New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted Home Minister Amit Shah on his 59th birthday, lauding his contributions to the government and the ruling BJP. In a post on X, Modi said, “He (Shah) is passionate about India’s progress and ensuring a better quality of life for the poor. He has made a…
New Delhi: India on Sunday sent nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material for the people of Palestine. The consignments were sent in a C-17 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force. The plane is transporting the aid to El-Arish airport in Egypt. “India sends Humanitarian aid to the…
Jabalpur: Supporters of BJP aspirants who failed to make it to the fifth list of the candidates for the next month’s Madhya Pradesh assembly elections created a ruckus in front of Union minister Bhupender Yadav in the party office at Jabalpur on Saturday evening. Superintendent of Police AP Singh said three persons have been arrested…
New Delhi/Jaipur: The BJP on Saturday named 83 more candidates for the Rajasthan Assembly polls, including former chief minister Vasundhara Raje from her traditional Jhalrapatan seat. Fifty incumbent MLAs have been given tickets while nine have not been renominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has also not named any MP in the second…
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has observed the cleaning of Yamuna “is far from satisfactory.” The NGT also observed that the reports filed by agencies, including the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), the Delhi government and others, were “deficient” on various issues, including not providing the details of the drains being discharged in the…
New Delhi: As many as 188 policemen laid down their lives in the line of duty while maintaining law and order in the past one year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. He asserted that the country will never forget the sacrifice of the martyrs’ families. “In the last one year, from September…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that ISRO’s successful launch of a test vehicle as part of its Gaganyaan mission takes India a step closer to realising its first human space flight programme. In a post on X, he said, “This launch takes us one step closer to realising India’s first human space…
New Delhi: India on Friday rejected Canada’s attempt to “portray” the withdrawal of 41 of Canadian diplomats from the country as a violation of international norms, and asserted that ensuring two-way diplomatic parity is fully consistent with the provisions of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations. India’s comments came after Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly,…
New Delhi: There has been a 65 per cent fall in incidents of terrorism, Left Wing Extremism and insurgency in the Northeast, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. He also asserted that the country’s “three hotspots — LWE (Left Wing Extremism-hit states), the Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir — are becoming peaceful.” The…
New Delhi: The Law Commission will share next week its roadmap on holding simultaneous polls with the high-level committee headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind. The panel has invited the Law Commission on October 25 to seek its views on how simultaneous polls can be held in the country. The high-level panel, which had…
