New Delhi: Delhi’s health infrastructure grappled with staff crunch, lack of adequate medicines and equipment, and unspent funds, revealed a CAG report tabled in the assembly on Friday that also painted a poor picture of the previous AAP dispensation’s flagship Mohalla Clinic project. It said a review of 74 Mohalla Clinics found none had the…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday chaired a crucial meeting to review the law and order situation in the national capital and ordered officials to take strict action against the network that helps Bangladeshis, and Rohingyas entering India illegally. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Delhi Home Minister Ashish Sood, Delhi Police Commissioner…
Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday said the size of the state’s economy at current prices has increased 3.5 times, from Rs 2.47 lakh crore in 2011-12 to Rs 8.54 lakh crore in 2023-24. Choudhary who holds the Finance portfolio tabled the Bihar Economic Survey report for 2024-25 in the state assembly…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Friday issued directions to conclude an ambitious free trade agreement by end of this year as the two leaders vowed to expand India-EU strategic partnership in areas of defence, security, and critical technology. In his media statement after talks with…
New Delhi: Forty-one labourers were buried alive in an avalanche in Uttarakhand, two persons were killed in Jammu and arterial roads were cut off as heavy snowfall and rains hit parts of north India on Friday. The threat of another avalanche loomed over the higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh. Rains pounded Jammu and Himachal Pradesh…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook a comprehensive review of the Ayush sector on Thursday and emphasized the need to promote holistic health and standard protocols in the yoga, naturopathy, and pharmacy sectors. Modi chaired a high-level meeting at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg to review the Ayush sector, underscoring its vital role in holistic…
New Delhi: The CAG report on the Delhi liquor policy has been referred to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for examination, with the panel expected to submit its report within three months, Speaker Vijender Gupta said Thursday. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the regulation and supply of liquor in Delhi, which was…
Mumbai/Pune: Police on Thursday announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for information about the history-sheeter who allegedly raped a 26-year-old woman inside a bus at Pune’s Swargate bus station and deployed drones as part of their manhunt, officials said. Amid the frantic police efforts to make a breakthrough, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut…
Kolkata: TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday rejected reports that he has differences with party supremo Mamata Banerjee, and reaffirmed his loyalty to her. “I am a loyal soldier of the TMC, and my leader is Mamata Banerjee,” he said at a party conference here. Dismissing speculation that he might cross over to…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday set an ambitious target of securing over 215 seats in the 2026 elections to the 294-member assembly, asserting that her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) would ensure a significant reduction in the BJP’s tally. The BJP bagged 77 seats in the 2021 assembly elections. “We will win…
