New Delhi: The government is working on the next phase of the India Semiconductor Mission and Design-Linked Incentive Scheme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. During the inaugural address of Semicon India 2025, Modi said the base of digital infrastructure is critical minerals and the country has started working on the Critical Minerals Mission…
New Delhi: The water level of the Yamuna river rose to 205.80 metres at Delhi’s Old Railway Bridge on Tuesday morning, crossing the danger mark of 205.33 metres, an official said. The rise poses a threat of flooding in low-lying areas of the city. On Monday, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that the government…
Marri Shashidhar Reddy Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently observed that anti-Naxalite operations suffered a serious setback after the Supreme Court’s July 5, 2011 judgement delivered by Justice B. Sudershan Reddy, which disbanded Salwa Judum — the controversial people’s movement backed by the Chhattisgarh government with central assistance. This remark has triggered a storm. A group of…
Hyderabad: Dr. M. Shashidhar Reddy, former Vice Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Chairman of the BJP Telangana State Election Commission Affairs Committee, has accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of deliberately manufacturing panic over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the state elections. “Rahul Gandhi is…
Politics, they say, is the art of persuasion. But for some leaders across the globe, persuasion is just another word for peddling lies with the confidence of a seasoned conman. At 78, Donald Trump has perfected this art in the United States. Meanwhile, in India, a 54-year-old adolescent who refuses to grow into statesmanship has…
Tianjin: India and Russia on Monday vowed to strengthen their strategic ties against the backdrop of New Delhi’s frictions with the US, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi telling Russian President Vladimir Putin that the two countries stood “shoulder-to-shoulder” even in the most difficult times. Modi and Putin met on the sidelines of the annual summit…
New Delhi: The Indian Railways on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with State Bank of India to provide significant insurance cover for its employees and their families, an official statement said. Under the MoU, signed in the presence of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, employees who maintain salary accounts with SBI will get accidental…
Aizawl: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Mizoram and Manipur on September 13, officials in Aizawl said. PM Modi will first visit Mizoram to inaugurate the new Bairabi-Sairang railway. Multiple officials of the Mizoram government said they have received information that from Aizawl, the PM will fly to Manipur, his first visit since…
Chandigarh: The devastating floods in Punjab have claimed 29 lives so far, the maximum in Pathankot district, besides impacting the lives of more than 2.56 lakh people, officials said on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening spoke to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, inquired about the flood situation and assured him of every…
Who still dares to call India’s foreign policy a failure? Only the willfully blind or the intellectually dishonest. The latest summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has once again demonstrated how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomacy is rewriting the rules of global engagement. The joint declaration signed at the summit carries unprecedented weight. For…
