President Droupadi Murmu extends greetings to people on Easter eve
New Delhi, March 30 - President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday extended her greetings to people on the eve of Easter.
National Maritime Week kicks off to honour India’s seafarers
New Delhi, March 30 - The weeklong celebration of National Maritime Day to pay tribute to the country’s seafarers has kicked off with Prime Minister Narendra Modi being honoured with the Merchant Navy Flag pinned on his lapel by TK Ramachandran, Secretary of
Former Home Minister Shivraj Patil’s daughter-in-law joins BJP
Mumbai, March 30 - Former Union Home Minister and a veteran Congress leader Shivraj Patil Chakurkar's daughter-in-law, Archana Patil Chakurkar, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday.
Home Minister Amit Shah to visit Rajasthan on March 31, PM Modi to visit on April 2
Jaipur, March 30 - Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Rajasthan on March 31 while Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit has been scheduled for April 2 ahead of upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
FAO backs India in building on momentum of International Year of Millets
New Delhi, March 30 - The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) took stock of the accomplishments of the International Year of the Millets 2023 and identified priorities for future investments to strengthen the value chains for millets at a closing ceremony held in
HM Shah to address two rallies in Assam on April 6
Guwahati, March 30 - Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, is set to address public rallies in at least two places in Assam to campaign for the BJP’s Lok Sabha candidates.
President Murmu honours Karpoori Thakur, Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh, Swaminathan with Bharat Ratna
New Delhi, March 30 - In a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday, President Droupadi Murmu honoured four great personalities of India -- former Chief Minister of Bihar Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, former Prime Ministers of the country P. V. Narasimha Rao
LK Advani: Charioteer and BJP’s tallest veteran leader who scripted the party’s rise
New Delhi, March 30 - Lal Krishna Advani, popularly known as LK Advani, is widely known as one of the tallest leaders of the BJP who scripted the party’s rise from oblivion to prominence. It was after his Rath Yatra in the 1990s
Chaudhary Charan Singh: A leader of farmers in India
Lucknow, March 30 - Though it was former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri who had coined the slogan 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan', it was Chaudhary Charan Singh who relentlessly fought for issues related to farmers and came to be known as a farmer
LS Polls: PM Modi, Amit Shah, J.P. Nadda among BJP star campaigners in K’taka
Bengaluru, March 30 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President J.P. Nadda, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Ministers -- S. Jaishankar, Smriti Irani and Nitin Gadkari -- have been named
India doesn’t need lessons from any country on rule of law: Vice Prez Dhankhar
New Delhi, March 29 - Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said that India is a democratic nation with a robust judiciary which can not be compromised by any individual or any group.
ECI prohibits exit polls from 7 a.m. on April 19 to 6.30 p.m. on June 1
New Delhi, March 29 - The Election Commission on Friday issued a notification announcing a prohibition on conducting, publishing, or publicising exit polls connected to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and the Assembly polls scheduled in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim.
7 BJP candidates in Arunachal, including CM Khandu, set to win unopposed: Officials
Itanagar, March 29 - Seven BJP candidates, including Chief Minister Pema Khandu, are likely to win the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections without a contest, election officials said on Friday.
Indian Navy’s operation underway to rescue vessel hijacked by pirates
New Delhi, March 29 - The Indian Navy is carrying out an "important operation" against an attempt to hijack a fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea, and rescue it from armed pirates, an official said on Friday.
Winds of change in Punjab, says Sukhbir Badal
Chandigarh, March 29 - Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Friday said the winds of change had started in Punjab.
India, world’s No 1 country in digital payments: Anurag Thakur’s reply to taunts by past govts
New Delhi, March 29 - Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Anurag Thakur on Friday explained in great detail about India’s giant strides on economic, infrastructure and technological fronts while making an elaborate presentation on the swift changes during ten years of
Over 79,000 violations reported on ECI’s cVIGIL app since March 16
New Delhi, 29 March - The cVIGIL app launched by the Election Commission of India (ECI) received over 79,000 complaints since the announcement of general elections on March 16, the poll panel said on Friday.
Amit Shah to undertake election campaign in NE states next week
Itanagar/Agartala, March 29 - Union Home Minister Amit Shah will undertake an election campaign in several northeastern states next week.
Viksit Bharat Ambassador meet-up: ‘Reform, perform and transform’ mantra changed the country in 10 years, says Anurag Thakur
New Delhi, March 29 - Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Anurag Thakur on Friday explained how the country has changed in the past decade on various parameters including women empowerment, Sashakt Bharat, a big leap in space and technology while making
‘Made in India’ tech like DPI can be transformative for the world: Bill Gates
New Delhi, March 30 - Microsoft Co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Saturday said that technologies like digital public infrastructure (DPI) that are created in India can be transformative for the world.