NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday shared a video of his interaction with students at IIT Madras, calling the need for India to prioritise quality education through government support rather than privatisation. “I feel that a country needs to guarantee quality education to its people. And I don’t think that the best way…
NEW DELHI: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday vowed to cancel the “inflated” water bills faced by Delhi residents if his party regains power in the upcoming assembly elections.“I have said this earlier, but today I am making a formal announcement: when AAP comes back to power after the assembly polls, these inflated bills will…
NEW DELHI: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan allegedly shot himself dead with his service weapon at Surat International Airport, police informed on Friday.Kisan Singh, 32-year-old who hailed from Jaipur, shot himself in stomach in the airport washroom and was declared dead by hospital authorities, the police said.“He was rushed to a private hospital…
‘PM Modi’s message of peace’: Kiren Rijiju presents ‘chadar’ at Ajmer Sharif Dargah (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Union minister of minority affairs Kiren Rijiju visited the revered Ajmer Sharif Dargah on Saturday to present a ceremonial “chadar” on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The gesture, part of the annual Urs celebrations of 13th-century…
NEW DELHI: Eminent physicist Rajagopala Chidambaram, who was a key figure in India’s nuclear tests in 1974 and 1998, passed away on Saturday, the department of atomic energy (DAE) confirmed. He was 88 years old and died at Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai, according to a DAE official. In a statement, the DAE said, “It is…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) chairperson Shaji KV felicitated the PM at the event.Ahead the inauguration of the Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the more prosperous our villages…
NEW DELHI: Punjab govt has written to the Centre, seeking Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan‘s intervention to end the impasse over the ongoing farmers’ protest at Punjab-Haryana border.The letter written by Punjab agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian also highlighted the hunger strike by farmer representative Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a fast-unto-death…
NEW DELHI: India and the Maldives reaffirmed commitment to bilateral cooperation in a meeting between foreign minister S Jaishankar and his visiting counterpart Abdulla Khaleel, while signing an MoU for implementation of projects in the archipelago nation under grant assistance from India.According to an Indian readout, Abdulla Khaleel appreciated the timely emergency financial assistance extended…
NEW DELHI: After accusing BJP govt of “brazenly violating” the Places of Worship Act, 1991, Congress is set to join the case in Supreme Court by demanding that the 1991 law be adhered to strictly.Supreme Court on December 12 ordered a stay on surveys ordered by various courts on pleas claiming that there were temples…
NEW DELHI: Official sources have questioned the valuation of the diamond gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Jill Biden, wife of US President Joe Biden.MEA sources pointed out that the 7.5-carat diamond the PM gifted to Jill Biden was grown in a lab which is much cheaper than natural ones.Sources said lab-grown diamonds cost…
