An MP said PM Modi articulated the idea of a strong and stable NDA government at the Centre which is also catering to regional aspirations by joining hands with regional forces and satraps NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday drove home the significance of his government’s stability by contrasting his continuing stint since…
A view of the swollen Ganga River as the water level rises following heavy rainfall, in Haridwar on Friday. (ANI) Uttarakhand cabinet Friday officially cleared the way for the Ganga Expressway’s extension from Meerut to Haridwar, approving an MoU with UP. Once completed, the Meerut-Haridwar travel time is expected to reduce to about 90 minutes…
Nagpur flat owner is set to face an FIR in minor rape case for not verifying his tenant Nagpur minor rape: Flat owner to face FIR The owner of a one-room flat, where a 16-year-old Class 12 student was held captive for 24 hours and subjected to brutal sexual assault by a Thane youth, is…
The Bangladesh foreign ministry had said this interaction by a “convicted mass murderer” on the Indian soil stood as an affront to the sovereignty of the country NEW DELHI: With former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s news conference kicking up a diplomatic firestorm, the government said on Friday her remarks, especially those related to the government…
SAD leadership is learnt to be keen on joining hands with BJP, more so as the regional party has been on a decline since AAP came to office in 2022 NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, fuelling buzz about the revival of the alliance between…
Kharge demands Amit Shah’s statement in Rajya Sabha; Rijiju says “opposition will not decide which minister comes to House” NEW DELHI: Amid continuing opposition protests lampooning home minister Amit Shah for his “absence” from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju Friday said the opposition cannot decide which minister will come…
Minister of state for parliamentary affairs L Murugan informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday that the bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha. NEW DELHIL: The Cabinet on Thursday approved the Tribunals Reforms Bill that will have the provision for setting up a National Tribunal Commission (NTC), which has been visualised as an independent…
With Nitish Kumar stepping down as CM on April 15, the council of ministers was dissolved; Samrat Choudhary’s council, constituted on May 7, included Prakash NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday sought records from the Bihar government relating to the appointment of Deepak Prakash, who was not a member of the assembly, as a…
Justice RS Sodhi of Delhi high court had quashed all charges against the Hinduja brothers and AB Bofors, holding that the prosecution failed to provide admissible, reliable evidence NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal challenging a 2005 Delhi HC judgement that had quashed criminal proceedings in the Bofors pay-off case, bringing to…
Since its establishment under an Act of Parliament in 1996, TDB has relied upon independent expert committees rather than individual officials for evaluating technology proposals NEW DELHI: The government on Friday said the Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund is being implemented through a robust institutional framework with “stringent conflict-of-interest safeguards” in place, highlighting that…
