New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his visit to the US will be an opportunity to enrich the depth and diversity of the Indo-US partnership and asserted that together the two countries stand stronger in meeting shared global challenges. Modi said this “special invitation” from President Joseph Biden and First Lady Jill Biden…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday moved the Supreme Court against an order of the Madras High Court allowing arrested Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji, who was undergoing medical treatment at a government hospital in Chennai, to be shifted to a private facility. The Tamil Nadu Electricity, and Prohibition and Excise minister was arrested…
New Delhi: Chief ministers of several states and leaders from various political parties extended birthday greetings to former Congress president Rahul Gandhi who turned 53 on Monday. Gandhi thanked everyone for their wishes. “Thank you all for the wonderful wishes! Your love and support gives me strength,” he said on Twitter. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said,…
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday demanded a white paper on the situation at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at the border with China and a comprehensive discussion on the India-China border dispute in Parliament. Senior spokesperson of the Congress Manish Tewari said at a press conference here that three years ago, on June 19,…
Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has raised funds to the tune of Rs 231 crore from alumni, corporates and individual philanthropists during 2022-23, the premier institution said on Monday. Along with its associated entities, IIT Madras has raised this “historic” amount and this is the highest sum raised in a financial year by the…
New Delhi: Stepping up defence cooperation, India and the US are poised to unveil a roadmap for industries in the sector to partner closely in co-production, co-development and maintaining supply change during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US beginning June 21. Prime Minister Modi, during his first state visit to the US, will also…
Kolkata: The southwest monsoon set in in several districts of south Bengal on Monday, an area which has been reeling under heat wave like conditions for over a month, the IMD said. A spokesperson of the Indian Meteorological Department said conditions have become favourable for further advancement of the system over southern parts of the…
Bengaluru: The Congress in Karnataka will stage demonstrations on Tuesday across all district headquarters against the BJP-led Central government for “denying” rice for the State’s ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme which offers 10 kg rice to each member of families living below the poverty line. The Centre recently discontinued the sale of rice and wheat from the central…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah complimented the Gita Press on Monday for being awarded with the Gandhi Peace Prize and said it has been doing a wonderful job of selflessly taking several holy books to the masses. The Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 will be conferred on the Gita Press, Gorakhpur in recognition of…
New Delhi: A new online course ‘Dakshta’ (Development of Attitude, Knowledge, Skill for Holistic Transformation in Administration) for young professionals, is now live on the iGOT Karmayogi platform, the Personnel Ministry said in a statement on Monday. The iGOT (Integrated Government Online Training) Karmayogi platform (https://igotkarmayogi.gov.in/) is a comprehensive portal to guide government officials in their…
