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Bio Input Producers Assn inks two MoUs with MANAGE and PJTSAU
Hyderabad, Feb 12 (UNI) Bio Agri Input Producers Association (BIPA), a Hyderabad-based not-for-profit industry body working towards the use of biological technology for sustainable Agri in India and across the globe signed two…
Nadda fumes against AAP, Congress
Balachaur (Punjab), Feb 12: BJP President J P Nadda on Saturday railed against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress as he urged the people of Punjab to vote for his party, saying only Prime Minister Narendra Modi was genuinely…
Naqvi: Pseudo-seculars misused secularism for vote bank politics
New Delhi, Feb 12: Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said secularism is constitutional and moral commitment for the BJP but the pseudo-secular syndicate have been misusing it for their vote bank…
India, Australia stress on importance of protecting 5G, 6G networks
Melbourne/New Delhi, Feb 12: India and Australia on Saturday acknowledged the importance of the security and resilience of telecommunications networks, and on the need to work closely with each other to protect next generation telecom…
Rahul Gandhi is modern day Jinnah: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati, Feb 12 (UNI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday called the Congress leader a “modern-day Jinnah”. "I'm seeing for the last 10 days the language Rahul Gandhi is using... he says India is a union of state, says…
Kerala’s poverty 0.71 pc compared to national average of 25.01 pc
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 11 (UNI) Kerala has the lowest percentage of population living in poverty, 0.71%, compared to the national average of 25.01 percent. According to the NITI Aayog's Multi Dimensional Poverty Index, only 0.71…
PM: Chowk in Ayodhya to be named after Lata Mangeshkar
Kasganj (UP), Feb 11 (UNI) Ahead of the second phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday a chowk in Sri Ram's Ayodhya will be named after late Bharat Ratna and India's 'swar kokila' Lata…
Lok Sabha registers 121 percent productivity
New Delhi, Feb 11 (UNI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Friday that the Lok Sabha's productivity during the first half of the Budget session stood at 121 percent and thanked MPs for running the House smoothly. The Speaker informed…
HC grants bail to Lakhimpur Kheri accused Ashish Mishra
New Delhi, Feb 10: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court granted bail to Ashish Mishra, the son of MOS Ajay Mishra Teni. Ashish is undergoing investigation by High Court appointed committee and state enquiry panel. He is in jail…
President appoints HC judges for AP, MP and Odisha
New Delhi, Feb 10 (UNI) President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed 7 judges in Andhra Pradesh High Court, 6 in Madhya Pradesh High Court and 3 in Odisha High Court, and elevated one of the judges as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court.…
Opposition MPs, retired bureaucrats write to PM over attacks on federalism
New Delhi, Feb 10 (UNI) Members of Parliament from 10 opposition parties and some former civil servants on Thursday sent a joint memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, complaining about the "consistent attacks" on the federal…
Congress calls Budget only ‘hot air, a ‘cruel joke’ on poor
New Delhi, Feb 10 (UNI) Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday slammed the Union Budget, terming it as nothing but “hot air” and a “cruel joke” on the poor and marginalized, farmers and laborers'. Speaking on the general…
BJP’s Bidhuri calls Kejriwal ‘chameleon’: ‘he is ignoring majority…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (UNI) BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri on Wednesday attacked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, terming him a “chameleon” and alleged the AAP leader has been pampering the minority community with sops with an eye
on…
Priyanka Vadra: Let women decide their dress code
New Delhi, Feb 9 : Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said, women have a right to decide their dress and what they
wants to wear -- be it a bikini, a 'ghoonghat' or 'hijab'. Taking to twitter, Priyanka Gandhi…
Ladakh MP Namggyal hits out at Congress for ignoring border areas development
New Delhi, Feb 9 (UNI) Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, BJP MP from Ladakh, on Wednesday said the border infrastructure in India has been strengthened and the people of border villages have been empowered under the Modi government, and hit out…
12.5 lakh refund cases of FASTag users processed for wrong deductions
New Delhi, Feb 9: As many as 12.5 lakh refund cases have been facilitated to FASTag users for incorrect deductions since January 2020, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. "As on 5th February, 2022,…
HC refers hijab to larger bench, no interim relief
Bengaluru, Feb 9 (UNI) The single bench of the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday refused to pass interim orders permitting female students to attend colleges wearing hijab and referred the matter to a larger bench. "Having regard to the…
Suresh Bhardwaj: Affected residents of Shimla by NGT order still out of SDP
Shimla, Feb 8(UNI) Approximately 9200 residents living in Shimla Merged area of Shimla MC and thousands of houses yet to be regulated under Shimla Development Plan area would not be covered by the new draft of Shimla Development plan…
Mamata Banerjee: BJP should first apologize and then seek votes
Lucknow, Feb 8 (UNI) Claiming there will be 'Khela Hobe' in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) should first apologize for its deed and then seek votes…
I am from Tukde Tukde gang: P Chidambaram
New Delhi, Feb 8 (UNI) Calling himself a member of the so-called "Tukde Tukde gang", Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday attacked the Modi government on numerous counts, from the economy to Covid-19…
