Islamabad, March 5 Ramesh Kumar, a minority member of Pakistan’s National Assembly, celebrated Holi on Thursday while casting his vote for the Senate elections, media reported. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) minority member of the National Assembly from Tharparker in Sindh province arrived at the National Assembly with sweetmeats and Holi colours, ARY news reported. […]
Chandigarh, March 6 While claiming that the Punjab government would come down heavily on those involved in acid attacks in the state, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday said the severest punishment would be sought for offenders involved in a recent such attack on a class 12 student in Gurdaspur district. Condemning the acid […]
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Union minister Raosaheb Dadarao Danve on Thursday resigned from the council of ministers, Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement. President Pranab Mukherjee, as advised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has accepted the resignation of Danve with immediate effect, the statement said. Danve was the minister of state for consumer affairs, […]
Islamabad, March 4 Certain events in 1999, such as the Pakistan Army bypassing the civilian government to launch a war on India, has had immense consequences for the India-Pakistan relationship and have worked to make Pakistan progressively irrelevant in the international community, said an article in the Daily Times Wednesday. “In the context of Pakistan-India […]
Mandawa (Rajasthan Golden yellow mustard fields, long winding roads, shimmering stars and a gentle wind whistling in the ears – that was the first impression that Mandawa cast on me once I left the hustle-bustle of metropolitan Delhi for an alluring charm of the small village of Rajasthan. Though Mandawa is well-connected by road from […]
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s pet project of building 100 smart cities has only been allotted Rs.143.05 crore in the union budget Saturday – down from Rs.7,016 crore. Of the Rs.7,016 crore allocated, however only Rs.924 crore have been used. However, the urban development inistry – entrusted with the task of […]
New Delhi/Mumbai, Feb 27 (IANS) Union minister Nitin Gadkari Friday denied any wrongdoing after a media report said he had enjoyed a two-day holiday on a yatch owned by the Essar group on French Riviera. An unruffled Gadkari told the media that he had gone “just to see” the yacht and stressed he never took […]
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The government intends to give priority to passage of bills replacing six ordinances in the next week of budget session, Parliamentary Affairs M. Venkaiah Naidu said here Friday. The government is willing to consider constructive suggestions concerning the land acquisition ordinance but will not compromise on its core, he added. […]
Dhaka, Feb 25 A court here Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, scrapping her bail in two cases filed by the country’s anti-graft body. Dhaka’s Third Metropolitan Special Judges Court scrapped bails for the former prime minister after she failed to appear for a hearing of the Zia Orphanage Trust and […]
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday advised students to give up any stress, compete with themselves and not with others, and take examinations as an opportunity to realise their own potential. Addressing students preparing for board and competitive examinations on his “Mann ki Baat” programme on All India Radio, Modi gave […]