In a democracy, when someone completes 25 consecutive years as the head of a govt, it is indeed special. I heartily congratulate Shri Narendra Modi ji on 25 glorious years of service as head of govt. He is someone I am very fond of and someone I have interacted with closely over the years.Who is…
AJUP chief Humayun Kabir was detained for allegedly provoking tension KOLKATA/CHENNAI/GUWAHATI: Bypolls across three states and one Union territory saw high but uneven turnouts Tuesday, with Bengal’s Nandigram and Rejinagar recording 80% turnout amid allegations of rigging, voter intimidation and police interference, while polling in one Puducherry and two Tamil Nadu assembly seats and Assam’s…
A push for manufacturing semiconductors as well as for startups and self-reliance, continues to be Modi’s focus in his third term as PM Narendra Modi was thrust into the thick of governance in 2001 as the party suffered a setback in local polls in Gujarat and the response of the state government headed by CM…
NSA Ajit Doval, right, during a meeting with senior Diplomatic and International Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada, David Morrison, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: Amid efforts to conclude a bilateral trade agreement ahead of a likely visit by PM Narendra Modi to Ottawa in December, India and Canada held another round of…
File photo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Cabinet on Tuesday adopted a resolution hailing the achievements of Narendra Modi in the last 25 years, first as chief minister of Gujarat and subsequently as PM.I&B minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the resolution marks Modi’s uninterrupted public service between Oct 7, 2001 and Oct…
JAMMU: J&K Police have arrested four suspects, including one from Punjab, in connection with the alleged cross-border smuggling of drugs and arms via drones in the border village of Arnia in Jammu district. An Italy-made Beretta pistol, two magazines, four live rounds, and over 1kg of narcotics were seized during subsequent searches, police said Tuesday.On…
The agency will prepare a comprehensive National Transport Master Plan with a planning horizon of 10 years or more (ANI Photo). NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Tuesday approved setting up India’s first integrated transport and logistics authority, giving the new body a mandate to plan, appraise and monitor projects worth over Rs 500 crore across…
Focus must now be on taking digital literacy, financial literacy to every citizen: Uttarakhand CM Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], October 6 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in a programme organised at the Mukhya Sevak Sadan at the Chief Minister’s Camp Office on Tuesday to mark Uttarakhand becoming a fully literate state.On the occasion,…
Rahul Gandhi being detained by police personnel after over eight-hour sit-in inside Akashvani Bhawan premises along with several other MPs. NEW DELHI: Amid the onging row with opposition parties over SIR, the Election Commission of India on Tuesday said that no political party had formally sought an appointment to meet.“Earlier today, during the march of…
Bitchat takedown puts Bluetooth messaging app NEW DELHI: Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth-based messaging app Bitchat has been removed from Indian app stores following government intervention, putting the spotlight on concerns over decentralised communication. Government sources quoted by news agency PTI said on Tuesday that the app posed a law-and-order concern and therefore had to be taken…
