New Delhi, 10/6: Taking charge as prime minister in his third term, Narendra Modi on Monday signed his first file authorising the release of 17th installment of the ‘PM Kisan Nidhi’ funds amounting to nearly Rs 20,000 crore, which will benefit around 9.3 crore. After signing on to the release of funds, Modi said, “Ours…
Srinagar, 9/6: : In a tragic incident on Sunday evening, a bus carrying pilgrims to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine plunged into a deep gorge in Reasi district of Jammu after a suspected terror attack, resulting in the death of at least 10 people and injuries to several others
Bhubaneswar, 9/6: Bureaucrat-turned-politician V K Pandian said on Sunday that he is quitting active politics. “My only intent was to help Naveen Patnaik,” the BJD leader, who is a close aide of Naveen Patnaik, said in a video. I am sorry if I have hurt anyone on this journey. I am sorry if this campaign…
Bhubaneswar, 9/6: In a major political development, Oath taking ceremony of first BJP Government in Odisha to be held on June 12 instead of June 10. Odisha BJP legislature party’s first meeting will be held on June 11
New Delhi, 9/6: Some newly elected MPs, who are likely to be sworn-in as Union Ministers in the third NDA government on Sunday, have been called for a meeting with Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi at his residence here at 11.30 am. Sources said a top BJP functionary has called the BJP MPs for the meeting…
New Delhi, 8/6: Congress Parliamentary Party president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday described the Lok Sabha election results as “political and moral defeat” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he has lost the moral right to leadership.
New Delhi,8/10: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi was unanimously re-elected as the chairperson of the Congress parliamentary party on Saturday, its leaders said. At a meeting of party MPs, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge proposed Sonia Gandhi’s name as the chairperson of the parliamentary party.
Bhubaneswar, 8/6: Days after the results of the Odisha assembly polls, state outgoing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said that Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader VK Pandian is not his “successor” and pointed out that the people of the state would decide on this. Pandian, an IAS officer of the 2000 batch, has served…
New Delhi, 8/6: The education ministry has set up a four-member panel to review the grace marks awarded to more than 1,500 candidates in the NEET-UG medical entrance exam, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Saturday The move comes amid allegations of inflation of marks leading to 67 candidates sharing first rank in the…
New Delhi,8/6: Congress Working Committee members on Saturday unanimously urged Rahul Gandhi to take the role of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, as it also credited his two Bharat Jodo Yatras for the party’s performance in the general elections. At a press conference following a meeting of the extended Congress Working Committee (CWC),…
