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…
Bengaluru, Jan 8 (UNI) The cancellation of a dinner meeting for SC/ST legislators, MPs, and leaders has further exposed the simmering power struggle within Karnataka’s ruling Congress. The meeting, planned by Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara, was called off on the instructions of AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, following objections raised by Deputy Chief…
Chennai, Jan 8 (UNI) The Union Government has appointed distinguished space scientist and LPSC Vaiamala Director V Narayanan as the next Chairman of the Indian Space Reasearch Organisation (ISRO) and Secretary of the Department of Space. It was announced by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Tuesday evening, according to reports received here. Mr…
Chennai, Jan 8 (UNI) Having created a historic achievement by cultivating crops for producing foods in space for astronauts during long durtion manned mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) termed it as a Leap in Space Biological Experiments. Growing plants from seed in space under microgravity is an important milestone for space biological research,…
Chandigarh, Jan 7 (UNI) Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Sibin C, has handed over the CDs of final electoral roll (without photographs) to all the representatives of the recognised political parties of Punjab. During the meeting at the CEO Office, Sibin C said that the total number of voters in Punjab in the final voter…
Chennai, Jan 7 (UNI) The bye-election to the Erode East Assembly seat will be held on February five, the Election Commission of India announced on Tuesday. The seat in all probability will be again allotted to the Congress as it had won in 2021 Assembly elections and the 2023 bypoll. The bypoll, the second in…
