Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed around 51,000 appointment letters to newly-inducted recruits on Tuesday via video conferencing. The Rozgar Mela was held at 46 locations across the country, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. Speaking at the event, the Prime Minister also congratulated all the newly inducted recruits who have received appointment letters. PM...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at the Congress, saying it never wanted to empower women while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government dedicated the first decision in the new parliament to women in the form of the Women’s Reservation Bill. Congress did not have the intent to empower women. Today they are...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged off nine new Vande Bharat Express trains via video conferencing, taking the total number of semi-high-speed trains to 34. The prime minister said the Vande Bharat Express trains being launched today will significantly improve connectivity as well as boost tourism across India. He said the government is focussing...
In a significant political development, former Karnataka Chief Minister HDKumaraswamy met with Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital ahead of the highlyanticipated 2024 Lok Sabha elections. This meeting holds particular importance as it relatesto the BJP-JDS unity pact, an idea previously mentioned by former CM Yedurappa.BeforeKumaraswamy’s arrival in the national capital, he was...
Thursday suspended issue of visas to citizens of Canada “till further notice”. A notice by BLS International – a private agency hired for initial scrutiny of visa applications of Canadian nationals – said “Due to operational reasons… Indian visa services have been suspended till further notice”. This comes as India and Canada are locked in an international...
The “positive outlook” shown by the political parties will infuse a new energy in the women of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, as he made a special intervention towards the end of a marathon discussion on the women’s reservation bill. The prime minister also said that the...
History was scripted Thursday night when The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023, seeking to reserve 33% of seats in Lok Sabha and state Assemblies for women, was passed unanimously by Rajya Sabha, a day after it sailed through Lok Sabha. The women’s reservation Bill, the first legislation to be cleared by both Houses in the...
Justin Trudeau’s allegation of Indian involvement in Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing heightened tensions, triggered a diplomatic row this week New Delhi has suspended visa services for Canadian nationals indefinitely amid heightened tensions between the two countries even as Ottawa said it was temporarily adjusting staff presence in India to ensure the safety of...
Amid the ongoing diplomatic row with Canada over the killing of a Khalistani terrorist on Canadian soil, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the House of Commons on Monday that his government had “credible allegations” that linked Indian government agents to the killing...