New Delhi: The Centre is in close and continuous touch with the Indian community in Bangladesh through diplomatic missions, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. There are an estimated 19,000 Indian nationals in Bangladesh of which about 9,000 are students. A bulk of the students have already returned to India in the month of July,…
New Delhi: India is monitoring the situation with regard to minorities in Bangladesh and is in “close and continuous” touch with the Indian community there through its diplomatic missions, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. In a statement to the Upper House, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also briefed the MPs on former…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday briefed an all-party meeting about the ongoing situation in Bangladesh, and appreciated the unanimous support by all parties. In a post on X, he also shared photographs of the meeting at Parliament House. “Briefed an All-Party meeting in Parliament today about the ongoing developments in Bangladesh.Appreciate…
Wayanad (Kerala): The Kerala government announced on Monday that it will implement a comprehensive rehabilitation package for the landslide-affected people of Wayanad, where rescue operations and relief missions are still ongoing and stories of enormous loss as well as great courage continue to emerge. Land would be acquired, houses would be constructed and other infrastructure…
Rudraprayag (U’khand): More than 1,400 people stranded on the rain-ravaged trek route to Kedarnath were evacuated to safety on Monday as the rescue operations entered its fifth day. Air rescue operations gained momentum with the weather clearing in the Kedar Valley. The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Chinook and MI17 helicopters aided in the evacuation of…
New Delhi: As the Bangladesh situation snowballed into a major political turmoil on Monday, a former Indian high commissioner to Dhaka has cautioned that India will have to be “very vigilant” on the border in the wake of the crisis even as he asserted that New Delhi will be “prepared for all eventualities”. Pankaj Saran,…
Ramanagar (Karnataka): The opposition BJP and JD(S), on Monday continued their week-long protest march from Bengaluru to Mysuru for the third day, against an alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority site allotment scam seeking to corner the Congress government and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The ‘Mysuru Chalo’ padayatre (foot march) — against the alleged fraudulent allotment…
New Delhi: A recent survey of 5,169 rural youths across India reveals significant employment and gender disparities. While nearly half of rural men aged 18 to 25 are employed, only a quarter of women in the same age group hold jobs, highlighting a substantial gender gap in rural employment. The “State of Rural Youth Employment…
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Monday approved the budget estimates for expenditure contained in the demands for grants for different ministries after applying a guillotine. The guillotine was applied after the House discussed demands for grants of 4 ministries — Railways, Education, Health and Fisheries. The House also passed the Appropriation Bill 2024, which…
Chennai: DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday admitted that the clamour within his party has grown stronger to elevate his son and Sports Minister, Udhayanidhi as his deputy but indicated the time is yet to come. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of his official programmes here, Stalin, when…
