New Delhi: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Delhi on Thursday night primarily to attend the India-US “2+2” foreign and defence ministerial dialogue. The “2+2” dialogue will take place on Friday. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has already reached Delhi. The Indian side at the dialogue will be led by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and…
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee on Thursday recommended the expulsion of TMC MP Mahua Moitra from the House in the “cash-for-query” matter, sources said. The committee, headed by BJP MP Vinod Kumar Sonkar, met here and adopted its report recommending her expulsion. After the meeting, Sonkar told reporters that six members of the…
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday issued a direction for release of the third instalment of arrears under the ‘One Rank On Pension’ scheme to the defence pensioners before Diwali. Last December, the government approved the revision of the pension of armed forces personnel under ‘One Rank One Pension’ scheme with retrospective effect…
Bhopal: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that Madhya Pradesh has transformed from a “bimaru” (sick) to a “bemisal” (extraordinary) state, with the good governance of the BJP-led government. Addressing a press conference here, the minister said the overall development in the state has come about because of 5Gs — Growth, Good Governance, Goodwill…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Power Corporation Limited and Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Limited on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to take up accelerated development of various power projects worth Rs 15,000 crore. The projects will include hydro, solar (floating and ground mounting) and pumped storage projects. THDCL Director (Technical) Bhupender Gupta and Karnataka Energy Department Additional…
Jashpur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said if the BJP comes to power in Chhattisgarh, Naxalism will be eliminated from the state in five years. Addressing a rally in Jashpur constituency of Chhattisgarh, Shah slammed Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel-led dispensation saying while ‘Chandrayaan’ was to the moon under the central government headed by…
Jammu: A BSF personnel was injured in unprovoked firing by the Pakistani Rangers along the International Border (IB) in the Ramgarh sector of Samba district on early Thursday, a senior official said. The firing targeting Border Outposts in the district is the third ceasefire violation in 24 days by the Pakistani Rangers along the IB on…
New Delhi: The Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha will meet on Thursday to adopt a draft report on the cash-for-query allegation against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey had approached Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against Moitra, accusing her of asking questions in Lok Sabha to target the Adani Group at the…
Ayodhya: The Uttar Pradesh cabinet will hold its meeting on Thursday in Ayodhya as the city gears up for the opening of the Ram temple in January. The date — November 9 — holds significance as the Supreme Court on this date in 2019 passed its verdict in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi case, paving the way…
New Delhi: The Winter session of Parliament is likely to commence in the second week of December and could conclude ahead of Christmas, sources said on Wednesday. The session, they said, could commence days after the counting of votes in five states on December 3. Three key bills which seek to replace the IPC, CrPC and…
