Dehradun, July 29 (IANS) The Vibrant Village program, focussed on creating development as well as employment opportunities through tourism and cultural heritage in select villages, particularly those near the frontiers, is yielding significant results.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) As many as 16 of the 19 sub-sectors covered by the Index of Services Production (ISP) recorded a positive growth year-on-year in May this year with eight of them reporting a double-digit surge, according to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Wednesday.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Parliament, on Wednesday passed the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026. The legislation makes the intentional insult of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ or deliberate obstruction of its rendition a punishable offence.
Sarnath (Uttar Pradesh), July 29 (IANS) The International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), New Delhi, in collaboration with the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS), Sarnath, celebrated Aṣaḍha Purṇima as Dhammacakkappavattana Divas at Sarnath on Wednesday.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) After an intense and often acrimonious debate spread over two days, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, by a voice vote, paving the way for stricter legal measures to combat paper leaks and examination-related malpractices.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which seeks to make the deliberate insult of the National Song 'Vande Mataram' a punishable offence on par with existing provisions for the National Anthem and other national symbols.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Wednesday questioned Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, over his silence on paper leak cases reported in states governed by the Congress party and its INDIA bloc allies.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday criticised Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for his remarks about Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a discussion in the House, alleging that he spoke without verifying facts and lacked basic knowledge of administrative procedures.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Investigators have found no abnormality in the fuel control switch locking mechanism of the Air India Boeing Dreamliner that crashed just 35 seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad airport on June 12 last year, killing 260 people on board and on the ground, the government said on Wednesday.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The marathon debate on the anti-paper leak bill in the Lok Sabha descended into utter chaos and disarray on Wednesday, as Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi hurled ‘idiot’ jibes, accused the RSS of interference in country’s education system and attacked Home Minister Amit Shah over alleged police excesses in the national capital, including the use of pellet guns, during students’ stir.
