New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that the Union Cabinet’s decision related to revised ethanol procurement price will help boost ethanol production and blending targets. In a post on X, he said it will also help reduce crude imports empower farmers, and promote clean energy. The Union Cabinet earlier in the day…
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel examining the Waqf Amendment Bill on Wednesday adopted by a majority vote its report that contained changes suggested by ruling BJP members, prompting the opposition to dub the exercise as an attempt to destroy the Waqf boards. The Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, chaired by…
New Delhi: Slamming AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal over his remarks that “poison” is being mixed in the Yamuna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that fearing their defeat in the Delhi polls, “AAP-da people” have turned desperate. Addressing a public meeting in Kartar Nagar here in the run-up to the February 5 assembly polls,…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday expressed deep sorrow over the stampede at the Maha Kumbh and prayed for the recovery of those injured. Multiple casualties took place as a stampede broke out at the Sangam area of the Maha Kumbh early Wednesday as crores of pilgrims jostled for space to take a holy…
Mahakumbh Nagar: Multiple casualties took place as a stampede broke out at the Sangam area of the Maha Kumbh early Wednesday as crores of pilgrims jostled for space to take a holy dip on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya. While the Uttar Pradesh government was tight-lipped on the number of casualties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday hit out at the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government over the stampede at the Sangam, with Rahul Gandhi saying that mismanagement and the administration’s special focus on the VIP movement instead of common devotees were responsible for this tragic incident. Gandhi also said “VIP culture” should be reined…
Lucknow: After a stampede at the Maha Kumbh left many injured, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday appealed to people to take a dip in the Ganga at their nearest ghats and not try to reach the Sangam Nose, according to an official statement. Adityanath also held a high-level meeting with top officials…
New Delhi: The Joint Committee of Parliament scrutinizing the Waqf (Amendment) Bill on Wednesday adopted its draft report and the amended version of the proposed law with a majority vote, JPC chairperson Jagdambika Pal said. MPs have been given time till 4 pm to submit their dissent. Opposition MPs, some of whom have given their…
Mahakumbh Nagar: Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad president Mahant Ravindra Puri on Wednesday said that due to the stampede-like situation at Maha Kumbh, the seers have called off their Mauni Amavasya’s Amrit Snan. A stampede-like situation broke out at Sangam earlier on Wednesday at the Sangam, where several people, including women and children, suffered injuries. “You…
Mahakumbh Nagar: Multiple casualties were feared after a “stampede-like” situation broke out at the Sangam on Wednesday amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh, as a large number of pilgrims turned up for a holy bath on Mauni Amavasya, officials said. Officer on Special Duty for the Mela Akanksha Rana said, “Some people have got injured and…
