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NEW DELHI: Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu will leave behind a rich legacy in office, said Prime minister Narendra Modi at the farewell function of the vice-president at GMC Balayogi Auditorium in Parliament today. The Prime Minister said that the Vice-President’s quality of always staying active and engaged, will keep him connected with the activities of […]

NEW DELHI: At the 7th General Council meeting of the NITI Aayog, if there was great consensus about one issue, it was the National Education Policy (NEP), said NITI Aayog in the press conference after the meeting. “If there is one thing about which there was great consensus, it was on the implementation of the […]

NEW DELHI: In a clear indication that all is not well between National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United), Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar skipped the Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog chaired by Prime minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Sunday. Kumar, instead, participated in a government programme […]

NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday hit out at the government over inflation. She said that the common people are hit hard by the spiralling prices of essential commodities. Priyanka, who arrived at the party headquarters to lead the protest, marched towards the Prime Minister’s residence and also jumped a barricade […]

NEW DELHI: Hitting back at the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that in the name of protest against inflation and unemployment, the Congress party is trying to scare the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and protect the Gandhi family. “There was discussion on inflation in the House. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman replied but the […]

KOLKATA: Unapologetic during her heydays, Bengal’s indomitable Mamata Banerjee is trying to balance her moves following Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials putting one of her trusted lieutenants, Partha Chatterjee, under custody in a multi-crore Bengal SSC Recruitment Scam. The opinion may be divided but the once defiant Banerjee was more silent in recent times – with […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Gujarat and Tamil Nadu on July 28-29 and will take part in various programmes. PM Modi will reach Sabarkantha on July 28 and lay the foundation for various projects of Sabar dairy worth more than ₹1000 crore rupees. Sabar Dairy is a part of Gujarat […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a meeting with BJP Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers, emphasised that the flagship schemes of the Union government should be implemented with full vigour. The prime minister told the BJP Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers to ensure that schemes like GatiShakti, Har Ghar Jal, Svamitva, DBT […]

NEW DELHI: National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Draupadi Murmu is poised to become the 15th President of India, experts said as the voting concluded on Monday evening. Murmu, the former Governor of Jharkhand, will become the first tribal President of India if she manages to beat Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha, which is, in all likelihood, […]

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking clearance to take part in the World Cities Summit scheduled to be held in Singapore on August 1. “The world wants to know the development model of Delhi,” the Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal wrote in the letter while […]