Yavatmal, Sep 29 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat emphasised the need for inclusive economic and social development, saying true progress is meaningless if it fails to reach the person at the very end of the socio-economic ladder.
Gandhinagar, Sep 29 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s candidate strength for the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) elections has come down from 41 candidates who filed nomination papers to 32 after four nominations were rejected. Five candidates withdrew their forms, with the party alleging the withdrawals resulted from pressure exerted jointly by the BJP and Congress.
Shillong, Sep 29 (IANS) Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister and National People's Party (NPP) state president Prestone Tynsong on Tuesday backed a review of the proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), while asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) growing strength in the state posed no threat to the ruling NPP.
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) India and South Korea on Tuesday reaffirmed the close and growing defence ties between the two countries towards advancing bilateral cooperation in defence production and logistics.
Jammu, Sep 29 (IANS) Four Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel were killed in a "friendly firing" incident at the Sewa Project in the Mashka area of J&K’s Kathua district on Tuesday, officials said.
Doha/New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday held a discussion with her Qatar counterpart Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari on the implementation of the $10 billion Qatari investment commitment in India and the finalisation of the Bilateral Investment Treaty.
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Indian cinema, through generations, has celebrated motherhood and women’s role in agriculture and dairying through productions like the multi-starrer Mother India (1957) and the crowd-funded Manthan (1976), among many others, though their contribution in real life was seldom recognised despite multi-tasking – taking care of the family with cleaning, cooking, raising children, along with other daily chores.
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) India conveyed its concerns to a visiting US Congressional delegation over the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (SRIA), including the impact it could have on bilateral relations and on the international energy market, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) India on Tuesday rejected the "unwarranted references" to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir made by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his address at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) recently, asserting that no external party has any locus standi on the issue.
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) India is in talks with China over the use of the Asian neighbour's airspace in the Xinjiang region by Indian commercial airlines to reduce the longer time and higher costs involved for flights to western countries due to the continued closure of Pakistani airspace, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said on Tuesday.
