A race to set up the tallest flagpole seems to be the latest rivalry that India and its neighbour Pakistan have indulged into. On Thursday, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann, inaugurated the tallest Indian flag —flying at a height of 418 feet...
India stands for international Space collaborations for the larger benefit of mankind. It is our solemn commitment that Outer Space is used only for peaceful purposes and kept free of conflict,” said Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh on...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday accused the Congress of encouraging Naxalism and said incidents of Naxal violence have come down by 52 per cent in the nine-year rule of the Narendra Modi government. Addressing a rally in Jagdalpur in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, Shah urged people to bring the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power...
A blanket of mist enveloped the city on Wednesday as the air quality index (AQI)further declined to 143 compared to 113 on Tuesday. Though still in the ‘moderate’category, Mumbai’s AQI was worse than Delhi’s 122, as per the Indian Institute ofTropical Meteorology-managed System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting andResearch.Central Railway (CR) services on the...
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Wednesday welcomed the 170 per cent increase announced in adhoc monthly relief by Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena for Kashmiri migrants. Sachdeva said the Lieutenant Governor’s decision to raise the AMR for Kashmiri migrants settled in Delhi in which 2/3rd contribution is made by the Centre from Rs 10, 000...
US President Joe Biden Wednesday warned Israel not to make the same mistakes Washington made during 9/11. The recent attack by Hamas on Israel is being considered by Israel as its 9/11 moment and is referred to by Hamas as the Al Aqsa Flood. “I understand. Many Americans understand,” Biden said, likening the October 7...
Unconventional and asymmetric warfare will be a part of conventional wars as seen during recent global conflicts, and the armed forces should factor this into their planning, said defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday while addressing the army’s top commanders, days after Hamas launched an assault against Israel and a war rages between the two...
Madhavi Vishwanathan, mother of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan who was shot dead 15 years ago, on Wednesday demanded life imprisonment for all four people convicted for her daughter’s murder by a Delhi court, saying they should suffer what her family went through. Earlier in the day, the court convicted Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik and...
The Central government on Tuesday has revived the Diwali bonus for its employees belonging to group C and Group D and certain categories of group B. In an office memorandum, the Department of Expenditure under the Finance Ministry said the employees Group C, D and contractuals will get bonus this year, subject to fulfilling certain...
Accusing it of criminal neglect with regard to the cleanliness of the Yamuna, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has sought Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena’s intervention against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi government in the matter. Sources said the party had sought time from Saxena to seek an inquiry into an alleged scam involving...