Bhubaneswar, 24/12: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated the Para badminton players who won the medals at the recent Tokyo Paralympics. He congratulated them on their spectacular performance in Tokyo. He felicitated Ms Deepa Malik (President Paralympic Committee of India) , Sh Prabhakar Rao ( Chairman, Para-badminton India), Sh Gaurav Khanna – Head Coach, Para Badminton…
Mumbai, 2/6: India on Monday announced a scheme that includes significant import tax cuts for foreign automakers that commit to investing in manufacturing electric cars in the country. Under a revamped scheme, companies will be allowed to import a limited number of electric cars at a lower import duty of 15 per cent versus the…
Guwahati, 20/1: A police case has been registered in Assam against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his purported recent remarks “threatening the sovereignty of the country”, with the opposition party dismissing the complaint as a ‘political stunt’ on Monday. A complaint was filed at Panbazar police station here by advocate Monjit Chetia on Saturday evening…
Baramati, 17/11: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said he had to part ways with NCP founder and uncle Sharad Pawar as all party MLAs wanted to join the Eknath Shinde government to tide over stalled development works. The Nationalist Congress Party split in July last year after Ajit Pawar and eight MLAs…
New Delhi: The issue of the Bill of Congress-led Karnataka government proposing 4 per cent reservation to Muslims in government contracts was raised in Lok Sabha on Wednesday with BJP MPs demanding its withdrawal, alleging that the move was aimed at partitioning the country. Both MPs Nishikant Dubey and Tejasvi Surya demanded the rollback of…
Chattisgarh, 30/9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Congress government in Chhattisgarh, alleging that there was corruption in its every scheme. Addressing a concluding function of the BJP’s Parivartan Yatra outreach campaign here ahead of assembly elections, he also claimed that the Congress can not tolerate the rise of…
Tajikistan: Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Tajikistan on Sunday, April 13. The tremors were felt at 9.54 am in Tajikistan and surrounding areas. The activity occurred at a depth of 10 km. The National Centre of Seismology (NCS) gave an update on the seismic activity in a post on X (formerly twitter),,…
Washington DC, 31/8: Elon Musk on Thursday announced that video and audio calls would be coming to X (formerly Twitter). The feature will work on iOS, Android, Mac and PCs, Musk announced. He clarified that no phone numbers would be needed, adding that “X is the effective global address book”. Earlier this month, Musk announced…
Guwahati, 16/11: Curfew was clamped in several Manipur districts from 4.30 pm on Saturday after protesters went on a rampage in the Meitei-dominated Imphal Valley districts following recovery of six bodies, suspected to be those who went missing in Jiribam district on November 7. Protesters, mainly women, attacked the houses of some MLAs in Imphal,…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday held a meeting with the Chief Ministers and other concerned government officials of various states, including Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan. The Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, and West Bengal attended the meeting. Lieutenant Governors of the…
