New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday paid tribute to late prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 50th death anniversary. “I pay my tributes to our 1st Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his Punya Tithi,” Modi tweeted. Modi took oath as India’s 14th Prime Minister at an impressive ceremony Monday. Jawaharlal Nehru […]
Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) Though India has made “profound” progress in inching closer to the Millennium Development Goal 2015 (MDG) of a 75 percent reduction in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR), thrust should be on information technology (IT)-enabled interventions aiding non-physician workers at the grass-roots to ensure continuance post-2015, say experts. In 2000, the Millennium Development […]
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The portfolios in the new government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Tuesday: PRIME MINISTER: Narendra Modi: Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space, All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any minister. CABINET MINISTERS: Rajnath Singh: Home Affairs Sushma Swaraj: External […]
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday allocated portfolios to his ministers, giving charge of finance and defence to Arun Jaitley and making Sushma Swaraj the new external affairs minister. BJP president Rajnath Singh was made the home minister, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique. Modi and his ministerial colleagues were sworn-in at […]
Lucknow, May 27 (IANS) With growing incidents of unrest and communal violence in the state, Uttar Pradesh Police will now be armed with a battery of non-lethal weapons, including chilli bombs and plastic pellets, an official said here Tuesday. An official attached to the office of the director general of police (DGP) said the distribution of […]
Lucknow, May 27 (IANS) Four policemen were injured late Monday night when a joint police team of Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring Rajasthan was attacked by some armed villagers in Mathura, officials said. The team had come to nab a dreaded criminal wanted in many crimes in Bharatpur when the policemen were attacked. As the team raided […]
Panaji, May 27 (IANS) The Goa government should start proceedings to recover a whopping Rs.35,780 crore owed by errant mining companies in dues and tax arrears, a green organisation has demanded. In a letter to Goa Chief Secretary B. Vijayan, Goa Foundation, an NGO whose petition against illegal mining resulted in the nearly two-year long mining […]
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday visited 17th century Jama Masjid, prior to his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Amid heavy security, Sharif toured the mosque built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Sharif came to India Monday to attend Modi’s swearing-in-ceremony.
When Narendera Modi was sworn in as India’s 14th prime minister on Monday evening, the world’s largest democracy was marking the ushering in of a new era. Over 2,500 privileged guests witnessed not only the culmination of a perfect storm generated by the Modi-led BJP but also the burial of the Nehruvian legacy which the […]
Lucknow, May 27 (IANS) All retired Ranji trophy players from Uttar Pradesh would now get pension, an official of Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) said Tuesday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the working committee of the sporting body in Kanpur Monday. Under the new scheme, all the 61 ex-Ranji trophy players from the […]