New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said people should leave their “political spectacles” behind while embarking on a foreign visit, in an apparent reference to a row over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remarks made during a recent visit to the United Kingdom. Speaking at a World Homeopathy Day function here, Dhankhar said as […]
New Delhi: India is likely to witness “below normal” rainfall in the upcoming monsoon between June and September, private weather forecaster Skymet said on Monday. The rainfall is expected to be lower to the tune of 94 per cent of the long-period average (with an error margin of +/-5 per cent). The Skymet report stated […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called the success of ‘Project Tiger’ not a moment of pride for only India but also the entire world. He said the country has not only saved the tiger population from declining but also provided an ecosystem where tigers can flourish. Modi was inaugurating a programme, ‘Commemoration […]
Flags off Chennai-Coimbatore Vande Bharat Express Hyderabad: Taking a dig at some political parties who approached the Supreme Court alleging arbitrary use of central probe agencies against opposition leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Apex court gave them a “jolt” by refusing to entertain their plea. The PM was addressing a public […]
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday said the Supreme Court committee to look into the Hindenburg research report on Adani group has limited terms of reference and “cannot bring out the deep nexus between” the prime minister and the billionaire businessman. The remarks came soon after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar said this […]
New Delhi: Amid uncertainty over issuance of visa to two Indian journalists reporting from China, India has expressed hope that the authorities in Beijing would facilitate continued presence of Indian journalists in the country. It is learnt that visas of at least two Indian journalists, reporting for Prasar Bharati and The Hindu from Beijing, have […]
New Delhi: The IT Ministry has notified amendments to online gaming in the IT Rules, 2021, allowing multiple self-regulatory organisations (SROs) to decide if a real-money game is allowed to operate in the country or not. The aim of these amendments is to enforce greater due diligence by online gaming and social media intermediaries in […]
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Friday said the state has cleared its entire electricity subsidy bill of Rs 20,200 crore for the last financial year and has witnessed a jump in excise and GST revenue. Mann, addressing the media here, said the state has registered a revenue of Rs 8,841 crore for the financial […]
New Delhi: Veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said Rahul Gandhi is the primary reason why he and many others are not in the Congress today and claimed that one has to be “spineless” to remain in the grand old party. He further claimed that it is not in the hands of Congress Parliamentary […]
Salangpur (Guj): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken some tough decisions without any confusion and also maintained peace and tranquillity in the country while implementing them. Shah was referring to some of the big projects of religious and cultural significance including renovation of the Kashi Vishwanath temple […]