New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to India in the early hours of Monday after his six-day visit to the US and Egypt during which several landmark agreements were signed. Modi was received at the Delhi airport by Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi and BJP chief J P Nadda. BJP leaders…
New Delhi: India is yet to finalise the cost and specific terms of purchase of 31 MQ-9B long endurance drones from the US and it will examine the “best price” offered by the manufacturer to other nations before concluding the procurement, the defence ministry said on Sunday while trashing reports in a section of social media…
New Delhi: Amid confusion over the Congress’ stance on the Centre’s Delhi ordinance, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal told Rahul Gandhi to forget the differences and move forward together at the opposition meeting in Patna, AAP sources said on Saturday. “Arvind Kejriwal spoke directly to Rahul Gandhi (on the ordinance matter) and said if there is any…
Jamshedpur: Former Jharkhand chief minister and BJP leader Raghubar Das on Saturday said that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be implemented in the state, if the saffron party is voted to power in the next year’s assembly polls. Das also claimed that he had, in 2018, written to the Centre for implementation of the…
New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday launched an Omicron-specific mRNA-based booster vaccine for Covid. GEMCOVAC-OM is India’s first mRNA vaccine developed using the indigenous platform technology by Gennova, with funding support from Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), a statement said. A few days ago, this vaccine got the…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday directed officials to remain prepared for floods with monsoon setting in over the state. Chairing a meeting of the State-Level Natural Calamity Committee, Patnaik said at least 24 districts were affected by heavy rains and floods last year. “The period from June to October is crucial for us,…
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday said the state government has prepared a comprehensive blueprint to decongest Shimla and increase tourist footfall at an estimated cost of over Rs 100 crore. Sukhu said approximately Rs 77 crore will be spent for land acquisition and to compensate the private owners whose properties…
Chennai: Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Saturday appealed to the Tamil Nadu government to end the atrocities on Scheduled Caste members in the state and also be supportive of the Centre’s initiatives on the economic and social welfare front for the disadvantaged and marginalised sections. Expressing concern over…
Saharanpur (UP) Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said that a train service will be launched from the western Uttar Pradesh district of Saharanpur to Mata Shakambhari Devi Siddhpeeth. The survey for laying the rail line connecting the Hindu pilgrimage site has been started, according to the minister. Vaishnaw, who reached Saharanpur on a one-day visit…
Guwahati: Protests against the delimitation proposals continued in Assam on Saturday, with allies of the ruling BJP-led coalition as well as opposition parties venting their discontent. Terming the draft delimitation proposal an attempt by the BJP to polarise voters on religious lines disregarding the sentiment of the people, opposition parties decided to present the ‘grievances’ of…
