Jhansi (UP): At least 10 children died in a fire that engulfed the children’s ward of a medical college in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi district on Friday night, officials said here, adding that the casualties may go up. District Magistrate (DM) Avinash Kumar told reporters that the fire broke out around 10.45 pm in the Neonatal…
Yavatmal: Union Minister Amit Shah on Friday said PM Narendra Modi will amend the Waqf Act despite opposition from leaders like Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar. “Modi ji wants to change the Waqf Board law, but Uddhav ji, Sharad Pawar, and Supriya Sule are opposing it,” Shah said, addressing a rally at Umarkhed in Maharashtra’s…
Hingoli: Union minister Amit Shah on Friday dared Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to speak “nicely” about Veer Savarkar and Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. “Uddhav ji, if you have the courage, get Rahul Baba to speak two good words about Veer Savarkar and Balasaheb,” Shah said, addressing a rally at Hingoli in Maharashtra ahead of…
Pune: Senior opposition leader Sharad Pawar on Friday accused Narendra Modi of “dividing” the society as he slammed the prime minister’s campaign speeches and stressed that he will have no association with those allied with the BJP, when asked about the possibility of a post-poll reunion with his estranged nephew Ajit Pawar. In an interview…
Jamui: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled development projects worth Rs 6,640 crore from Bihar’s Jamui district on Friday. Modi was in the district to attend a function organised on the 150th birth anniversary of Birsa Munda, which is celebrated as ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’. He unveiled a commemorative coin and postal stamp in honour of Munda….
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed tribal icon Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary and said he sacrificed everything to protect the honour and glory of the motherland. Born in 1875 in present-day Jharkhand, Munda had challenged British rule and is credited with mobilising tribals against the empire. He died in British…
New Delhi: Asserting that the country will become truly developed only when tribal people also become developed, President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said that fast-paced progress of tribal communities is “our national priority”. She said for ages, people of tribal society have been enriching the civilization and culture of the country and cited Lord Rama’s…
New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said Jammu will get a separate railway division as the railway ministry has accepted a proposal in this regard. In a series of posts on X, Singh also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is personally monitoring the progress of the railway infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir. Modi…
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Congress is far ahead in vote-bank politics, but when it comes to poverty eradication the party has given only empty slogans and looted the impoverished people. He also raised the issue of illegal immigration and said a Congress leader in Jharkhand, which is facing assembly polls…
Bengaluru: The Congress and the BJP on Thursday sparred over Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s statement that the saffron party offered Rs 50 crore each to 50 MLAs of the ruling party to topple his government. At an event in Mysuru, Siddaramaiah reiterated the claim that “none of the Congress MLAs had accepted the offer”. He…
