Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday said many rivers, lakes and water bodies in the state are being rejuvenated to protect their ecosystem and the surrounding environment. The water bodies are also being redeveloped for beautification and promotion of eco-tourism, the CM said at a function of World Wetlands Day at Leishang…
Muzaffarpur (Bihar): A complaint was filed against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi before a court in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district for her ‘poor thing’ remark on President Droupadi Murmu. Sudhir Ojha, a Muzaffarpur-based lawyer, filed a complaint on Saturday against Gandhi seeking registration of an FIR against her for allegedly disrespecting the country’s highest constitutional authority. Ojha…
New Delhi: Ahead of the Assembly polls, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar criticised the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government for “failing” to provide essential services to residents, and said he feels “ashamed” to admit abroad that people in the national capital lack basic amenities under central schemes. He further said that Delhi has been “left…
New Delhi: Hitting out at the government, Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047 is a pipe dream and will remain so for a long time at the current rate of growth. Addressing a press conference on the Union Budget, Chidambaram also cited Chief Economic Advisor…
New Delhi: The non-tax revenue collection from the telecom sector has been pegged 33 per cent lower at Rs 82,443 crore for the coming fiscal, according to the Budget documents, which also placed the revised FY25 realisations a tad higher than originally expected at the beginning of the fiscal. The revised estimates for FY25 place…
New Delhi: Accusing the AAP of engaging in corruption and sheltering illegal immigrants, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Saturday there was a big wave against the party in Delhi as it is running a “3G” government of “Ghapla, Ghuspaithiyon ko panah, and Ghotala.” He also asked people to vote the BJP to power and…
New Delhi: Bihar remained in focus in the Union Budget 2025-26 with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday making several announcements for the state, including setting up of a Makhana Board, financial support for the western Kosi canal and support for enhancing the capacity of IIT Patna. Bihar, currently ruled by the National Democratic Alliance…
New Delhi: The area occupied by tigers in India has increased by 30 percent over the past two decades, a new study has found. Researchers at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, and National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi, found that while tigers persisted most in highly protected “human-free, prey-rich” areas, the carnivore species were…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing its “shahi parivar” of insulting President Droupadi Murmu, who hails from a tribal background. In a direct response to Congress leaders’ purported remarks on Murmu over her Friday speech, Modi, at a public meeting in Dwarka, said, “These Congress…
New Delhi: Congress leaders’ comments on President Droupadi Murmu’s address to the Parliament clearly hurt the dignity of the high office and therefore are unacceptable, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Friday. The President’s office said it believed it might be the case that these leaders were not acquainted with “the idiom and discourse in Indian…
