India

LG directs officials to complete repair work in east Delhi areas

25 Sep 2023 08:56 AM IST

Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has directed civic officials to revamp roads, pavements, parks, and sewerage and drainage systems in east Delhi areas, officials said on Sunday. The Lt Governor’s office will monitor the progress of the work, and no status report will be accepted without photo or video evidence,

Delhi govt asks departments to implement 63 action points of G20 declaration

25 Sep 2023 08:55 AM IST

The Delhi government has asked its departments to formulate detailed, time-bound plans to implement the 63 action points of the G20 declaration, officials said on Sunday. Earlier this month, the planning department, in an order approved by Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar, asked various departments to prepare their respective action plans

Lucknow to host next year’s Army Day Parade

25 Sep 2023 08:45 AM IST

The Army has decided to host the next Army Day Parade, set for January 15, 2024, in Lucknow, sources said on Sunday. The Army’s Central Command is based there. Traditionally, the annual Army Day Parade had been held in Delhi. This long-standing practice saw a shift in January this year

India and UN launch global capacity building initiative

25 Sep 2023 08:41 AM IST

India and the United Nations have launched a joint capacity-building initiative that will operationalise development-relevant deliverables of India’s G20 Presidency and aims to share the country’s best practices with partner countries in the Global South. The “India-UN Capacity Building Initiative” was announced at the event ‘India-UN for the Global South-Delivering

Cong’s Jairam Ramesh demands action on political sloganeering in RS Visitor’s gallery

25 Sep 2023 08:40 AM IST

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday wrote to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar demanding urgent action over the incident of “political sloganeeirng” by a group of people sitting in the visitor’s gallery of the Upper House on September 21, sources said. Ramesh, who is the Congress’ chief whip in

TMC, BJP clash over Mamata and PM Modi’s trips

25 Sep 2023 08:39 AM IST

Close on the heels of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s return from an official tour of Spain and UAE, the Trinamool Congress and BJP engaged in a verbal brawl on Sunday with the latter mocking the CM’s trip and the TMC responding by questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign tours

Jitendra Singh: Affordable, accessible healthcare key to a ‘healthy India’

25 Sep 2023 08:37 AM IST

Asserting that India has taken a lead in the production of vaccines for the prevention of malignancies like Cervavac, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said affordable and accessible healthcare is the road map for a “healthy India”. He said India has moved from a sectoral and segmented approach to

Kaithal Rally: INLD’s political game changer ahead of Haryana polls

25 Sep 2023 08:35 AM IST

Just six months before the Lok Sabha elections in Haryana and about a year before the Assembly elections, the rally being held in Kaithal on the 110th birth anniversary of Tau Devi Lal will be significant in many ways. If everything goes according to plan, the rally could reshape the

UP sitting on investment crest today: UP CM

25 Sep 2023 08:13 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that Uttar Pradesh is a state of immense possibilities. “Uttar Pradesh is a state of immense possibilities in various sectors, including infrastructure, road connectivity, metro, air connectivity, waterways, logistics and sports”, CM Yogi said while speaking at a business conclave, Moto

Tamil Nadu :Farmers in Trichy demonstrate against the Cauvery water dispute

24 Sep 2023 16:47 PM IST

On Sunday, a group of farmers in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, protested in the Cauvery River regarding the ongoing conflict with Karnataka. The farmers clamoured for Tamil Nadu to receive Cauvery water. Farmers in Mandya, Karnataka, are protesting to stop water from Karnataka dams from being released into Tamil Nadu. Since

Rahul Gandhi :Bidhuri’s remark against BSP MP is “distraction strategy”of BJP from caste census

24 Sep 2023 14:46 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition Congress party, claimed on Sunday that Ramesh Bidhuri’s offensive comment in the Lok Sabha was merely another attempt by the BJP to divert attention away from the caste census plan. “What you’re seeing today, Bidhuri, and then suddenly this Nishikant Dubey, this is

Rajasthan elections : Congress appoints chairman and co-chairman of the Central War Room

24 Sep 2023 12:29 PM IST

On Sunday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge gave his immediate approval to the proposed nomination of the Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Central War Room for the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly Elections. Sasikanth Senthil, a former IAS who is now in politics, has been chosen to lead the Central War Room. With