Lt Governor V K Saxena terminated the services of around 400 ‘specialists’ appointed by the AAP government in different departments, officials said on Monday, a decision that could trigger a fresh round of confrontation between the ruling party and the LG. They were engaged in a “non-transparent manner” and without the mandatory approvals of the...
Good news for Delhi Metro commuters! Now enjoy hassle-free travelling across the city’s rapid transit network. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has launched DMRC TRAVEL, a dedicated mobile app for generating convenient and hassle-free mobile QR tickets for travelling across its network. With this new mobile App, the commuters will be able to purchase the tickets directly from...
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday warned India’s “neighbor” that if anyone tried to harm the country, a befitting reply will be given. Speaking at a rally in Chhattisgarh’s Maoists-affected Kanker district, he also claimed that the Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) would have been wiped out from the country had the Congress government in Chhattisgarh “cooperated...
A research has been done by a voluntary organization Public Policy Research Center (PPRC) on the achievements of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi government in the last nine years and on the basis of this research has been done by various departments of the Central Government. Research papers have been prepared on the achievements...
Back Current downturn in relation createdby China, not India: MEA S Jaishankar External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Friday said that the present downturn in bilateral relations was created by China and not by India, maintaining that it takes two hands to clap for a relationship to work. The minister was speaking during a...
In what is seen as a massive political development ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Sunday was sworn in as deputy chief minister in the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government. Pawar, who will now share the deputy CM post with Bharatiya Janata Party’s Devendra Fadnavis, took the...
Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana, in its latest editorial, slammed the Maharashtra government over the mismanagement of monsoon preparedness and floods in Mumbai, saying that “the city sank due to corruption.” The Marathi newspaper Saamana, headed by the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), said that during the BJP and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s rule, Mumbai’s municipal...
The Delhi unit of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) launched a scathing attack on the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on Friday, accusing Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot of being the mastermind behind an alleged auto fitness certificate scam. The BJP’s accusations came in the wake of recent arrests made by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB)...
Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and discussed a wide range of issues, including the recent Wagner Group mutiny, bilateral cooperation and the Ukraine conflict. Referring to the recent mutiny by Wagner mercenary group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 24, “Narendra Modi expressed understanding...
Ahead of next month’s SCO summit to be held for the first time under India’s Presidency, India on Tuesday inaugurated an exquisitely designed ‘New Delhi Hall’ here at the headquarters of the eight-member grouping, which External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said depicted a “mini-India”. The Secretariat of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) comprising China, Russia,...