ninth arrest in the case, officials said on Thursday. Yasir Ahmad Dar allegedly played an active role in the conspiracy behind the blast that…
Mumbai: As many as 27 flights of various airlines were cancelled and many more delayed at Delhi Airport on Thursday due to dense fog and subsequent drop in visibility, a DIAL official said. “As of now, 27 flights are cancelled — 16 departures and 11 arrivals — at Delhi Airport due to dense fog and…
Eroade (Tamil Nadu): Actor-politician Vijay on Thursday launched a blistering attack against Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK, calling it an ‘evil force,’ repeating a term often used by the late AIADMK stalwarts M G Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa to target the Dravidian party. His Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) was a ‘pure force,’ and the contest, apparently…
Muscat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and Oman will give new confidence and energy to the bilateral relations. Speaking at the India-Oman Business Summit here, the visiting Prime Minister said the summit will give a new direction to the India-Oman partnership. “Today, we are taking…
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Thursday after the passage of the G RAM G bill amid opposition uproar over its provisions. A discussion on air pollution in the Delhi National Capital Region was to be taken up later during the day. Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was expected…
Tirupati: December 18 Senior YSRCP and former TTD chairman leader B Karunakar Reddy has accused the NDA coalition government of “conspiring” to hand over highly valuable TTD land to luxury hotel group Oberoi under the guise of tourism development. Karunakar Reddy alleged that over 20 acres of prime TTD land near Alipiri, valued at more…
Sukma: Three Naxalites, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Thursday, police said. The exchange of fire broke out in the morning on a forested hill under the Golapalli police station area when a team of District Reserve Guard was out on a search operation based…
New Delhi: The ban on entry of non-Delhi private vehicles below BS-VI standards and the enforcement of the ‘No PUC, No Fuel’ rule came into force in the national capital on Thursday, as authorities stepped up measures to tackle worsening air pollution. Fuel pumps are not dispensing fuel to vehicles without valid PUC certificates, and…
Bengaluru: Spiritual leader and humanitarian Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Wednesday said meditation, once viewed with scepticism, has now gained global acceptance, addressing a special event at the United Nations in Geneva marking the second World Meditation Day. Speaking on the theme “World Meditates for Global Peace”, Gurudev highlighted the growing relevance of meditation…
