Lalu Prasad Yadav has been re-admitted to Delhi’s All India Institute of Medicine, news agency ANI reported Wednesday afternoon. The ex-chief minister of Bihar and Rashtriya Janata Dal founder was discharged from AIIMS just hours earlier – at 3 am – before he was brought back to the hospital’s emergency department, sources told news agency […]
Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday underlined the importance of the aviation industry for the Indian economy and said that the government has set a target of creating 220 new airports by 2025. Scindia made the announcement in the Lok Sabha while responding to demands for grants of the civil aviation ministry for 2022-23. […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the Birbhum violence which broke out in West Bengal a day ago and killed as many as eight people. Modi also offered to extend all possible help from the Union government to the Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government with regards […]
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari told Parliament he was “emotionally forced” to announce the construction of Majuli bridge by ex-Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal. Gadkari said, “He was compelled by Sonowal to make the announcement of building Majauli Bridge over Brahmaputra so that it helped him win the elections in the state.”Gadkari said that he announce the […]
Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday took oath as the Uttarakhand chief minister during a ceremony held at Parade Ground here in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Apart from Dhami, eight ministers were also administered the oath by Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (retd).This is 46-year-old Dhami’s second consecutive stint as chief minister.Speculation […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that proper action would be taken against the perpetrators of violence in Birbhum district, where eight people were charred to death in a village the day before. Banerjee said she would be visiting the district on Thursday to take stock of the situation there.”Strict action will […]
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today said that the Punjab government will make strenuous efforts for getting martyr status for Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Shaheed Rajguru and Shaheed Sukhdev. Interacting with the family members of Shaheed Bhagat Singh including Mrs Teji Sandhu wife of his nephew Abhay Sandhu, Anush Priya daughter of Abhay Sandhu, Prabhdeep Singh […]
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann paid floral tributes to Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev at Hussainiwala in Ferozepur on Wednesday. The CM later went on to Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of Bhagat Singh, to pay homage.He also started the WhatsApp number for anti-corruption action helpline: 9501 200 200.
The ministry of home affairs revoked the provisions of the Disaster Management Act for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) containment measures in view of “overall improvement in the situation and preparedness of the government” to deal with the pandemic. The health ministry advisories on Covid containment measures, however, will continue, including the use of face masks. Union […]
A local court has issued a process (summons) to actor Salman Khan and his bodyguard Nawaz Shaikh on a complaint filed by a journalist in connection with a dispute in 2019. Metropolitan Magistrate RR Khan in his order on Tuesday noted that a police report in the matter stated that offences under Indian Penal Code […]