New Delhi: Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Tuesday stressed the need for judicious use and conservation of water, saying an integrated approach involving river-basin management, groundwater recharge, rainwater harvesting and efficient irrigation is crucial amid growing challenges posed by climate change, urbanisation and population growth. “Jal Suraksha will lead to Jan Suraksha and Rashtra…
Thiruvananthapuram: Keralam BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday criticised the then Congress-led UPA government in the Centre for inadequate railway investment in the state despite the state having eight union ministers during its tenure. In a post on ‘X’, Chandrasekhar said Keralam received only Rs 372 crore for railway development in 2014 during the UPA…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay launched the expansion of the breakfast scheme for school students. Vijay launched the scheme at a school here and served students food and also ate with them. Later, he visited classrooms and interacted with students. About 15.30 lakh additional students, in classes six to eight, studying in…
New Delhi: Faculty members at IIT-Delhi on Monday came out in support of IIT-Bombay professor Suryanarayana Doolla, who has been removed as the dean of administrative affairs after protests by students and political activists over the suicide of a 22-year-old student, saying he was only discharging his duties. Sahil Wakode, a second-year BTech student in…
New Delhi: Union Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday said the government will hold separate meetings to resolve key demands of the recycling industry, while highlighting the sector’s crucial role in India’s clean energy transition and strategic manufacturing. In his address at the National Seminar on ‘India’s Critical Minerals Recycling Ecosystem and…
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday claimed that the Muslim community in Uttar Pradesh, who largely voted for the Samajwadi Party (SP) in previous elections, were now “rapidly” shifting their support towards the BSP, on the lines of Brahmins among upper castes. In a long post on X, Mayawati also questioned the…
New Delhi: The VHP hit out at former vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari over remarks on “Hindu right-wing communalism”, alleging that the views reflect his “Hindu-hating, Nehruvian and radical mindset”. VHP national spokesperson Vinod Bansal said on Sunday that before describing India’s majority Hindu society as a “threat to India”, Ansari should have looked at…
New Delhi: Former deputy prime minister LK Advani, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, former vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar and Election Commissioner S S Sandhu are among the many prominent figures in the list of voters who have been issued notices for “discrepancies” in their details furnished under the SIR exercise, officials said on Sunday. After the…
Bhopal: RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Sunday said India’s rise should benefit humanity rather than be aimed at dominating other nations, and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has enhanced the country’s global stature. Addressing a gathering of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteers at Lal Parade Ground here, he called for an end to caste-based…
Indore (MP): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday met the family of a student from Madhya Pradesh who died in the Satya Niketan building collapse in Delhi during his ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ programme here, and blamed the tragic incident on the shortage of government hostels. A multi-storey building housing paying guest accommodation collapsed in Delhi’s…
