Bhopal: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar will arrive in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday afternoon on a two-day tour of the state to pay obeisance at three revered shrines, including Ujjain’s Mahakaleshwar temple, said the Congress. The visit is being seen as a thanksgiving trip after the Congress pulled off an emphatic victory in the…
New Delhi: In one of the biggest demonstrations of its operational prowess in recent years, the Indian Navy on Saturday carried out a mission in the Arabian Sea that involved two aircraft carriers, multiple warships, submarines and over 35 frontline planes amid China’s increasing forays into the Indian Ocean. The Navy’s aircraft carriers — INS…
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday dismissed as rumours reports that its leader Sachin Pilot may announce a separate party on his father Rajesh Pilot’s death anniversary on June 11. Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal said the party is united and will contest the upcoming assembly elections in Rajasthan together, a day ahead of…
New Delhi: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekar on Friday hit out at the Congress government in Karnataka over reports about it removing a lesson on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar from school textbooks, saying the party’s views on history are limited to the Nehru-Gandhi family. The senior BJP leader termed the reported move as Congress antics to…
New Delhi: No offence of hate speech is made out against the wrestlers who were protesting at Jantar Mantar seeking action against sidelined Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Delhi police told a court here on Friday. Police said this in an Action Taken Report (ATR) filed before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate…
Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh government will on Saturday transfer Rs 1,000 each 1.25 crore women in the state under its flagship scheme ‘Ladli Behna Yojana’, a move billed as a game-changer by BJP leaders ahead of the year-end Assembly polls. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has appealed to the women in the state to “rejoice on…
Chandigarh: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday inaugurated two CGHS wellness centres in Panchkula and Chandigarh calling quality healthcare priority of the Narendra Modi government. With the Friday opening, Chandigarh now has two Central Government Health Scheme wellness centre. The minister inaugurated the Panchkula centre through a virtual link. Speaking on the occasion, Mandaviya said,…
New Delhi: The practice of using combat canines for ceremonial drills like presenting flowers to greet VIPs should be stopped and they must only be utilised for specific tasks of catching suspects and sniffing contraband and IEDs, a panel comprising police dog experts has recommended. The specialists have suggested that a separate “demo dog unit” could…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government will review the largesse of the previous BJP government in allotting ‘hundreds of acres of land’ to RSS and its affiliated organisations, Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Friday. He also said a few tenders issued by the BJP government have been cancelled while others will be…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fostered progress through technology that resulted in exponential surge in digital transactions, made business easier and Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) took government services to every home, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday. The home minister highlighted through tweets the Modi government’s thrust on use of technology for…
