New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said Article 370 sowed seeds of separatism in the minds of the youth of Kashmir and the Narendra Modi government not only ended terrorism in the valley but also the ecosystem of terrorism. Shah said Article 370 and Article 35A, both of which were abrogated on…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted people on the ‘Urs’ of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, and handed over a ceremonial ‘chadar’ to Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju to be offered at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah. The ‘chadar’ will be offered on his behalf at the famous shrine of the sufi saint…
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday came up with a cryptic response to RJD president Lalu Prasad’s offer to return to the INDIA bloc. “Kya bol rahe hain (What are you saying)” was all the JD(U) boss said in reply to queries from journalists about Prasad’s fresh offer. Kumar had aligned twice with the…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Border Security Force of letting infiltrators from Bangladesh enter India and charged the BSF with trying to destabilise the state. Stating that she could sense a “blueprint of the central government behind this attitude of the BSF”, Banerjee also accused a section of district…
Mangaluru (Karnataka): Union Minister for Renewable Energy Prahlad Joshi urged people on Thursday not to be dependent on the governments for freebies, but to produce their own solar power. Joshi attended a consultative meeting with the consumers, electricity supply company (ESCOM) officials, and people’s representatives to discuss Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana here on Thursday….
Jaipur: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by three men after she stepped out of her house to use the toilet in Rajasthan’s Deeg district, police said on Thursday. According to the complaint lodged at Kaman police station by the victim’s mother, the girl was abducted by three neighbours, armed with a gun,…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a slew of development measures, including 1,675 flats for the residents of JJ clusters and two urban redevelopment projects in the city on Friday. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in a statement said that Modi will visit the newly-constructed flats for the dwellers of Jhuggi Jhopri (JJ)…
New Delhi: Bhuvnesh Kumar has assumed charge as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), an official release said on Wednesday. Kumar also continues to be an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). He takes over from Amit Agrawal who has been appointed as the…
Aydhya (UP): The temple towns of Ayodhya, Mathura, Mirzapur and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday witnessed an unprecedented rush of devotees on the first day of the New Year. The Ram temple at Ayodhya was consecrated on January 22 last year. According to local administration estimates, over two lakh devotees had already set up…
Bhopal: Forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the shifting of some 377 tons of hazardous waste began from the defunct Union Carbide factory on Wednesday night for its disposal, an official said. The toxic waste is being shifted in 12 sealed container trucks to the Pithampur industrial area in Dhar district, 250 km away…
