Dhaka, Dec 25 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Thursday, local media reported on Wednesday, citing a party leader.
Mumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief leader Eknath Shinde on Wednesday responded sharply to the alliance between the Thackeray cousins, describing it as a "selfish partnership" born out of political desperation rather than a commitment to the people.
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) A “double-layer” security cordon across Dhaka has been put in place ahead of the return of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman on December 25, after more than 17 years in exile, according to reports from Bangladesh.
Bhagalpur, Dec 24 (IANS) Amid ongoing development work for the proposed power plant in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district, concerns from local farmers have begun to surface, particularly over the removal of trees from government-acquired land in the Pirpainti area.
Gandhinagar, Dec 24 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, on Wednesday, called upon all state government departments to work in coordination to ensure prompt and effective resolution of grievances raised by citizens under the state-level 'SWAGAT' (State Wide Attention on Grievances by Application of Technology) online public grievance redressal programme, government officials said.
Panchkula, Dec 24 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, on Wednesday, addressed a Cooperative Conference organised by Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO) on the theme 'Role of Cooperation in Sustainable Agriculture' here, with the Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and several other dignitaries were also present.
Agartala, Dec 24 (IANS) Hundreds of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal members staged a protest rally in Agartala, demanding intervention of the Indian government against what they claimed were increasing atrocities on minority Hindus in neighbouring Bangladesh.
Gandhinagar, Dec 24 (IANS) The women-centric schemes run by the Central government, in collaboration with state governments, are bringing a sea-change in the lives of women across the country, in rural as well as urban centres.
Jammu, Dec 24 (IANS) The replacement of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) with Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika (Grameen) has been, by and large, welcomed by the labourers and farming community as they see 125 days of employment under the new scheme as a positive and progressive development.
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) In a decisive move to curb illegal mining and strengthen ecological protection, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has directed state governments to impose a “complete ban on the grant of any new mining leases in the Aravallis”, covering the entire mountain range from Delhi to Gujarat.
