New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the Union Cabinet’s approval to the inclusion of the Jamrani Dam Multipurpose Project of Uttarakhand under the accelerated irrigation benefit programme, saying it is a significant stride towards a prosperous and sustainable Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. The government on Wednesday approved the inclusion of the project under…
Jaipur: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday raided the premises of Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra and party candidate from Mahua assembly seat as part of a money laundering investigation into the alleged exam paper leak case in the poll-bound state, official sources said. The premises of Dotasra, a former minister for school education, in Sikar…
New Delhi: The border situation remains stable, Chief of Army Staff Gen Manoj Pande said on Thursday amid the lingering border row between India and China in eastern Ladakh. In an interactive session at an event, Gen Pande also said that there is a need for the armed forces to remain proactive to deal with various…
New Delhi: Some areas in the Indo-Gangetic basin in India have already passed the groundwater depletion tipping point and its entire northwestern region is predicted to experience critically low groundwater availability by 2025, according to a new report by the United Nations. Titled “Interconnected Disaster Risks Report 2023” and published by the United Nations University –…
New Delhi: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra on Wednesday invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, which is expected to take place on January 22. Modi said in a post on X that he is feeling blessed and it is his good fortune that he will be…
Mysuru: Dubbing JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy a “political villain,” Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday claimed that he was “more frustrated” than the BJP. He hit out at the former Chief Minister for his recent attacks directed towards him and his government. “If there is anyone who is a political villain, it is him,…
Jaipur: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed the BJP-led Centre on Wednesday, saying its schemes are “hollow”, whereas those framed by the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan are being implemented on the ground. The Congress general secretary said a bill for women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies has been passed in Parliament,…
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday accused Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of “invoking the personal religious devotion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi” to make false claims during her poll campaign in Rajasthan and urged the Election Commission to take action against her. A BJP delegation, including Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Arjun Ram…
New Delhi: “India” should be replaced with “Bharat” in the school textbooks for all classes, a high-level committee for social sciences, constituted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to revise the school curriculum, has recommended. According to committee chairperson C I Isaac, the panel has suggested replacing the name “India” with “Bharat”…
New Delhi: Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said the National Informatics Centre (NIC) will extend “full cooperation” to the Parliament’s Ethics Committee in the investigation of charges levelled by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey against TMC’s Mahua Moitra. Sharing a copy of Vaishnaw’s letter on X, Dubey said it is the beginning of a ‘dharma…
