Rahul Gandhi accuses Centre of imposing Covid protocols to disrupt Bharat Jodo Yatra
Dec 22, 2022, at 11:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday accused the Centre of using Covid-19 protocols as an excuse to halt his pan-India foot march—Bharat Jodo Yatra.
ECI officials review SVEEP campaign in poll-bound Tripura
Dec 22, 2022, at 06:37 pm
Agartala/UNI: The senior officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI) comprising Special Officer Dr Ranavir Singh, and Director to Tripura Santosh Ajmera on Thursday reviewed the ongoing Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) campaign to increase the voters’ turn out in upcoming assembly polls.
Maharashtra govt bans mobile phones in schools
Dec 22, 2022, at 06:34 pm
Nagpur/UNI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the state government has decided to ban use of cellphones in school premises.
Karnataka CM Bommai to visit Delhi for discussing cabinet expansion, reveals KSE
Dec 22, 2022, at 06:29 pm
Belagavi/UNI: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will be visiting New Delhi on Monday to discuss cabinet expansion.
PM Modi to chair high level meet to review Covid-19 situation
Dec 22, 2022, at 05:44 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in China and some other countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday review the situation related to the pandemic and related aspects in the country at a high level meeting at 3:30 pm, officials said.
'Sagar Aarti' to be arranged during Gangasagar fair: Mamata Banerjee
Dec 22, 2022, at 05:38 am
Kolkata/UNI: The West Bengal government has decided to make arrangements for 'Sagar Aarti' at the upcoming Gangasagar Mela on the lines of the 'Ganga Aarti' in Varanasi, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Wednesday.
PM Modi anguished by loss of lives in Manipur bus accident
Dec 22, 2022, at 05:17 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the deaths in a tragic bus accident in the Noney district of Manipur.
PM Modi to preside over Ganga Council Meeting in Kolkata on Dec 30
Dec 22, 2022, at 04:55 am
Kolkata/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will preside over the meeting of the 'National Ganga Council' (NGC) here on Dec 30, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here on Wednesday.
Nitish Kumar objects to NHRC team visiting Bihar to probe hooch tragedy
Dec 22, 2022, at 03:38 am
Patna/UNI: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday took strong exception to a team of the National Human Rights Commission visiting Bihar to probe the hooch tragedy in the Saran district and asked whether the NHRC team probed similar incidents in other states.
Himanta Biswa Sarma attends partial commissioning of JICA Assisted Guwahati Water Supply Project
Dec 22, 2022, at 03:34 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday attended as chief guest of the ceremonial partial commissioning of JICA-Assisted Guwahati Water Supply Project at an event held at the premises of its water treatment plant at Kharghuli.
‘My Town My Pride’, ‘Back to Village’ programmes helping in developing Jammu and Kashmir: Govt
Dec 21, 2022, at 11:50 pm
Srinagar: The successful conclusion of ‘My Town My Pride (MTMP)’ and ‘Back to Village-4 (B2V4)’ programmes have acted as a catalyst in developing Jammu and Kashmir, says the government of the Union Territory.
Jammu and Kashmir: ‘Craft Safari’ tours actively working to revive traditional handicrafts industry
Dec 21, 2022, at 11:18 pm
Srinagar: The craft safari tour, which was started by the administration in Jammu and Kashmir last year, with an aim to revive the handicraft sector has gained momentum,media reports said.
Dec 21, 2022, at 11:01 pm
Hanoi: Archaeological Survey of India has completed the conservation and restoration work of A, H and K group of temples at UNESCO heritage site of My Son Sanctuary in Quang Nam province of Vietnam after five years of intricate and meticulous work on site.
Recent G20 meetings were very constructive: Amitabh Kant
Dec 21, 2022, at 10:49 pm
Guwahati: During a presentation to Prime Minister's Principal Secretary PK Mishra, on the recently held G 20 meetings in Udaipur, Bengaluru, and Mumbai, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant described the meeting as 'very constructive'.
Jammu and Kashmir: Govt push helps locally made goods to find global markets
Dec 21, 2022, at 10:42 pm
Srinagar: Demand for local products of Jammu and Kashmir has been earning popularity in recent times.
Facilities should be available in Maharashtra's govt hospitals: Ajit Pawar
Dec 21, 2022, at 07:23 pm
Nagpur/Mumbai/UNI: Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Ajit Pawar on Wednesday demanded that the recruitment of doctors and other employees with adequate availability of ventilators and medicines in Nagpur Medical College.
Uttar Pradesh: Wanted criminal arrested in Bulandshahr
Dec 21, 2022, at 06:44 pm
Bulandshahr/UNI: A criminal absconding for the last three years was arrested in an encounter with the police in Akbarabad area of Bulandshahr district here in Uttar Pradesh, a senior officer said here on Wednesday.
Dec 21, 2022, at 04:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday wrote to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to either "follow Covid-19 protocols" or "postpone Bharat Jodo Yatra", triggering a flashpoint between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and main opposition Congress.
Chen Xiangrong: A martyr or another of CCP’s propaganda tactics
Dec 21, 2022, at 03:17 pm
As the anti-COVID protest swept through China in Nov 2022, frustrations against the draconian Zero COVID policy as well as the Xi government also came to surface.
Basavraj Bommai seeks resolution of border row with Maharashtra as per State Reorganisation Act
Dec 21, 2022, at 05:45 am
Belagavi/UNI: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday sought the cooperation of the Opposition members in both houses of the legislature to pass a resolution reiterating the state's stand on an inter-state border row with Maharashtra as per the 1956 State Reorganisation Act.
Uddhav Thackeray seeks CM Eknath Shinde's resignation over land allotment case
Dec 21, 2022, at 05:30 am
Nagpur/UNI: Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday sought the resignation of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the latter was Urban Minister when he allotted the land to private individuals.
Twitter introduces different checkmarks for businesses, individuals and governments
Dec 21, 2022, at 02:37 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Twitter has rolled out a blue tick, a gold tick and a grey tick to distinguish between different types of accounts.
Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma formally hands over Rs 10,000 each to Covid-hit priests
Dec 21, 2022, at 02:10 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday at a ceremony held at Janata Bhawan in Guwahati formally granted one-time financial assistance of Rs 10,000 each to 6,124 Namghoriyas and 2,148 Purohits (priests) of the state as part of the Assam government's promise of financial support to Covid-hit population of the state.
After hijab, Karnataka to now propose ban on halal meat
Dec 21, 2022, at 01:49 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After the hijab row, Karnataka is likely to be headed for another huge controversy with a leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) planning to bring a bill to ban halal meat a year before the state elections, media reports said.
Government of India strikes den of misinformation on YouTube
Dec 21, 2022, at 01:43 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a series of over 40 fact-checks, the government busted three YouTube channels spreading false information in India.
If needed, govt would make law against love jihad: Devendra Fadnavis
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:46 am
Nagpur/UNI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said if needed, his government is prepared to make a law against love jihad.
Indigenous peoples and digital rights: The future of India’s northeast borderlands
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:42 am
Ravi Shankar Prasad argues that “The Digital India Programme (Digital Northeast vision 2022) is designed to transform India into a knowledge-based economy and a digitally empowered society by ensuring digital services, digital access, digital inclusion, digital empowerment and by bridging the digital divide.”
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:18 am
From collecting seeds of fruits thrown away by the shopkeepers & planting them on his farmland, to living his dream of becoming a farmer with a difference, today he has three thriving nurseries of different varieties of fruit trees and spices, honey, and ever-evolving fish ponds and nurseries which cater to markets across the border in Myanmar and also local buyers.
Borders and Borderlands: Integration vs Assimilation
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:12 am
Borders are artificial constructs drawn on paper by the powers that be to serve their interests under the Westphalian State system and have been further legitimised by the excesses of colonialism from the fifteenth to the twentieth century C.E., as well as the subsequent decolonisation process.
India likely to host QUAD Foreign Minister’s meet next year
Dec 20, 2022, at 11:38 pm
New Delhi: India is all set to host Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) Foreign Minister’s meeting next year, media reports said.