New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Beneficiaries of the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch have lauded PM Narendra Modi for empowering rural entrepreneurs and reviving traditional crafts that were once on the verge of extinction.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Sunday, directed officials to ensure timely and quality completion of development projects in Gorakhpur, warning that lapses will invite strict action against both contractors and responsible officers.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Previous month marked the first anniversary of Bangladesh’s 'July Uprising', a mass movement spearheaded by Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (SAD) that brought down Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule. Though it initially emerged as a protest against the controversial job quota system, it quickly grew into a nationwide revolt reflecting deeper anger at a political order mired in violence, censorship, corruption, and extortion—factors that had smothered the country’s democracy.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, expressed grief over the demise of Vimalendra Mohan Pratap Mishra, member of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and head of the Ayodhya royal family, popularly known as Raj Sadan Ayodhya.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on Sunday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, saying the former Bihar deputy CM went as far as declaring the Congress MP as the INDIA bloc’s prime ministerial face while the LoP Lok Sabha himself did not commit to making the RJD leader the chief ministerial face.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Government-owned power giant NTPC Ltd will kick off its foray into nuclear power with the laying of the foundation stone for the construction of a 2,800 megawatt (MW) nuclear power plant at Banswara in Rajasthan next month, the company’s Chairman and Managing Director Gurdeep Singh said here on Sunday.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Nearly 45 crore Indians are losing close to Rs 20,000 crore every year to real-money online games, according to government estimates.
Patna, Aug 24 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday launched a scathing critique of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, the duo leading the charge against Nitish Kumar government on Bihar's electoral turf, and accused them of dishing out false claims and lies on a daily basis.
Shimla, Aug 24 (IANS) India and China have agreed on reviving traditional border trade with the latter agreeing in principle to reopen the Shipki-La crossing in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district, the state government said on Sunday.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) In a veiled reference to wastage of time in the recent Monsoon Session, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Sunday that democracy will be imperilled if Parliament and state Assemblies fail to function smoothly, underscoring the difference between “opposition and obstruction”.
