PM Modi to chair NITI Aayog’s meeting amid boycott by opposition states

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the 9th NITI Aayog’s Governing Council meeting on Saturday, with a focus on making India a developed nation by 2047. The meeting is set to take place at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre, an official release from the government think tank said.Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister and DMK leader MK … Read more

Tension at railway station over consignment of meat

EDS TO GO WITH STORY MES 5** Bengaluru: Workers walk on a platform of India’s first centralised air-conditioned railway terminal, named after eminent civil engineer Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, in Bengaluru, Saturday, March 13, 2021. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)(PTI03_13_2021_000167B) Bengaluru: Tension prevailed at the Bengaluru City Railway Station when a consignment of meat weighing about three tonnes loaded … Read more

Act East Policy gets new momentum as EAM Jaishankar, NSA Ajit Doval visit South East Asia simultaneously

New Delhi: India has given a new momentum to its Act East Policy under Modi 3.0 with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visiting Laos for East Asia & Asean meetings and NSA Ajit Doval attending the Bimstec NSA meet in Myanmar and visiting Vietnam simultaneously this week.These visits took place ahead of the Vietnamese PM’s … Read more

Manipur CM Singh discusses state situation with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Guwahati: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh had discussion about the situation in the state with Union Defence minister Rajnath Singh.Manipur has been battling ethnic violence since May 3 last year. Biren stated in X, “ It was a pleasure meeting the Defence Minister, @rajnathsingh Ji, in New Delhi today. We had an in-depth discussion … Read more

Kanwariyas attack Muslim man after minor collision on Delhi-Meerut highway

A group of Kanwariyas violently attacked a Muslim man and his car after a minor accident on the Meerut-Delhi Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district. According to the reports, the collision occurred when the Kanwariyas who were travelling on the expressway, were lightly hit by the man’s car. Subsequently, the Kanwariyas reacted with aggression. The … Read more

No proposal under consideration to make paid menstrual leave mandatory for all workplaces: Govt

New Delhi: The government has no proposal under consideration to make paid menstrual leave mandatory for all workplaces, the Women and Child Development Ministry said on Friday. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi said the government implements the Scheme for Promotion of Menstrual Hygiene among adolescent … Read more

Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia to concurrently be Ambassador to Yemen

New Delhi: Suhel Ajaz Khan, Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Yemen, with residence in Riyadh, a government press release said. The press release added that Ajaz Khan, IFS of the 1997 batch, is expected to take up … Read more

Travelling to Uttarakhand by car? You must carry a dustbin, or garbage bag with you

The Uttarakhand government issued a directive mandating that all vehicles entering the state must carry dustbins or garbage bags. This measure aims to address the ongoing issue of garbage disposal, particularly along the Char Dham route and near popular tourist destinations such as Mussoorie, Dehradun, and Nainital. Transport Department to Conduct Inspections The state transport … Read more

Took centre 5 decades, says MP HC

Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has said that it took the Centre nearly five decades to realise that an “internationally renowned” organisation like Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was wrongly placed on the list of organisations banned for government employees. The HC’s remark came on Thursday while a bench of Justices Sushruta Arvind Dharmadhikari and Gajendra … Read more