New Delhi: The Railway Board Saturday ordered a double-locking arrangement for all relay rooms with train controlling mechanisms, relay huts housing signalling and telecommunications equipment of level-crossings, and point and track circuit signals, officials said. The missive to the railway zones is the latest in a series of directions issued since the June 2 accident involving…
New Delhi: India will host a three-day meeting of development ministers of the G20 member nations in Varanasi beginning Sunday that is expected to focus on disruptions in global supply chains, food and energy security challenges and impacts of climate change among other issues. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver a special video address at the…
New Delhi: The Centre has constituted a committee in Manipur headed by the governor to facilitate the peace-making process among various ethnic groups and initiate dialogue between conflicting parties, the Union home ministry said on Saturday. The members of the peace committee include the chief minister, a few ministers, MPs, MLAs, and leaders from different…
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday alleged that India’s debt has nearly “tripled” to Rs 155 lakh crore in the nine years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded a white paper on the state of the economy. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate alleged the Modi government’s “economic mismanagement” is responsible for the present state of…
Rajouri/Jammu: National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Saturday hinted at his party staying away from the grand alliance against the BJP in the next year’s general elections, saying most of such parties remained silent when the Article 370 was abrogated. He also said the talk on a pre-poll alliance in Jammu and Kashmir would be…
New Delhi: When India adopted parliamentary democracy post independence many countries doubted the country’s potential, but today it is showing the mirror to the world, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has said. Presenting Lions Club International’s ‘Roar to Restore’ SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) awards to 20 individuals and organisations here on Friday, Birla also said…
Amethi (UP): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday hit out at the Congress over its leader Rahul Gandhi’s “mohabbat ki dukan” pitch, saying by talking about opening a shop, they have proved politics for them is a business. In a speech at an event in the US earlier this week, Gandhi had referred to his slogan…
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will hold a “maha rally” at Ramlila Maidan here on Sunday against the Centre’s ordinance on control of services in the national capital, which is likely to be attended by one lakh people, claimed a party spokesperson. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann along with…
New Delhi: An RSS-affiliated body said it will launch ‘Garbha Sanskar’ campaign on Sunday under which pregnant women would be encouraged to read religious texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and Ramayana, chant Sanskrit mantras and practise yoga so that “sanskari and deshbhakt” babies are born. “The ‘Garbha Sanskar’ programme has been developed with a holistic…
New Delhi: Sharad Pawar on Saturday announced Supriya Sule and Praful Patel working presidents of the Nationalist Congress Party. Pawar made the announcement at the 25th anniversary of the party, founded by him and P A Sangma in 1999. The announcement was made in presence of Ajit Pawar, a key player in NCP. Pawar had last…
