New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday and sought the Union government’s support for crucial proposals for the state’s development. Naidu, whose Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is a vital partner in the BJP-led NDA government, sought enhanced assistance for Andhra Pradesh if the special category status…
Ranchi: Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren resigned on Wednesday and Hemant Soren, who is out on bail in a money laundering case, staked claim to form the government, hours after leaders of the JMM-led alliance in the state unanimously elected him as the legislature party leader. Champai Soren, who had taken oath as the 12th…
Chennai: The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday said the opposition to NEET is an “all-India issue” now and sounded confident of seeing a “good result,” vis-a-vis its possible abolition, on a day when top Tamil actor Vijay backed an Assembly resolution against the central qualifying test piloted by the government recently. The DMK’s…
New Delhi: The BJP people who spread violence and hatred do not understand the basic principles of Hinduism, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday as he hit out at the ruling party for what he described as a “violent attack” on the party’s office in Ahmedabad. Workers of the BJP and the Congress…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that the fight against terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir is in its last stage, and a multi-pronged strategy has been adopted to destroy the remaining terror network. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, the prime minister emphasised that terror incidents have declined in the Union Territory in…
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala General Education Department has designed an unique “inclusive sports manual” with the objective of promoting the sports talents of differently-abled school children and ensuring their participation in the field. State General Education Minister V Sivankutty said that it is the first time that such a document is being designed in the country….
New Delhi: After a long silence on the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally uttered the word in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Modi said his government is making all efforts to bring normalcy in the violence struck state. He further claimed that the incidents of violence are declining in Manipur. We…
Hathras (UP): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday met the injured people of one of the worst religious stampede at Hathras, recouping in the hospitals and assured all support from his government. He later told mediapersons that his government has already ordered a probe, if necessary even a judicial enquiry will be taken up to…
Hathras (UP): A stampede at a religious congregation Tuesday killed 116 people, most of them women, as devotees suffocated to their deaths and bodies piled atop each other in the worst such tragedy in recent years. The stampede took place as the ‘satsang’ here ended. Some accounts said people slipped in the slush as they…
Thiruvananthapuram: In a significant move towards justice, the Kerala government has announced the re-examination of 1,031 individuals previously excluded from the Endosulfan victims’ list in Kasaragod. This decision was revealed by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan during a meeting focused on the rehabilitation measures for the victims. Endosulfan, a toxic pesticide widely used in cashew plantations,…
