Gaya, June 8 (IANS) Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Eye Hospital, inaugurated five years ago in 2020, has become a landmark location in Bihar's Gaya, owing to its famed eye care centre catering to more than 10 lakh people, not just from the city but also adjoining towns including Nawada, Jehanabad, Aurangabad, and Nalanda.
Lucknow, June 8 (IANS) In a bid to place Uttar Pradesh’s Buddhist heritage on the world map, Uttar Pradesh government is promoting the state’s Buddhist pilgrimage sites through international collaboration and strategic tourism initiatives. As part of this mission, the Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department, in association with the Union Ministry of External Affairs organized a special week-long “Bodhi Yatra”, under the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) framework.
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Sunday showered praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government for launching a sting of trailblazing initiatives in the last eleven years of governance and also expressed joy over Kashmir Valley’s connectivity with the mainland via rail network.
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Sunday extended support to the ‘One Nation, One Election’, a one-of-its kind initiative championed and pursued by the current dispensation, and said that it was extremely essential to turn this into a law for putting the country on a fast growth pedestal.
Bengaluru, June 7 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday, ordered an increase in compensation for the 11 families of those who died in the June 4 Chinnaswamy Stadium tragedy, raising the amount to Rs 25 lakh each. Previously, the government had announced Rs 10 lakh in compensation per family.
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) achieved a breakthrough of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) at the Tughlakabad Railway Colony Underground Metro Station site, an official said on Saturday.
Nice (France), June 7 (IANS) Welcoming African Union as a new member of the New Delhi-headquartered Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), P.K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday said that resilience must be anchored in the very foundations of development.
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The World Bank's revised figures reinforce that poverty in India has reduced not just statistically, but through tangible improvements in household living standards and incomes, according to a government factsheet released on Saturday.
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) On this day in 2010, marking 50 years of Gujarat’s statehood, then Chief Minister Narendra Modi—now Prime Minister—undertook a visionary initiative that sought to bridge history with the future. At the Mahatma Mandir site in Gandhinagar, he sealed a Time Capsule chronicling Gujarat’s journey since 1960 and ceremoniously lowered it into the earth. The capsule is intended to be opened 1,000 years from now.
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Union Minister for Communications and North-Eastern Region Development, Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative, “Panch Pran", which aims to propel India toward self-sufficiency and advancement, draws inspiration from Shivaji Maharaj’s doctrine of Hindavi Swaraj.
