Meerut (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged off the Meerut Metro and Namo Bharat train from the Shatabdi Nagar station here, giving a fillip to high-speed intercity travel and swift intra-city movement. From there, the prime minister also undertook a metro ride till Meerut South station. He is also going to inaugurate and…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday accused the BJP government of “playing” with his security and sought an explanation for the withdrawal of the National Security Guard (NSG) cover provided to him. In a statement issued from the SP headquarters here, the former chief minister said the government must clarify the reasons cited…
New Delhi: Voter base in nine states and Union territories has shrunk by more than 1.70 crore following the publication of final electoral rolls as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), according to official data released on Saturday. Data shared by the chief electoral officers of Gujarat, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Andaman and…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government is committed to the rapid expansion of rail connectivity across the country. In this direction, Modi said, on Sunday, he will have the privilege of inaugurating the country’s fastest Meerut Metro and Namo Bharat train in Meerut. “Following this, I will dedicate the Delhi-Meerut…
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said Naxalism would be eliminated from the country by the March 31 deadline set by the government. Addressing the 87th CRPF Day Parade here, the first ever in the northeast, Shah said the force played an important role in Jammu and Kashmir, where the number of stone-pelting…
Pune: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers confronted Congress activists in Pune while protesting against Congress leader Harshwardhan Sapkal’s remarks equating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Tipu Sultan, with the Opposition party alleging stone pelting during the agitation on Sunday, February 16. Joint Commissioner of Police Ranjan Kumar Sharma told reporters that three Congress workers, two BJP…
New Delhi: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday launched a blistering attack on the Congress, alleging that the party has committed a “big sin” against the country by deploying its youth wing workers to hold a protest at the India AI Impact Summit. Terming the protest as “shameful”, Rijiju alleged that Congress youth wing’s protest…
New Delhi: India and Brazil on Saturday set a bilateral trade target of more than USD 20 billion in the next five years, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, focussing in the areas of critical minerals and security. Modi said the relations between India and…
New Delhi: Through cutting-edge hologram technology and the power of artificial intelligence, ‘Lord Krishna’ and warrior ‘Arjuna’ from the epic Mahabharat have assumed a hi-tech digital avatar at a pavilion of the AI Impact Summit in Delhi. At the ‘Jio Intelligence’ pavilion of Reliance Industries, the company has also given a glimpse of the making…
Meerut: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is not driven by any desire for political power and is solely committed to organising the entire Hindu society and fostering character-building among individuals. Interacting with around 950 national and international sportspersons at Madhav Kunj in Shatabdi Nagar here, Bhagwat emphasised the importance…
