New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed the creation of five new districts in Ladakh as a step towards better governance and prosperity. Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra, and Changthang will now receive more focused attention, bringing services and opportunities even closer to people, he said, congratulating them. He said on X, “Creation of…
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday released its first list of 44 candidates for the elections to the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, fielding Devender Singh Rana from Nagrota. The candidates include 15 for the first phase of polls, 10 for the second phase and 19 for the third phase. The party has chosen to…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday extended Janmashtami greetings to all devotees of Lord Krishna and residents of the state. “Hail Kanhaiya Lal! Heartiest congratulations and best wishes to all the devotees and residents of the state on the auspicious birth anniversary of Kripasindhu, Shri Banke Bihari ji, ‘Shri Krishna Janmashtami’!” Adityanath…
Nanded: Congress MP Vasant Chavan passed away on Monday at a private hospital in Hyderabad after prolonged illness, party sources said. Chavan (69) breathed his last at the hospital around 4 am, the sources said. He was undergoing treatment for renal issues there since last week. The Congress veteran had won the Nanded Lok Sabha…
New Delhi: A depression over northwest Madhya Pradesh and adjoining east Rajasthan has intensified into a deep depression, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday and warned of heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in parts of the two states and Gujarat, Goa and Maharashtra over the next two to three days. At 11:30 pm on…
New Delhi: The BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) met here on Sunday evening to finalise the party’s candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president J P Nadda were joined by other CEC members, including Home Minister Amit Shah, as they deliberated with party leaders from…
Raipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has underlined the necessity to give more impetus to the campaign against Left Wing Extremism (LWE). Financing of LWE and the supply of weapons to Naxalites must be stopped, he said on Saturday at a review meeting on LWE and inter-state coordination in Nava Raipur, attended by senior officials…
New Dehi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Sunday that a lot of things are happening in India in the 21st century which are strengthening the foundation for a ‘Viksit Bharat’. In his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast, he said his Independence Day call for one lakh youth without any political background to join politics…
New Delhi/Kolkata: CBI sleuths on Sunday launched search operations on the premises of former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh, ex-MSVP Sanjay Vashisth and 13 others in and around Kolkata in connection with their probe into alleged financial irregularities at the institute, officials said. The anti-corruption unit of the Central Bureau…
New Delhi: Government employees on Saturday hailed the decision to provide assured pensions to them and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for meeting with them on the issue. Shiv Gopal Mishra, Secretary of the Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM), a joint form of government employees’ organisations, said they were invited by the prime minister for the…
