BENGALURU: India is gearing up to celebrate the 75th Independence Day on August 15, 2022. The Narendra Modi government at the Centre is leaving no stone unturned to grandly celebrate this momentous occasion. Apart from the elaborate arrangements for the Independence Day parade and the presence of a slew of highly-decorated dignitaries, the government is […]
NEW DELHI: In a crucial appointment in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary (organisation) Sunil Bansal has been moved to Delhi by party president JP Nadda as national general secretary in charge of West Bengal, Telangana and Odisha. Jharkhand BJP general secretary (organisation) Dharampal has […]
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: The collective efforts of all the states and the spirit of cooperative federalism got us through the COVID-19 pandemic, said Prime minister Narendra Modi at the 7th NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting in Delhi on Sunday. “Every State played a crucial role according to its strength and contributed to India’s fight against COVID. […]
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 […]
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday inaugurated the 150-bedded Ujala Cygnus Kashmir Superspeciality Hospital in Nowgam. The Lt Governor said that the new state-of-the-art hospital, equipped with all the advanced medical facilities, will strengthen the government’s efforts of ensuring quality healthcare services to the people of J&K, besides generating employment opportunities for the locals. […]
KOLKATA: Ending all speculations and a strong protest from the state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bengal Chief Minister will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi today at 4.30 pm. Later on, Banerjee is also likely to meet President Draupadi Murmu. In her meeting with PM Modi, Banerjee is likely to raise issues like MGNREGA […]
NEW DELHI: After meeting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s central leadership thrice in the past two days, the Bengal unit of the party has now sought time with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The series of hectic meetings became important considering that West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had sought time to meet PM Modi. Quite understandably, […]
In a free-wheeling interview, at the backdrop of the captivating Himalayas in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur spoke in length to The New Indian‘s Executive Editor Rohan Dua, Ahead of the state assembly election, later this year, CM Thakur is confident about Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returning to power. CM Thakur […]