Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Wednesday held a ‘padyatra’ with the soil from the homes of martyrs of freedom struggle on the occasion of Netaji Jayanti in Ranchi. The Chief Minister announced that a statue in memory of the 1857 freedom fighters will be constructed at the Old[Read More…]
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Arvind Kejriwal announces ex-gratia of Rs 1 crore to family of Shaheed BSF
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal visited the family of martyr Narendra Singh in Delhi on Friday. After meeting the family he talked to media and said that he will call a cabinet meeting and modify a rule on providing ex-gratia to the martyrs’ family, as[Read More…]
Education fee cap for martyrs’ children removed
New Delhi: A Rs 10,000 cap on the education fee paid to the children of military personnel killed in the line of duty has been removed, the government announced on Thursday. An order dated September 13, 2017, by the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare of the Defence Ministry had capped the[Read More…]
Don’t forget Indira, Rajiv are martyrs: Trinamool
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi on Thursday said former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi are martyrs, and while criticising them, this should be kept in mind. Participating in a debate on the Budget in Lok Sabha, Trivedi said even though politicians may not agree with them on[Read More…]
Turkey declares 3-month state of emergency
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has declared a state of emergency for three months following the failed military coup. He vowed to cleanse “all the viruses within the armed forces” to restore normalcy to the democratically-elected country. The decision comes after he presiding over a meeting with the national security[Read More…]