Sindri (Jharkhand): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for projects worth Rs 35,700 crore in Jharkhand. Among various projects, he dedicated to the nation the Rs 8,900-crore fertiliser plant of Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd in Sindri in Dhanbad district. The plant will add about 12.7 LMT (lakh metric…
Dhaka: A fire at a seven-storey building in the central part of the Bangladesh capital overnight has killed at least 43 people and left 22 others injured, Health Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen said on Friday. The condition of those injured is “critical”, he told reporters at a briefing here at 2 am. The fire…
New Delhi: The BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting, attended by senior leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to hold deliberations to finalise the first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls ended early Friday. The meeting, which began around 10:30 pm on Thursday, lasted for more than four hours and was held at…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday claimed that there was no relevance of any protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act at this point and said that all those opposed to the law may approach the Supreme Court for revoking it. Addressing a press conference here, Sarma said Parliament, which had passed the law,…
New Delhi: India’s economy grew by better-than-expected 8.4 per cent in the final three months of 2023 – the fastest pace in one-and-half years, fortifying Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s record of providing a world-beating growth rate ahead of general elections. The growth rate in October-December was higher than 7.6 per cent in the previous three…
Gangtok/Jalpagiri: The annual Eastern Command anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) field firing exercise was conducted at Teeesta field firing range in West Bengal by the Indian Army said on Thursday. The exercise was conducted under the aegis of Trishakti Corps, and more than 260 missiles were fired to achieve the target of “one missile one tank”,…
Shimla: The Congress on Thursday asserted that the situation in Himachal Pradesh is “completely under control” and the BJP has failed in its attempts to “destabilise the elected government” in the hill state. The Congress government faces a crisis after the ruling party in the state lost the lone Rajya Sabha seat despite having the…
Basirhat (WB): TMC strongman Shajahan Sheikh, accused of sexual abuse and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday after being on the run for 55 days that witnessed violent protests led by local women and a fierce political slugfest. Additional Director-General of Police (South Bengal) Supratim Sarkar said Sheikh was…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has upheld the two-child eligibility criterion of the Rajasthan government for seeking public employment, ruling that it is not discriminatory and does not violate the Constitution. The Rajasthan Various Service (Amendment) Rules, 2001 bar candidates who have more than two children from seeking government jobs. While upholding the two-child norm,…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should spell out what central schemes the state government has “blocked”, and said those it opposed include NEET and the CAA, keeping public welfare in mind. The chief minister was responding to Modi’s claim that there was lack of…
