Mumbai: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) apparently has no records of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s media interactions for over four years, an RTI query revealed here on Friday. Mumbai-based RTI activist Anil Galgali had posed the query on December 8, 2018, seeking full details of Modi’s media interactions, live interviews[Read More…]
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling him ‘Prime Time Minister’ and said that when people were crying over the deaths in Pulwama, Modi was indulging “gleefully” in a photoshoot. “Three hours after the news of the killing of 40[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police (DGPs) in states and union territories to take prompt action to prevent the threat, assault, intimidation and boycott targeted at Kashmiris, especially students, in the wake of the February 14 Pulwama attack. It also[Read More…]
New Delhi: Raising questions on what Prime Minister Narendra Modi was doing in the immediate aftermath of the Pulwama attack, the Congress for the second day on Friday asked why he failed to mention the attack and its victims while addressing a rally in Rudrapur district of Uttarakhand just two[Read More…]
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday announced Rs 25 lakh financial assistance each to the kin of the 40 CRPF troopers killed in the February 14 Pulwama terror attack. He made the announcement while moving a resolution in the state Assembly to condemn the terror attack claimed[Read More…]
New Delhi: Twitter on Friday confirmed that Colin Crowell, Global Vice President of Public Policy for Twitter, will face the Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology (IT) on February 25. In a statement given to IANS, the micro-blogging platform said that for Crowell, the 2019 Lok Sabha election is a key[Read More…]
Indian Navy Result 2019 update: The Indian Navy has released the merit list for Matric Recruits (MR) for April 2019 batch. Indian Navy Result 2019 for Sailor posts can be found on the official website. A total of 353 candidates have been selected for the post. While the Indian Navy[Read More…]
On his visit to South Korea India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi was awarded Seoul Peace Prize. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday had said here that the time has come for the global community to “come together” and “go beyond words” to act against terrorism, as he expressed his gratitude[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked 10 states and the centre to ensure that Kashmiris do not face social boycott, harassment or attacks, following the Pulwama terror attack. Bench headed by Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi said police officers appointed as nodal officers to deal with incidents of mob[Read More…]
Seoul: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said here that the time has come for the global community to “come together” and “go beyond words” to act against terrorism, as he expressed his gratitude for South Korea’s support in the wake of the Pulwama attack. Addressing the media on the[Read More…]
Since June 16, 2017, petrol prices in India get revised everyday 6 am in the morning. Before this, petrol prices used to change on a fortnightly basis. Then, a change in petrol rates could occur on the first and 16th day of the month. The aim behind the introduction of[Read More…]
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Chennai: President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said that learning the language of another region is educative and an asset. In his address at the Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha here after unveiling a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Kovind said: “Learning the language of another region will be educative and[Read More…]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi met Lt Gen DS Hooda (retd) on Thursday to institute a task force on National Security. A force which is said to “prepare a vision paper for the country.” Congress President @RahulGandhi met with Lt Gen DS Hooda (retd) to institute a task force on National[Read More…]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Congress for their silence over the alleged attacks on Kashmiri students. Addressing the media here, Abdullah said: “Attacks on Kashmiri students will result in further alienation of Kashmiris.” “Kashmiri boys and girls[Read More…]
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New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Thursday adjourned to March 7 a case against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, accused of abetting suicide of Sunanda Pushkar, his wife. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj adjourned the hearing after Delhi Police sought more time to prepare its argument on the issue of framing of[Read More…]
New Delhi: The CPI-M on Thursday asked President Ram Nath Kovind to sack Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy for calling for a boycott of Kashmir and Kashmiris following the suicide bombing that killed 40 CRPF troopers. The Governor, “in yet another outrageous statement, has endorsed a call for a boycott of[Read More…]
In unfortunate turn of events, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Alka Lamba’s mother passed away on Wednesday. The news broke out when Alka herself tweeted an emotional message about her strong bond with her mother. Alka herself performed the last rites of her mother. Taking to her social media account, Alka[Read More…]
Keeping in view the security of the soldier after the terrifying Pulwama Attack, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday approved the entitlement of air travel to all the personnel of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces. The jawans will get the facility to travel by airplanel from Delhi-Srinagar, Srinagar-Delhi, Jammu-Srinagar and Srinagar-Jammu sectors.[Read More…]
The Supreme Court has passed directions regarding eviction of more than a million families of Adivasis and forest dwellers from forestlands. A three Judge bench comprising of Justices, Arun Mishra, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee gave the order to the Forest Survey of India (FSI) to come up with a[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Friday a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the Centre and the state governments to protect Kashmiri students, who are being targeted across the country in the wake of Pulwama terror attack. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi,[Read More…]
Braving the snow and rain, over 2000 Kashmiri men turned up for 111 vacancies in Indian Army Recruitment drive conducted in Baramulla district. Officials said the youths from northern districts of the valley turned in large numbers to participate in the rally. The recruitment rally, conducted at Gantamulla Army Camp on Tuesday, comes[Read More…]
Seoul: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the South Korean capital on Thursday for a two-day state visit where he will unveil a Mahatma Gandhi bust, besides accepting the Seoul Peace Prize and having business and political engagements. On his second state visit to the Asian nation, Modi will address the[Read More…]
Chennai: DMK chief M.K. Stalin on Thursday said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami must meet Governor Banwarilal Purohit and urge him to allow the release of seven persons convicted for former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination. Perarivalan, Murugan, Nalini, Shanthan, Ravichandran, Jayakumar and Robert Pyas have been in jail[Read More…]