Shirdi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said some people from Maharashtra only did politics in the name of farmers, comments aimed at Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar, who handled the agriculture portfolio during the UPA government. Modi said his government was committed to farmer welfare and pointed out that cultivators are now […]
New Delhi: Road safety experts on Thursday expressed concerns on the rise in accident-related deaths in the country and stressed on the need to embed safety features while planning and designing roads to avoid fatalities and serious injuries. They further called for ensuring implementation of such safety features by the road construction companies. India aRccounts […]
New Delhi: Government think tank NITI Aayog has initiated a study to develop a comprehensive action plan to bridge India’s trade deficit with China over time and align trading strategies with emerging geopolitical situation and potential risks to safeguard supply chains. The Aayog has invited bids from consultants to lead the two studies in areas […]
New Delhi: The Centre has earned Rs 776 crore disposing of scrap in the three special cleanliness campaigns undertaken by all government offices across the country in the last three years, Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday. A large chunk of this revenue — Rs 176 crore — has been […]
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday accused Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of “invoking the personal religious devotion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi” to make false claims during her poll campaign in Rajasthan and urged the Election Commission to take action against her. A BJP delegation, including Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Arjun Ram […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 7th edition of the country’s biggest telecom industry event, ‘India Mobile Congress 2023’, the Department of Telecom said in a post on social media platform X on Wednesday. The three-day event has been jointly organised by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Cellular Operators Association […]
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space said here today that “unshackling” of the Space sector by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led to StartUp boom, as a result of which, within a short span of just about four years, the number […]
New Delhi: An SBI research report has praised the Modi government’s micro-credit scheme for street vendors for ensuring “inclusive entrepreneurship” and said nearly 75 per cent of its beneficiaries come from the non-general category with the OBCs accounting for 44 per cent. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for 22 per cent of the […]
Mumbai: To “save the democracy” in the nation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat should support the opposition bloc – INDIA, said Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray-faction) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday. Sanjay Raut’s gave this remark after the RSS chief while addressing a gathering at ‘Vijayadashmi Utsav’ in Maharashtra’s Nagpur, said that “there […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday underscored India’s enduring commitment to safe and secure use of atomic energy for peace and development in a meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. Grossi, who called on Modi, commended the country’s impeccable record as a responsible nuclear power and praised […]