Mumbai: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said the Maharashtra government’s mega ‘Ladki Bahin Yojana’, which provides financial assistance to underprivileged women, could affect the timely payment of subsidies in other sectors. He described the government as a “vishkanya’ (poisonous maiden) and added it should be kept at bay irrespective of which political party heads it….
New Delhi: Air Marshal AP Singh succeeded Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari as the new Air Force chief today. Before assuming the charge, he served as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff since February 2023. Born on October 27, 1964, Mr Singh was commissioned into the fighter pilot stream of the Air Force in…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Government on Monday declared desi (indigenous) cows as ‘Rajyamata-Gomata’ considering factors like their significance since Vedic period, an official notification said. The other factors include the importance of indigenous cow milk in human nutrition, ayurvedic and panchgavya treatment and use of cow manure in organic farming, the government resolution, issued by the state…
Aizawl: Indra Sena Reddy Nallu on Monday took oath as the Governor of Mizoram. Gauhati High Court judge Justice Nelson Sailo administered the oath of office to Nallu at the Raj Bhavan here. Nallu who is the governor of Tripura will be the holding additional charge of Mizoram during the absence of the incumbent Mizoram…
Chennai: In a veiled attack targeting the ruling DMK over the elevation of Udhayanidhi Stalin as Deputy Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai has alleged that the ‘sun shines for the privileged few.’ In a post on ‘X’, Annamalai said: “The Sun shines for the privileged few & an eclipse for the rest…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday termed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public meeting in Jammu and Kashmir as “absolutely distasteful and disgraceful”. Shah said that Kharge unnecessarily dragged the prime minister into his personal health matters by saying that he would die only after…
Chandigarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah hit out at the Congress in poll-bound Haryana on Sunday, alleging that Rahul Gandhi’s election guarantees have come a cropper in states, such as Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka, where the grand old party is in power. Addressing a poll rally in Gurugram’s Badshahpur, Shah said the Congress makes tall…
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot on Sunday said he sees Rahul Gandhi as a leader who will lead the country in future and the entire opposition will stand unitedly behind him when the next Lok Sabha elections happen. In an interview with PTI, Pilot said Gandhi, following the historic Bharat Jodo Yatras and…
Jammu: Democratic Progressive Azad Party chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said the restoration of Article 370 of the Constitution is not possible through the assembly, asking people not to get misled by “false promises” of the politicians and vote for development and progress. Addressing a series of election rallies in support of his party’s…
Jasrota (Jammu): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge vowed to fight for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that he would remain active in politics until Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ousted from power. Kharge’s remarks came amid criticism of the BJP-led government at the Centre for its handling of the Union territory, particularly…
