A two-day nationwide strike – called by a joint forum of central trade unions – is likely to affect banking, trasnportation, railways and power services on Monday and Tuesday. Bharat Bandh, says the Platform of Central Trade Unions and Sectoral Federations and Associations, aims to draw attention to criticism of the government policies, which have […]
Pilgrimage to the Hindu shrine of Amarnath cave in Kashmir will commence from June 30 this year. This will be after a gap of two years when the pilgrimage will be undertaken by lakhs of devotees as it was cancelled due to the pandemic. A meeting of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board in this regard was […]
India’s daily Covid surge remained below the 2,000-mark for the entire week even as several countries witnessed a worrying spike in fresh infections. In the last 24 hours, 1,421 new cases were reported, the health ministry said, and the active cases have now dropped below the 16,500-mark, or 0.04 per cent of the nation’s overall […]
A CBI team was in Bengal’s Birbhum for the second day on Sunday to probe the latest violence case in the state, which has reached parliament and the Supreme Court. Eight people – six women and two children – were burnt to death in the horrific incident that has triggered a fresh political row between […]
Indian exports crossing USD 400 billion has filled us with pride as it signifies country’s potential and capability, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said while addressing the nation on his monthly radio programme ‘Mann ki Baat’. When every Indian becomes vocal for local then it does not take long for local products to go […]
A special police officer (SPO) was shot dead by terrorists while his brother was injured in a terror attack in Chadbugh in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, news agency ANI reported. “At about 8:35 pm, terrorists fired at and critically injured SPO Ishfaq Ahmad near his residence at Chadbugh in Budgam,” a J&K police […]
After a coronavirus pandemic-induced hiatus of over two years, regular international flights are set to resume from Sunday with airports and airlines getting ready for normal overseas operations.Battered by the pandemic, the airline industry is slowly coming back to normalcy and the resumption of normal overseas flights is expected to provide a fillip to the […]
The Narendra Modi government on Saturday extended the Pradhanmantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, the scheme to provide free food grains by another six months. The decision was taken in the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Modi. “In keeping with the concern and sensitivity towards poor and vulnerable sections of society, the Union Cabinet chaired by […]
