Milwaukee/New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said he addressed a business roundtable convened by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), bringing together representatives of small and large manufacturers from across the US.
Jalandhar, Sep 30 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Jalandhar in Punjab on Wednesday to address the concluding programme of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 'Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra', a statewide campaign against drug abuse that has covered all 117 Assembly constituencies.
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Top Congress leaders on Wednesday met Chief Ministers and Education Ministers of states ruled by the party to discuss reforms in the education sector and the examination system.
Yavatmal, Sep 29 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat emphasised the need for inclusive economic and social development, saying true progress is meaningless if it fails to reach the person at the very end of the socio-economic ladder.
Gandhinagar, Sep 29 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s candidate strength for the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) elections has come down from 41 candidates who filed nomination papers to 32 after four nominations were rejected. Five candidates withdrew their forms, with the party alleging the withdrawals resulted from pressure exerted jointly by the BJP and Congress.
Shillong, Sep 29 (IANS) Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister and National People's Party (NPP) state president Prestone Tynsong on Tuesday backed a review of the proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), while asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) growing strength in the state posed no threat to the ruling NPP.
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) India and South Korea on Tuesday reaffirmed the close and growing defence ties between the two countries towards advancing bilateral cooperation in defence production and logistics.
Jammu, Sep 29 (IANS) Four Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel were killed in a "friendly firing" incident at the Sewa Project in the Mashka area of J&K’s Kathua district on Tuesday, officials said.
Doha/New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday held a discussion with her Qatar counterpart Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari on the implementation of the $10 billion Qatari investment commitment in India and the finalisation of the Bilateral Investment Treaty.
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Indian cinema, through generations, has celebrated motherhood and women’s role in agriculture and dairying through productions like the multi-starrer Mother India (1957) and the crowd-funded Manthan (1976), among many others, though their contribution in real life was seldom recognised despite multi-tasking – taking care of the family with cleaning, cooking, raising children, along with other daily chores.
