New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched Rs 13,000-crore PM Vishwakarma Yojana (scheme) for traditional artisans and craftsmen, and inaugurated the Rs 5,400-crore first phase of state-of-the art India International Convention and Expo Centre (IICC) — ‘Yashobhoomi’ — at Dwarka, here. “Today I dedicate ‘Yashobhoomi’ to every labourer, every ‘Vishwakarma’ of the nation,” […]
Hyderabad: The Congress on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the launch of the PM Vishwakarma Yojana, alleging that he is “offering yet another election jumla (gimmick)” but continues to be “selectively silent” on the issue of caste census. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the people “won’t be fooled again” and it is […]
New Delhi: Government has approved the inititative of setting up of 100 new Sainik Schools in partnership with NGOs, private schools, state governments. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved setting up of 23 new sainik schools under partnership mode. The schools will set up in a graded manner class-wise, starting from Class 6 onwards. A […]
Hyderabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asked party leaders at the CWC meeting to focus on people’s issues and maintain ideological clarity, while cautioning them against “walking into traps of the BJP”. Addressing a press conference on the second day of deliberations of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), party’s media and publicity department chief Pawan […]
New Delhi: The Covid-19 vaccine misinformation policies of Facebook, the world’s largest social media platform, were not effective in combating misinformation and its overall design is more to blame for this rather than just algorithms, a new study has revealed. The study, led by researchers at the George Washington University in the US and published […]
New Delhi: An orphan is an orphan, irrespective of how the death of his or her parents happened, the Supreme Court has said, asking the Centre if there are ways the benefits of schemes, including PM Cares fund, which were meant for children orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic, can be extended to all orphans. A […]
Bhubaneswar: The first meeting of the the high-level committee to examine and make recommendations for holding simultaneous polls will be held on September 23, said former president Ram Nath Kovind, who heads it. The government on September 2 notified the eight-member committee to examine and make recommendations for holding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha, state […]
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the setting up of 23 new Sainik Schools in partnership mode, officials said on Saturday. The new schools, besides their affiliation to respective education boards, will function under the aegis of the Sainik Schools Society and will follow the Rules and Regulations for new Sainik Schools in […]
New Delhi: In Bengaluru on Friday, in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, more than 15 senior leaders and former corporators from the Bharatiya Janata Party and JD(S) joined Congress, dealing a blow to the two parties ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year. According to ANI, the following former councilors have […]
Jaipur: Union Minister and Rajasthan election in-charge Pralhad Joshi on Saturday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot following the arrest of suspended RPSC member Babu Lal Katara by the Enforcement Directorate in the paper leak case. “Yesterday, ED raided and arrested a close man of CM Ashok Gehlot. Gehlot had made him a […]