File photo of PM Modi (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: PM Modi will on Monday release the 19th instalment of Rs 2,000 each to nearly 10 crore landholder farmers, amounting to around Rs 22,000 crore, across the country under the PM-Kisan scheme at Bhagalpur, Bihar.“This release of funds will symbolise six years of successful implementation…
This is a representational image BHOPAL: In the second such attack in Madhya Pradesh in two weeks, an interfaith couple was assaulted by a mob in Rewa district court when they went there to get their marriage registered on Friday evening. Police rescued the couple – a 27-year-old Muslim man and a 21-year-old Hindu woman…
File photo of European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen (Pic credit: AP) NEW DELHI: Ahead of the India-EU summit later this year, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will visit New Delhi next week to hold talks with PM Narendra Modi. The visit follows Leyen’s announcement of a new strategic agenda with India…
PM Modi to be chief guest for 2nd time at Mauritius’ national day celebration NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will travel to Mauritius next month as chief guest for the national day celebrations of the Indian Ocean country. After 2015, this is the second time Modi has been given that honour by Mauritius.The announcement about…
Bus conductor assaulted, slapped with Pocso case after language row BELAGAVI: A case has been registered under the Pocso Act against the NWKRTC bus conductor who was assaulted by a group of people in Balekundri (KH) on Friday for not speaking to a passenger in Marathi. According to the police, the passenger in question, a…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik suspended state transport buses to Karnataka after pro-Kannada activists attacked an MSRTC bus in Chitradurga on Friday.The activists targeted a bus travelling from Bengaluru to Mumbai, where they assaulted driver Bhaskar Jadhav. A police complaint has been lodged in Karnataka regarding this incident.The minister detailed that the MSRTC…
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar NEW DELHI: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar alleged that illegal immigrants are influencing India’s electoral process and also stressed the need for public awareness on the issue.Speaking at the 65th convocation of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University on Saturday, he questioned when India would begin deporting illegal immigrants, an action which the…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday called the concerns raised by former US President Donald Trump over a $21 million USAID funding for ‘voter turnout in India‘ “worrisome,” asserting that, “if there’s something to it, then the country should know who the people are involved in it.”Speaking at the Delhi University Literature…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday reflected on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States, particularly his meeting with President Donald Trump, describing their interaction as one marked by strong chemistry and mutual respect. Speaking at the Delhi University Literature Festival, Jaishankar noted how the two “nationalist” leaders recognised and…
NEW DELHI: The government of India on Saturday appointed former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das as Principal Secretary-2 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to an official order.His tenure will be “co-terminus” with the term of the PM or until further orders, whichever comes first.“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved…
