A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Kongkal Sangma to resolve the border dispute between the two states, on Tuesday.The chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya signed the agreement at the office of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs in New Delhi to […]
In a coordinated decision, Belgium is expelling 21 Russian diplomats, amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, on suspicion of espionage, country’s foreign minister Sophie Wilmes said on Tuesday. Wilmes, who made the announcement to Parliament and on Twitter, said the move was coordinated with neighbouring Netherlands, which said it was expelling 17 Russian diplomats, news agency […]
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday termed the World Inequality Report ‘flawed’ and called its methodology ‘questionable’. The comments came in response to the World Inequality Report 2022, published by the Paris-based World Inequality Lab, which said India is a ‘poor and very unequal country’ and ranked it in the bottom half of the […]
Russia said on Tuesday it would sharply scale back military activity around Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv, in the most tangible sign yet of progress towards a peace deal. Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin gave the undertaking after talks between delegations from the two countries in Istanbul.“In order to increase mutual […]
Fulfilling the assurance of AAP government , Punjab Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur, on Tuesday, released Rs.214.16 crore under Post-Matric Scholarship and Shagun Scheme.Disclosing this, the Cabinet Minister said, “Clearing the pendency up till March 2022, Rs.184 crore have been released under Post-matric Scholarship, while Rs.30.16 crore released under Shagun scheme up […]
Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, on Tuesday, said that Punjab Government has decided to appoint nodal officers in all 23 districts of Punjab for the ease of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). While chairing a high level review meeting with the officials of the NRI Affairs department and members of NRI Commission, the Cabinet Minister […]
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday announced a guarantee to make Punjabi University free from whopping debt so as to regain its pristine glory as a seat of higher learning in the northern India. While presiding over the valedictory function of three-day Punjabi cinema, television and theatre mega show jointly organized by the Punjabi […]
The voting on the no-confidence motion against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will be held on April 3, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Tuesday. Rashid was addressing the media here in the federal capital over the latest political situation after the Opposition parties submitted a no-confidence motion against Khan on Monday during a session […]
All progressive forces in the country “should come together and fight the oppressive force,” Mamata Banerjee has said in a letter to opposition leaders and chief ministers of the non-BJP ruled states. This is yet another move by the 67-year-old leader to forge an alliance against the ruling party at the centre ahead of the […]
The Union home ministry on Tuesday told parliament it has rejected renewal of licences under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) of 466 non-government organisations (NGO) since 2020 as they did not fulfil the eligibility criteria under the law. It added there were 100 refusals in 2020, 341 in 2021 and 25 this year so […]