Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Portugal, the first leg of his three-nation tour that will also take him to the US and Netherlands, on Saturday. “PM @narendramodi emplaned for Portugal, after which he shall visit USA and Netherlands for important bilateral visits,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) wrote on[Read More…]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday slammed the Congress Party for ‘dividing’ the nation on the upcoming presidential election. While appreciating Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar’s, decision to support NDA’s presidential nominee, Ram Nath Kovind, BJP leader, Siddharth Nath Singh, said that the Congress has always worked towards dividing[Read More…]
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has defended his choice of supporting NDA’s presidential nominee and former Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind. Nitish Kumar said that the decision of supporting Ram Nath Kovind was well-thought-out and ‘Bihar Ki Beti’ Meira Kumar has been selected only to lose. In Bihar’s capital Patna,[Read More…]
While PM Modi is striving for a developed India, in Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal, the tunnelling work under the Hooghly river is complete. The first of its kind underwater project in the country is to provide metro connectivity between Howrah and Kolkata. The tunnel has been constructed by the Kolkata[Read More…]
In the run-up to the presidential poll, National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) nominee Ram Nath Kovind, now former Bihar Governor filed his nomination papers for the upcoming elections for the next President of India in Parliament on Friday. Significantly, the Opposition unanimously selected former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Thursday[Read More…]
With a total score of 697 marks, Punjab’s Navdeep Singh has secured All India Rank (AIR) 1 in the NEET exams. The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) results 2017 were declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday, June 23 on the official website. Navdeep is the topper[Read More…]
From Friday, passport application fees have been reduced for applicants under the age of 8 and over the age of 60. The announcement was made official by external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj. Swaraj further added that from now, all new passports issued will be in Hindi and in English, unlike[Read More…]
On Friday, 30 urban cities were selected to be developed as smart cities of India. The third batch of smart city list announced by Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu also includes– Gandhinagar, the capital of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat, Karnal in Haryana, Allahabad, Aligarh and[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh is all set to launch a 15-day campaign ‘Khoob Padho Aage Badho’ from July 1 to ensure every child goes to school. The government would also hand out uniforms to students of classes 1 to 8 in government and government-aided schools during this campaign. The students would also[Read More…]
A man was stabbed to death and two of his cousins were injured on suspicion that they were carrying beef, police said on Friday. Passengers were on board a Mathura-bound train. The three men, who were the residents of Ballabhgarh in Haryana, shopped at Delhi’s Tughlakabad for the Eid festival[Read More…]
The NEET results of 2017 were declared on Friday, June 23 at 10.45 am. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the results on its official website(www.cbseneet.nic.in). “Result of NEET (UG) – 2017 has been declared as per the directives of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. Good Wishes to[Read More…]
Bhartiya Janata Party’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind will file his nomination papers on Friday in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, most BJP-led NDA chief ministers along with heads of some other parties who backed his candidature. Besides the NDA’s voters that comprise more than 48.6 per cent of[Read More…]
A man was lynched by a mob as he was caught clicking pictures of people coming out of Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of Old City in Srinagar on late Thursday night. However, the identity of the person could not be discovered. Reportedly, the incident took place when Shab-e-Qadr prayers[Read More…]
India dismissed the second video of Kulbhushan Jadhav’s ‘confession’ released by Pakistan calling it unauthentic. The government accused Pakistan of attempting to misinform the International Court of Justice, which is hearing Kulbhushan’s case. It said the country releases a ‘concocted’ video to validate the ‘dubious’ charges levelled against the Indian[Read More…]
On Thursday, a case has been lodged against Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supremo Bimal Gurung as well as his wife Asha for their alleged involvement in violence, torching and killing of one person during clashes in Darjeeling hills on the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state. A senior police officer[Read More…]
On Thursday, the Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel said that to be implemented goods and services tax (GST) will not only create a national market but will also broaden the tax base which in turn will lower the overall taxes in the long-term. “The prudent point is that GST itself[Read More…]
Following the Gorkhaland unrest, Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has come out in support of the demand for a separate Gorkhaland, to be carved out of hill areas in West Bengal. “The fulfilment of the constitutional demand of the people in the Darjeeling hills, which is deeply connected with[Read More…]
While BJP’s one of the main agenda is to drive away ‘black-money’ from the country which is why PM Modi chose to ban currencies overnight, Kerala Police seized fake currency notes and printing machines from the house of a BJP local leader at Sree Narayanapuram near Kodungallur in the district.[Read More…]
The Delhi High Court set a 40-year-old rape convict free, reducing his sentence to seven years which he had already served behind the bars. The decision was initiated after considering that the conduct of the convict, who has a wife and two children to look after, has been satisfactory in[Read More…]
Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan is winning hearts these days for his unique ways to promote his upcoming film ‘Jab Harry Met Sejal.’ After mini trailers, meeting Sejals from Ahmadabad and launching first song ‘Meri Radha,’ SRK and director Imtiaz Ali met the Chief Minister Vijay Rupani of Gujarat. But[Read More…]
On Thursday, the Union urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu said that loan waiver has become a trend now and should be waived in extreme situations only. Speaking at India’s largest municipal bond programme in Mumbai, Naidu said, “Loan waiver has become fashion now. It should be waived but in[Read More…]
Now people of Bengaluru can get fuel delivered at their doorstep, all credit to a city-based start-up company called ANB Fuels Private Limited has recently started a new fuel delivery service called ‘My Petrol Pump’. This service which is currently available in few selected areas in Bengaluru offers both pick-up[Read More…]
On Wednesday night, a farmer allegedly committed suicide outside a village office in Kerala’s Kozhikode district. 57-year-old Kavilpurayidathil Joy hailing from Chakkittapara village was found hanging around 9.30 pm after he was allegedly harassed by staff in the village office which led to the suicide. He left behind a wife[Read More…]