PM Modi to virtually inaugurate 25th National Youth Festival

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the two-day 25th National Youth Festival to be hosted by Puducherry on Wednesday. The festival will begin on the occasion of National Youth Day on January 12 to celebrate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand. Youth Affairs secretary Usha Sharma said that the festival aims to […]

Talks on with like-minded parties to fight BJP in Goa: Sharad Pawar

Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said talks are on with “like-minded parties” to jointly oust BJP from power in Goa in next month’s Assembly elections in the coastal state. “NCP leader Praful Patel and Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut are talking with local Congress leaders there,” Pawar told reporters. There is a […]

COVID-19: India records 1,79,723 new cases, 146 deaths

NEW DELHI: India saw a single-day rise of 1,79,723 coronavirus infections taking the total tally to 3,57,07,727, including 4,033 cases of the Omicron variant reported across 27 states and union territories so far, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Monday. The number of active cases has increased to 7,23,619, the highest […]

PM security breach: SC stays ongoing inquiries, proposes to set up panel headed by ex-SC judge

PM security breach: SC stays ongoing inquiries, proposes to set up panel headed by ex-SC judge

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the ongoing inquiries by two separate panels of the Centre and the Punjab government into the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Punjab, and said that it will set up a committee headed by a former apex court judge to probe it. A […]

Elections right time to defeat hatred: Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the upcoming assembly elections are a right time to defeat hatred. Assembly elections in five states including in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting February 10 to March 7. The counting shall take place on March 10, the Election Commission has announced. “This […]

User-friendly durable Braille maps for Visually challenged students

New Delhi: Visually challenged students from all over the country will have the access soon to Braille Maps designed and developed using Digital Embossing Technology, enabling them for ease of use, user friendly, better feeling and durable in terms of quality. The digital embossing technology is a technology which eliminates the need for printing plates, […]

PM Modi to inaugurate National Youth Festival on Wednesday

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 25th National Youth Festival in Puducherry on January 12, the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda which is observed as National Youth Day. He will inaugurate the event via video-conferencing, the PMO said. Modi tweeted, “On the 12th, I would be taking part in the 25th National […]

Surge in COVID-19 cases prompt Centre, state governments to postpone events, opt virtual mode

NEW DELHI: Amid a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases fuelled by Omicron variant, several government programmes have either been postponed or moved to virtual mode. The Union Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports has decided to organise the 25th National Youth Festival on the virtual platform from January 12-13 in view of the spike in […]

SC lawyers claim receiving threatening calls to stop probe in PM’s security lapses in Punjab

NEW DELHI: Several Supreme Court lawyers on Monday wrote to the apex court alleging that they have received calls threatening judges over the case involving the security breach that left Prime Minister Narendra Modi stuck for 20 minutes on a flyover in Punjab last week. The letter, written by Supreme Court Advocate-On-Record Association (SCAORA), claimed […]

Breach in PM’s security: SC to take up matter Today

Breach in PM’s security: SC to take up matter Today

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea on the recent breach in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security in Punjab. On January, the prime minister’s convoy was stranded on a flyover due to a blockade by protesters in Ferozepur after which he returned from poll-bound Punjab without attending the planned […]