Mumbai: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the ongoing work on airport projects and the expansion of existing airports in Maharashtra should be expedited to improve connectivity in the state, a government release said. The state government and the Centre will provide all possible assistance, he said at a meeting of the board of…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi, who is the chancellor of Anna University, has on Saturday directed the varsity officials to ensure the safety and security of students in the wake of sexual assault on a student on the campus. The safety and well-being of the students were non-negotiable, he said and instructed the…
New Delhi: The Indian Army has installed a statue of Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji on the bank of Pangong lake at an altitude of 14,300 feet, a region that is close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China in the eastern Ladakh sector. The Army’s Leh-based 14 Corps said the inauguration of the…
Port Blair: Union minister Nitin Gadkari is on a tour to Andaman and Nicobar Islands to review various national highway projects in the archipelago, a senior official said on Saturday. The Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways arrived in Port Blair on Friday and held a meeting with Lieutenant Governor Admiral (Retd) D K…
New Delhi: The CBI has searched the premises of an assistant director of the ED in Shimla, who managed to give a slip to the agency during a trap operation on Sunday and escaped, officials said. The assistant director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) posted at Shimla and his brother Vikas Deep, a senior manager…
New Delhi: The mortal remains of former prime minister Manmohan Singh were consigned to flames at the Nigambodh Ghat here on Saturday amid the chanting of religious hymns. The funeral pyre was lit by his eldest daughter Upinder Singh. The last rites were performed in the presence of President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar…
Kochi: A CBI court here on Saturday found 14 accused including a CPI(M) former MLA guilty in the murder of two Youth Congress workers – Kripesh and Sarath Lal at Periya in Kasaragod district of Kerala five years ago. Of the 24 accused, the court found the first eight accused guilty of murder and conspiracy…
New Delhi: The government will allocate space for a memorial of former prime minister Manmohan Singh and this has been communicated to his family and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, the Union home ministry said on Friday night. In a late-night release titled “Facts of the matter regarding memorial for Former Prime Minister Late Dr Manmohan…
Coimbatore/Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai staged a unique agitation of flogging himself on Friday to condemn the ruling DMK and the state police over the handling of the case of sexual assault on a Chennai college student on Christmas eve. Though he was ridiculed by various political party leaders, Annamalai however justified his…
New Delhi: The last rites of former prime minister Manmohan Singh would be performed at Nigambodh Ghat on Saturday with full State honours as the nation united in paying rich tributes to the departed leader at his residence a day after his death. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have the…
