New Delhi: The government on Wednesday allocated Rs 1,650 crore towards the release of additional 75 lakh free LPG connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) over three years ending March 2026. As per the existing modalities of Ujjawala 2.0, the first refill and stove will also be provided free of cost to Ujjwala…
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday slammed the INDIA bloc meeting as a get together of “Anti-Hindu Coordination Committee” as it kept the heat on the opposition over the Sanatan Dharma issue following DMK leaders’ strident criticism of the ancient faith. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra also launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Sonia Gandhi over…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be accorded a rousing welcome at the BJP headquarters here on Wednesday evening when he arrives to attend its central election committee meeting, party leaders said. This will be Modi’s first visit to the party office after he chaired the G20 summit here last weekend, which has been seen…
Jaipur: Eleven people from Gujarat were killed and at least 15 injured when a trailer rammed into their bus from behind in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district early on Wednesday, police said. The bus was on its way from Gujarat to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh when the accident occurred around 4.30 am, they said. Expressing grief at…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray called on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar here on Tuesday on the eve of the first meeting of the coordination committee of the opposition alliance I.N.D.I.A. The meeting between Thackeray and Pawar lasted for about 90 minutes and took place at the latter’s ‘Silver Oak’ residence…
New Delhi: Negotiations on the seat-sharing formula and evolving a broad outlay of campaign strategy ahead of the Lok Sabha elections will be high on the agenda of the first meeting of the opposition INDIA bloc’s Coordination Committee on Wednesday. The meeting of the 14-member all-important panel of the opposition will take place at the residence…
Rajouri/Jammu: One suspected Pakistani terrorist and an Army soldier were killed in a gunfight during an ongoing search operation in a remote village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. Three security personnel were injured in the exchange of fire, they said. Additional Director General of Police, Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh said…
New Delhi: Two deaths reported from Kerala’s Kozhikode district were caused by Nipah virus, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday. He said a central team of experts has been sent to Kerala to take stock of the situation and assist the state government in the management of the Nipah virus infection. Two “unnatural deaths”…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said India’s law on the protection of plant varieties and farmers’ rights can be emulated for the entire world, as it gains importance amid the challenges of climate change. Addressing the first-ever global symposium on farmers’ rights at the Pusa complex in the national capital, the President said India…
Bhopal, Sep 12 (PTI) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said Mughals, British and other rulers failed to wipe out the Sanatan Dharma from the country in the past, but eradicating it is now the agenda of the INDIA alliance, and hence Hindus need to wake up and show the opposition bloc its place….
