Ahmedabad, Sep 22 (IANS) Independent businesses, including milk dairies, and students in rural areas of Gujarat, on Tuesday expressed gratitude to the state government for experiencing progress due to the round-the-clock availability of electricity under the 'Jyotigram Yojana' scheme.
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday asserted that sugar prices are governed by global market dynamics and that governments have little role in determining the rates of agricultural commodities in an increasingly interconnected world economy.
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of building 'Viksit Bharat@2047' cannot be achieved with a youth power and future generation hollowed out by narcotics addiction.
Ahmedabad, Sep 22 (IANS) India is "neither North Korea nor China" where expression of opinion is banned, Congress Rajya Sabha MP and Gujarat In-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala said on Tuesday while defending humour and satire amid a political row over comedian Pulkit Mani's mimicry of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rahul Gandhi's student outreach programme in Indore.
Saharanpur, Sep 22 (IANS) In what appears to be a veiled jibe at Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Nabin on Tuesday said that the party's workers "are not part-time politicians".
Patna, Sep 22 (IANS) Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder and Bankipur MLA Prashant Kishor on Tuesday condemned the Jamui molestation incident that has sent shockwaves across Bihar and beyond, and questioned why the government was focusing more on taking action against social media handles that circulated the video of the incident, instead of cracking down on the main culprits.
Lucknow, Sep 22 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday distributed appointment letters to 3,567 selected teachers and principals appointed through Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission for various posts in secondary schools.
Patna, Sep 22 (IANS) Jamui Police arrested Ramashish Chaudhary in connection with the alleged molestation and harassment of two minor students in the Madwa Pahar area along the Jamui-Lakhisarai route. A video of the shocking incident in Bihar was recorded and subsequently circulated on social media, prompting police action against the molesters and also the people who shared the video online, thus compromising the minor victim's identity.
Patna, Sep 22 (IANS) Condemning the horrifying molestation incident that occurred in Jamui, Bihar BJP President, Sanjay Saraogi, said that the people who revealed the identity of the minor victims in the matter, are equally guilty.
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the biennial elections for 11 Rajya Sabha seats, along with a by-election for one seat from West Bengal, on October 16.
