Lucknow/Bijnor: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday conducted an aerial survey of the Kanwar Yatra route and issued necessary instructions to officials concerned, according to an official statement. Kanwar Yatra is an annual pilgrimage undertaken on foot by devotees of Lord Shiva who fetch water from the Ganga river and offer it to…
Guwahati: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday said 50,000 youths from the northeastern states will be trained for maritime jobs over the next 10 years as the Centre mulls Rs 5,000 crore investment to develop waterways-related projects in the region. Addressing a press conference here, the Union Ports, Shipping, and Waterways Minister Sonowal announced a…
Mumbai: Maharashtra minister for Marathi language Uday Samant on Monday said the government will table in the assembly the Mashelkar Committee report recommending Hindi as a mandatory third language from Class 1 in state schools. Speaking in the assembly on the debate on supplementary demands of the Marathi language department, Samant said the Mashelkar Committee…
Kochi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said he hopes a criminal investigation will be launched into the large stash of cash found at a judge’s official residence in New Delhi, comparing the incident to the “Ides of March” — a reference to Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and a symbol of looming misfortune. Referring to the…
Raipur: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused the ruling BJP of reneging on its pre-poll promises and asked people to remain united in the fight to protect their ‘jal, jungle and zameen’ (water, forest, land). He alleged the BJP was trying to intimidate “everyone” in the country and misusing central probe agencies against its…
Patna: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be in Patna on Wednesday for a “chakka jam” against the new labour code and special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, leaders of the INDIA bloc said. The announcement was made on Monday at a press conference, which was attended by the Leader of the Opposition in…
Thoothkudi (Tamil Nadu): (Jul 7) The maha kumbhabhishekam (consecration) of the renowned Sri Subrahmanya Swamy temple in Tiruchendur in the district was performed on Monday in religious fervour amidst the recitation of Vedic mantras by the priests. Shouts of “Vetrivel Muruganukku arogara” rang in the air as the priests poured holy water on the temple…
Jammu: Amid a multi-tier security cover, more than 8,600 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu early Monday to join the annual Amarnath pilgrimage in the Himalayas, officials said. More than 70,000 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the holy cave shrine located at a height of 3,880 metres since the start of the…
Rio de Janeiro: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has met his counterparts from Russia, Iran and Mexico and discussed bilateral cooperation and global issues. Jaishankar met these leaders on Sunday on the sidelines of the 17th BRICS Summit here in Brazil. Jaishankar, during his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, discussed bilateral cooperation, West…
Dehradun: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a four-day alert for heavy rainfall in five districts of Uttarakhand. The alert comes amid ongoing efforts to deal with the impact of recent downpours that have triggered landslides and damaged key infrastructure in the state. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami conducted an aerial survey of the…
