Malappuram (Kerala): Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hailed the healthcare and palliative care in Kerala as one of the best in the country. Gandhi said that Kerala was a pioneer in palliative care in the whole country. “It leads the way as far as healthcare and palliative care is concerned,” he added. He also […]
Kolkata: Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Wednesday that the Central government will implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and no one can stop it. Addressing a big rally here to launch the party’s Lok Sabha campaign, Shah launched a blistering attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the issues of appeasement, infiltration, corruption and political […]
New Delhi: NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam on Wednesday said a vision document is being prepared for India to become a developed economy of about USD 30 trillion by 2047. The draft ‘Vision India @2047’ document will outline the institutional and structural changes/ reforms that will be needed for the country to become a developed […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with beneficiaries of the ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra’ on Thursday via video conferencing, his office said. The Yatra is being undertaken across the country with an aim to attain saturation of flagship schemes of the government by ensuring that the benefits of these schemes reach all targeted […]
New Delhi: Around 18 per cent of the candidates contesting the Assembly polls in five states have declared criminal cases against them, while 29 per cent are “crorepatis”, according to a report released on Tuesday. Think-tank Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) examined the self-sworn affidavits of 8,051 of the 8,054 candidates in the poll fray […]
New Delhi: The government is set to positively consider the Indian Navy’s proposal for construction of a second aircraft carrier at a cost of around Rs 40,000 crore, in a major move that comes against the backdrop of rising concerns over China’s increasing forays into the Indian Ocean region. Top government sources told PTI that […]
New Delhi: The government will launch the first round of auction of critical and strategic minerals on Wednesday putting 20 blocks under the hammer. Twenty blocks of critical and strategic minerals being put on sale are spread across the country, an official statement said, adding that critical minerals are important for the country’s economic development […]
New Delhi: The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday took a swipe at Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for his remarks drawing parallels between Mahatma Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Vice President while addressing a programme in Mumbai on Monday called Gandhi “mahapurush” (great man) of the last century and Modi […]
New Delhi: The government may consider introducing appropriate legal safeguards for healthcare workers, who at times face violence from relatives or attendants of patients, a parliamentary panel has said. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs headed by BJP member Brij Lal, which examined the proposed three criminal laws, discussed a memoranda submitted by various […]
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) must have the power to deregister a political party in case of a violation of the mandatory conditions for registration and for breach of laws, the Supreme Court has been told by a petitioner. Fresh written submissions, seeking more punitive powers to the poll panel, have been filed by […]