Surat, June 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday marked 'World Environment Day' by participating in a tree plantation drive under the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ initiative, highlighting the government’s ongoing emphasis on environmental sustainability and public participation in afforestation efforts.
Hyderabad, June 5 (IANS) Cyberabad Police have arrested former MLA from Andhra Pradesh, Bolla Brahma Naidu, in a case relating to the alleged conspiracy to grab prime government land worth about Rs 1,000 crore.
Chennai, June 5 (IANS) The departure of former Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party chief K. Annamalai from the party and his decision to launch a new political outfit have triggered a debate over its likely impact on the saffron party’s prospects in the state.
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Congress on Friday once again voiced its opposition to the Great Nicobar development project by flagging its adverse impact on the environment – an allegation repeatedly dismissed by the Centre as baseless.
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) With NDA leaders across the country undertaking tree plantation drives on World Environment Day under the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign, Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh cautioned that the country currently faces an "eleven per cent shortfall" in per-capita green cover.
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday informed that four more accused persons have been arrested in connection with four separate cases related to road blockades and the alleged illegal detention of judicial officers during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls at Mothabari in Malda district of West Bengal.
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Rajya Sabha MP, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, on Friday urged citizens to plant at least one tree as part of the 'Ek ped Maa ke naam’ campaign on the occasion of World Environment Day.
Chennai, June 5 (IANS) Moments after declaring his formal exit from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), K. Annamalai sought to rebrand himself as a “common citizen”, aspiring to bring decisive and transformational change in Tamil Nadu’s Dravidian-dominated politics.
Bengaluru, June 5 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader and former Karnataka Minister H.K. Patil said on Friday that Ramalinga Reddy's resignation was a warning bell for the Shivakumar government.
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Two days after the Punjab government unveiled a proposed regulatory framework to cap annual fee increases of private schools at five per cent, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal, on Friday, said the "arbitrariness of private schools should now come to a halt".
