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New Delhi, Jan 8 (UNI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held bilateral meeting with Maldives Defence Minister Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon here and reaffirmed India’s readiness to support the Maldives in capability enhancement for defence preparedness. Both sides comprehensively reviewed various aspects of bilateral defence and security cooperation. During the talks, both sides reasserted the firm commitment…

New Delhi, Jan 8 (UNI) On track to achieve its capex target, national transporter Indian Railways has spent Rs 1,92,446 crore or 76% of the gross budgetary support for the current financial year 2024-25 (FY25) in the first nine months of the fiscal to ramp up its network, replace old assets and modernising overall rail…

New Delhi, Jan 8 (UNI) The Indian Navy has dispatched a specialised team to assist in the rescue of miners trapped in the flooded coal mine in Umrangso, a remote industrial town in Dima Hasao district of Assam. The team, comprising one officer and 11 sailors, includes highly trained clearance divers skilled in deep depth…

New Delhi, Jan 8 (UNI) After the ‘Piyari Didi’ scheme, the Congress on Wednesday announced its second guarantee, the ‘Jeevan Raksha’ scheme, promising health insurance of up to Rs 25 lakh. Addressing a press conference at the DPCC headquarters here, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot, along with Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav, said,…

New Delhi, Jan 08 (UNI) The first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on two bills related to ‘One Nation One Election’ began in New Delhi on Wednesday. The JPC is supposed to scrutinise the ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill and discuss the related aspects of the bills, which will pave the way for…

New Delhi, Jan 7 (UNI) India on Tuesday expressed condolences on the deaths of over 100 people caused by a massive 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the Tibet Autonomous Region. In a post on X, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said: “Government and people of India express condolences on the tragic loss…

New Delhi, Jan 7 (UNI) After the announcement of the Delhi General Assembly elections by the Election Commission on Tuesday, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal and other senior leaders urged party workers to prepare for the elections with full vigour. Taking to social media platform X, Arvind Kejriwal said, “The dates for…

New Delhi, Jan 7 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday inaugurated the Bharatpol portal developed by CBI here and said that with its implementation, criminals committing crimes in India and fleeing to other countries can now be brought within the ambit of justice. Shah said that the Government has introduced the provision of…

New Delhi, Jan 7 (UNI) The first India-Malaysia Security Dialogue was co-chaired by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Director General of the National Security Council of Malaysia Raja Dato Nushirwan Bin Zainal Abidin in New Delhi today. During the dialogue both sides exchanged views on the global and regional security environment and reviewed the…