Varanasi (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hit out at previous governments for neglecting eastern Uttar Pradesh and said Kashi’s identity has for long been that of a centre of religion and spirituality but it will now emerge as a big centre of healthcare. The prime minister was addressing the inauguration ceremony of the…
Srinagar: A doctor and six labourers were killed when terrorists struck a tunnel construction site on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday, officials said. The unidentified terrorists carried out the attack when the labourers and other staff working on the tunnel project at Gund in Ganderbal had returned to…
Mumbai: Ahead of the Maharashtra assembly polls, former chief minister Narayan Rane has said the need of the hour is to introspect if the fragmented political scenario in the state is conducive to people’s welfare and their interests. The repeated change in ideology and even constituency impacts the state’s economy and the fiscal deficit is…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked civil servants on Saturday to keep themselves abreast with latest technological developments so as to meet the rising standards and stressed the need for following a citizen-centric approach. Addressing an event here, the prime minister also suggested seeking help from startups, research agencies and youngsters for getting new…
Nagpur: The BJP’s first list of candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections will be out very soon as issues regarding half of the contentious seats have been resolved, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday. Notably, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputies Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in…
New Delhi: The BJP released its first list of 66 candidates for the Jharkhand assembly elections on Saturday, fielding party president Babulal Marandi from Dhanwar and former chief minister Champai Soren from Saraikella. The party named Sita Soren, the sister-in-law of JMM leader and Chief Minister Hemant Soren, as its nominee from Jamtara. The list…
Bhopal: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday asserted that India’s road infrastructure will be better than that of America in the coming time, underscoring that efficient highways, waterways and railways can lower logistics costs and boost the economy. He also took potshots at consultants making detailed project reports (DPR) for roads, saying they prepare this…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday urged the junior doctors protesting the rape and murder of their colleague at RG Kar Hospital to end their fast-unto-death, stating that most of their demands have been addressed while rejecting their insistence on removing the state health secretary. Speaking to the doctors over the phone…
Lucknow/Bahraich (UP): Shopkeepers in Bahraich scrambled to salvage their goods on Saturday, apprehending a demolition drive by the authorities. According to a local lawmaker, the Public Works Department has served notices to 23 establishments – 20 of them belonging to Muslims — to vacate property. The crackdown comes days after a 22-year-old Hindu man was…
New Delhi: Senior AAP leader Satyendar Jain on Saturday said his future political responsibilities will be decided by the party and its convener Arvind Kejriwal. The former Delhi Health minister was on Friday night released from Tihar jail after spending 18 months in the prison in a money laundering case. “I will do whatever our…
