New Delhi: COVID-19 is on the verge of becoming endemic but Indian scientists are keeping a close watch on each new variant and the government would continue to maintain a high alert, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said, underlining that the virus has managed to survive and is going to stay. In an exclusive […]
Chandigarh: Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to replace the governor with the chief minister as the chancellor of state-run universities. The Punjab Universities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was passed after a brief debate. Apart from the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and a lone Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) […]
Monsoon progress remains stalled for a week Bengaluru: Just ten days into the commencement of the Southwest Monsoon, many parts of the country have already been witnessing erratic weather. From Gujarat and Rajasthan bearing the brunt of Cyclone Biparjoy, rainfall fury and flooding reported across Assam and Sikkim, extreme heatwave conditions prevailing over parts of […]
Ranchi: CPI general secretary D Raja on Monday said all secular democratic parties have teamed up together to defeat the BJP in the upcoming 2024 general elections and not for grabbing power. In an interview to PTI, Raja, who is on a two-day Jharkhand visit, said the current situation in the country “is grave and […]
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (UBT) will petition the global body United Nations Organisation to declare June 20 as the ‘World Traitors Day’ to commemorate the treachery on the original Shiv Sena by Eknath Shinde (now, Chief Minister) and 40 MLA perpetrated last year. Sena (UBT) MP and Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut said that the party […]
New Delhi: Terming India as the “Mother of democracy,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday observed that the Emergency imposed in the country in 1975 was a “dark period” in the history of the country and appealed to the young generation to understand the true meaning and significance of democracy. “India is the mother of […]
New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday claimed that over two lakh jobs have been “eliminated” from PSUs and alleged that hopes of lakhs of youth are being “trampled upon” by the government for the benefit of a few “crony capitalist friends”. Gandhi said Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) used to be the pride […]
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said the national capital would have been the safest place had the law and order situation been under the AAP dispensation instead of the Lieutenant Governor. His remarks came after two women were allegedly shot dead by unidentified assailants in R K Puram in southwest Delhi […]
Santirbazar (Tripura): BJP national president JP Nadda on Saturday said the country has witnessed unprecedented development under Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has “changed the fortune of India” in the past nine years. He cited infrastructure building, good governance and all-round development as the benchmarks of the Modi government. “Earlier, India was known for corruption, […]
New Delhi: Everyone can make promises to people but the Modi government’s “strong point” is that it delivers services and projects in a given timeframe, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. He was speaking during a function held at Badarpur here as part of the BJP’s mega outreach campaign — ‘Sampark se Samarthan’ […]