New Delhi: BJP’s Jharkhand unit chief Babulal Marandi on Wednesday lashed out at the opposition parties and asked them to apologise to the people of the country after the Supreme Court declined pleas for a SIT or CBI probe into stock price manipulation allegations against the Adani Group. The BJP leader’s reaction came after the…
Thrissur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lashed out at the Congress and Left parties, alleging that they had delayed the Women’s Reservation Bill, whereas the BJP had ensured the passage of the quota legislation that would empower women. The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam has now become law, the PM said addressing a large gathering…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday lashed out at the BJP over its protest against the arrest of a Hindu activist in Hubballi in connection with a 31-year-old case related to Ram temple agitation, saying leaders of the opposition party need to understand that assigning caste and religious labels to criminals is extremely dangerous….
Kavaratti: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation for various projects worth Rs 1,150 crore in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep on Wednesday. The projects were launched at a function attended by hundreds of islanders here. This includes the Kochi-Lakshadweep Islands Submarine Optical Fibre Connection (KLI – SOFC) project, which he announced in…
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday skipped the third summons issued by the ED in the Delhi excise policy case and sent a written reply calling the notice illegal, AAP sources said. The Aam Aadmi Party asserted that Kejriwal was ready to cooperate with the agency but claimed that the summons was…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday targeted opposition parties and said those who robbed the poor of their rights are indulging in caste politics today. Interacting with beneficiaries of welfare schemes during the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, Adityanath also cautioned people against those working to divide society by engaging in caste politics,…
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir has become the first Union Territory to implement the PM Vishwakarma Yojana, an initiative that aims to empower and enhance the skills of the craftsman community, officials said. The inauguration of the training programme for the first batch of 30 trainees (Viswakarmas) in ‘darzi craft’ was virtually conducted by Advisor to…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday directed the state officials to prepare a “flawless” survey report of the Maratha community in the state. Shinde issued the directives to the divisional commissioners, district collectors and municipal commissioners in the state in a video-conference meeting held during the day. Referring to the Supreme Court’s decision…
New Delhi: Rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 will be notified “much before” the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections, a senior government functionary said on Tuesday. Under the CAA brought in by the Narendra Modi government, Indian nationality will be granted to persecuted non-Muslim migrants — Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, where five soldiers were killed by terrorists in an ambush in Poonch district a fortnight ago. A day after the December 21 terror attack, three civilians, aged between 27 and 42, were found dead after they were allegedly…
