New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary. India’s first and longest-serving prime minister, Nehru, died in office in 1964. Modi tweeted, “On his death anniversary, I pay tributes to our former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.” PTI Press Trust of Indiakashmirreader.com
Washington: The Indian Overseas Congress has released a promotional video inviting Indian Americans for an exclusive interaction with “visionary statesman” Rahul Gandhi during his visit to the US next month. Congress leader Gandhi, 52, is scheduled to arrive in the US next week on a three-city tour. Starting with San Francisco where he is scheduled […]
Rajpipla (Gujarat): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said that international tourist footfall in the country will increase if domestic tourism is promoted by people by way of sharing their experiences about the places they visit. He was talking to reporters here on the second day of his two-day Gujarat tour, during which he […]
New Delhi: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri Friday hit out at the Congress and those objecting to the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the “boycott gang” is insulting the legacy of their own leaders and the freedom fighters. In a series of tweets, Puri cited an old article […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to the Lok Sabha Secretariat for inauguration of the new Parliament building by President Droupadi Murmu. A bench of justices JK Maheshwari and PS Narasimha told petitioner in-person advocate Jaya Sukin that the court understands why and how this petition […]
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday granted a no-objection certificate (NOC) to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for issuance of an ‘ordinary passport’ for three years instead of 10, the period for which it is normally issued, following an objection raised by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy. The former Congress president had surrendered his diplomatic passport […]
New Delhi: The rate of ransomware attacks has increased in India with 73 per cent of organisations surveyed reporting they were a victim of ransomware, up from 57 per cent the previous year, a new report has said. “In 77 per cent of ransomware attacks against surveyed organisations, adversaries succeeded in encrypting data with 44 […]
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 […]