New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday stressed the need to provide employment opportunities to residents of border villages and increase connectivity to prevent migration from such remote areas. Reviewing the implementation of the “Vibrant Villages Programme” (VVP) at a high-level meeting here, Shah directed all concerned to continue the efforts being made…
Bengaluru: For many decades, The Art of Living, under the guidance of renowned spiritual leader and humanitarian Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, has been addressing critical issues affecting the nation’s wellbeing. The organization focuses on a wide range of initiatives including water conservation, agricultural sustainability, environmental protection, afforestation, rural development, women’s empowerment, skill development, free…
Kannur: Workers from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme uncovered materials resembling treasure while working in a rubber plantation in Chengalayi, Kannur district. The discovery was made near the Parippayi Government LP School as the labourers were digging a rain pit. Initially mistaking the container for a bomb, the workers discarded it. When…
New Delhi: The opposition INDIA bloc celebrated on Saturday after winning 7 out of 13 Assembly seats contested across seven states. This notable achievement follows the bloc’s strong challenge to the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls. The BJP secured only one seat, while an independent candidate also won one seat as the votes were…
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch, dedicate to the nation and lay foundation stones of projects costing over Rs 29,400 crore at a function at NESCO Exhibition Centre in Goregaon during his visit to Mumbai, officials have said. The PM will lay the foundation stones of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s (MMRDA) Thane-Borivali…
New Delhi: Amid speculation about assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the Ministry of Home Affairs has amended the J&K Reorganization Act, 2019, granting more authority to the lieutenant governor regarding the transfers and postings of all-India service officers, police, and the appointment of judicial officers. On Friday, the central government issued a notification amending…
Mumbai: The BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was unstable, and may not complete its term, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday as she met two key INDIA bloc leaders in Mumbai more than a month after the Lok Sabha poll results. She criticised the Centre over the three new criminal laws…
Mumbai: In a morale-boosting victory for ‘Mahayuti’ in Maharashtra ahead of assembly polls, the ruling alliance on Friday won all the nine seats it contested in the biennial elections to 11 Legislative Council seats, while the opposition MVA faced a setback as a candidate backed by Sharad Pawar’s party lost. In the results announced in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reaffirmed India’s commitment to seven-nation grouping BIMSTEC and stressed on its role as an engine for economic and social growth. The foreign ministers of the BIMSTEC member states made a joint call on Modi on the second and final day of their retreat in Delhi. The Bay…
Chennai: A sessions court here on Friday extended the remand of former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji, arrested in a money laundering case last year by the ED, till July 16. Balaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on June 14, 2023 in connection with the case. Principal Sessions Judge S Alli, before whom…
