Kanker: A Chhattisgarh government employee allegedly drained out 41 lakh litres of water from a weir after his mobile phone fell into it in the state’s Kanker district, an official said on Friday. The employee was suspended for the colossal waste of water in the peak of summer at Paralkot reservoir last weekend. The incident […]
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Lok Sabha secretariat for inauguration of the new Parliament building by President Droupadi Murmu. The plea filed by advocate Jaya Sukin contended that the statement issued by the Lok Sabha secretariat on May 18 and invites issued by secretary […]
New Delhi: India must focus on advancement in defence technology in view of “double threat” along the borders, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday in an oblique reference to challenges along the frontiers with China and Pakistan. In an address at a conference, Singh underlined the need for extensive research to develop defence technologies […]
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday stepped up its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the inauguration of the new Parliament building, saying “one man’s ego and desire for self-promotion” has denied the first tribal woman president her constitutional privilege to inaugurate the complex. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the “arrogance” of the […]
Dehradun: Parties which ruled the country for many years and made tall claims of introducing high-speed trains could never get out of the constraints of dynastic politics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday while flagging off the Delhi-Dehradun Vande Bharat Express. He also said that the budget for expansion of the railway infrastructure in […]
Jaipur: A court here on Thursday sentenced four people to seven years imprisonment for lynching Rakbar Khan on the suspicion of cow smuggling in Rajasthan’s Alwar district in 2018. The fifth accused in the case was acquitted due to lack of evidence. Hearing the matter, the additional district judge court-1 held Paramjit Singh, Dharmendra Yadav, […]
New Delhi: Nineteen opposition parties, including the Congress, Left and TMC, on Wednesday collectively announced their decision to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, terming it as an “undignified act” that insults the high office of the president. In a joint statement, they said the inauguration of the […]
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Wednesday that the government had invited all political parties for the inauguration of the new Parliament building on Saturday (May 28) and that “they are allowed to act as per their wisdom”. This came shortly after nineteen political parties, including the Congress, issued a joint statement saying […]
New Delhi: The inauguration of the new parliament building this Sunday will also see Prime Minister Narendra Modi install a historic golden sceptre near the Speaker’s seat, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today. This sceptre, Mr Shah said, was handed over to the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to mark the transfer of […]
New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday said India is moving on an unprecedented growth trajectory, and the country will become a “global” leader by 2047, the year when it will commemorate a hundred years of Independence. He stressed that the economic progress of the country was deeply connected to its security, and defence […]