Gorakhpur, Sept 23 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday hit out at the previous Samajwadi Party (SP) government in the state, alleging that before 2017 the "goons" associated with the SP had "vitiated" the atmosphere by "harassing and forcefully abducting" daughters.
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme, launched in June 2020 as a first-of-its-kind micro-credit initiative for empowering street vendors, has brought notable change in the lives of small traders and street vendors, with beneficiaries from across the country - from J&K to Haryana to Madhya Pradesh, thanking the Central government for the benefits.
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) BJP national spokesperson and MP Sambit Patra on Wednesday launched a strong defence of the Election Commission of India (ECI), saying internal deliberations among Election Commissioners should not be portrayed as a sign of discord but as part of a functioning democratic institution.
Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday rejected the Rs 500-crore defamation notice served by Satish Salian, father of the late Disha Salian, calling it “frivolous” and denying he ever knew her.
Islamabad, Sep 23 (IANS) As violence against the Ahmadiyya community continues unabated in Pakistan, another Ahmadi Muslim man was attacked in Punjab province, leaving him seriously injured, a leading minority rights organisation highlighted on Wednesday.
Dhaka, Sep 23 (IANS) As Bangladesh grapples with an unprecedented measles outbreak, eleven more children died from symptoms of the disease on Wednesday, pushing the overall death toll to 1,076 this year, local media reported.
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Opposition parties on Wednesday hit out at Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the BJP-led Central government, alleging that the electoral process has been "undermined" during their regime, and sought the Supreme Court's intervention after a media report claimed that two Election Commissioners had "objected on record" to several decisions taken by the poll panel, allegedly without their knowledge.
Vadodara, Sep 23 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said India's vision of becoming a developed nation by 2047 should go beyond economic advancement and include spiritual awakening, as she called for preparing a young generation equipped with skills, self-confidence, discipline and moral values.
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) A long-standing feud between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and yoga guru Baba Ramdev appears to have ended with the latter announcing their meeting here on Wednesday, having resolved differences.
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) India on Wednesday rejected the references made about the country in the Joint Communique of the OIC's so-called Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir, terming them "unwarranted and factually incorrect" and said that the grouping has no locus standi to pronounce on its internal matters.
