New Delhi: With the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao initiative completing 10 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said it has been instrumental in overcoming gender biases and at the same created the right environment to ensure that the girl child has access to education and opportunities to achieve her dreams. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao…
New Delhi: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday described the BJP’s election manifesto as “dangerous for the country”. He alleged that the party plans to shut free education in government schools and dismantle free health services, including the Mohalla Clinics, if voted to power. In a press conference, Kejriwal accused the BJP of…
Belgavi (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said Mahatma Gandhi was a diehard Hindu and the Congress believes in “Gandhi’s Hindutva”. BJP always projected Mahatma Gandhi as ‘anti-Hindu’ but one must understand that it is 100 percent false, Siddaramaiah said at the inauguration of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in front of Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday greeted the people of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura on their statehood day and hoped the states will continue to make progress and touch new heights of success. Following the enactment of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura became full-fledged states on January 21,…
Imphal: Four members of the banned outfit Socialist Revolution Party of Kangleipak were arrested from the India-Myanmar border in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district, police said on Tuesday. They were apprehended from border pillar 79 in Pangal Basti under the Moreh Police Station limits on Monday, a senior officer said. “One smartphone with three SIM cards was…
Bhubaneshwar: Twelve more Maoists were killed in a gunfight between security personnel and left-wing extremists along the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border on Tuesday, police said. As two women red rebels were gunned down on Monday, the total number of Maoists killed in the ongoing inter-state operation mounted to 14, a senior officer said. The operations were being…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Donald Trump on his historic inauguration as the 47th US president and said he looks forward to working closely together once again, to benefit both the countries as well as to shape a better future for the world. Trump was sworn in as the 47th US…
Kolkata: Expressing “dissatisfaction” over a Kolkata court awarding life imprisonment to the convict in the RG Kar hospital case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed the probe was “forcibly” taken away from the state police, asserting that had it been with them, they would have ensured a death penalty. Speaking to reporters…
Chennai: Several provisions in the draft UGC regulations were ‘in conflict with the state’s educational system and policies,’ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin claimed on Monday and urged Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to withdraw the said regulations. The state believed that many provisions in the draft regulations might pose serious challenges to…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written to Union Health Minister J P Nadda and Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, flagging the plight of hundreds of patients and their family members huddled on the footpath and subway outside AIIMS here and seeking concrete steps to resolve this “humanitarian crisis”. The Leader of the Opposition in…
