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Mukesh Agnihotri stresses need to stop apple import to protect affected growers
Shimla, Sep 17(UNI) Leader of Opposition in Himachal Pradesh
Assembly Mr Mukesh Agnihotri on Friday urged the President of India to direct the Union Government to stop the import of apple which is adversely affecting Rs 5000 Crore apple…
Punjab: AAP pays tributes to farmers who lost their lives during farm protests
Chandigarh, Sep 17 (UNI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab on Friday paid homage to 'over 650 farmers' who lost their lives in protest against three contentious farm laws by taking out candle marches across Punjab.
In a statement here, AAP…
Raghav Chadha: Navjot Sidhu is Rakhi Sawant of Punjab politics
Chandigarh/New Delhi, Sep 17 (UNI) Reacting to the statement of Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab co-incharge and Delhi MLA Raghav Chadha has called him the Rakhi Sawant of Punjab politics.
In a…
K’taka Home Minister tables bill in the Assembly to ban online gaming
Bengaluru, Sep 17 (UNI) Karnataka Police (Amendment) Bill, 2021, was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Friday to ban online gaming or betting by amending the Karnataka Police Act of 1963, with maximum imprisonment of three years and…
Meghalaya Congress urges government to select legislators to visit Bangladesh
Shillong, Sep 17 (UNI) Meghalaya’s opposition Congress legislator, George Lyngdoh on Friday urged the state Government to select a delegation of legislators to visit Bangladesh and show solidarity with the indigenous communities (Khasis,…
India rejects reports relating to over-the-horizon strikes by US in Afghanistan
India on Thursday rejected media reports suggesting that the US was in touch with it to explore the option of carrying out ”over-the-horizon” counter-terror strikes in Afghanistan.
While responding to a question on the issue at a press…
We will suo motu stay tribunals Act, warns Supreme Court
Upset over the manner in which services of the acting chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) had been terminated and the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021, invoked to name a replacement, Chief Justice of India N V…
NITI Aayog ties up with BYJU’S to provide study material to schools
The NITI Aayog on Thursday launched an initiative in partnership with edutech giant BYJU’S, under which students of Classes 6-12 in government schools across 112 ‘Aspirational Districts’ will get free access to the company’s “premium…
PM opens Central Vista office slams critics of Central Vista
New Delhi, Sep 16 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday slammed the critics of the Central Vista project as he inaugurated new office complexes for defence personnel, and said the work on the new Parliament building will be…
Haryana : ISYF member Rubal nabbed from Bhanokheri gurudwara by Punjab Police
Ambala, Sep 16 (UNI) International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) member Rubal, a resident of village Bhaka Tara Singh, working under directions of ISYF chief Lakhbir Singh Rode reported to have been arrested by the Punjab police from Ambala…
Kerala Guv calls upon VCs to take Higher Education to new heights
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 16 (UNI) Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Thursday called upon Vice Chancellors to analyze and work on the implementable benchmarks of the National Education Policy 2020 and to ponder over the challenges and…
Army Goodwill Schools offer Virtual Career Guidance in J&K, Ladakh
Jammu, Sep 16 (UNI) More than 2000 students from 26 partner Army Goodwill Schools under Bharti Foundation’s Satya Bharti Quality Support Program were provided virtual career guidance to make them future ready in Jammu and Kashmir and…
Bengal to be a prominent name in Skill map of India in future : Dr Humayun Kabir
Kolkata, Sep 16 (UNI) “The Government of West Bengal recognizes the importance of Skill Development and has taken imperative steps to improve the qualitiy of Vocational Education Institutes and the standard of skill education as a whole,”…
BJP, RSS are fake Hindus, says Rahul Gandhi
INVOKING HINDU deities and imagery and linking them with some of the initiatives of the government, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday targeted the BJP and RSS, accusing them of using the Hindu religion for political benefit…
Afghanistan may see more turmoil: CDS Bipin Rawat
THE SITUATION in Afghanistan can change further and there could be more turmoil, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said on Wednesday. He also said that China will step into Afghanistan in the time to come.
Speaking at an event…
Sansad TV gets in Opposition’s Shashi Tharoor, Priyanka Chaturvedi, to talk all but politics
WHAT DO politicians talk about when they get together? Not necessarily politics, it seems. The Congress’s Shashi Tharoor and Shiv Sena’s Priyanka Chaturvedi will put that to test as hosts of chat shows on the newly launched Sansad TV.…
AP CM assures women; Govt committed towards their economic development
Vijayawada, Sep 15 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy said that the state government is committed towards the economic development of women and thus brought welfare schemes like Aasara and Cheyutha paving the way for…
Yogi: If bulldozing the crime and mafias is hatred, then yes, it will continue
Lucknow, Sep 14 (UNI) Reacting to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's statement, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said "if bulldozing the crime and mafia is hatred, then it will continue".
The reply came to a tweet of…
Farmers’ crisis : Amarinder slams Harsimrat over deliberate lies
Chandigarh, Sep 15 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said no Akali leader, specially former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, had the moral right to speak on the crisis triggered by the Farm Laws, which…
CII congratulates Telangana Minister for his efforts towards promoting Arts
Hyderabad, Sep 15 (UNI) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Chairman Sameer Goel congratulated Telangana Municipal Administration Minister K T Rama Rao for his continued efforts towards promoting Arts and Crafts in the state. In a…
