New Delhi, Aug 28 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today slammed Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and the other leaders of the INDIA bloc over the kind of language being used in Bihar’s ‘Voter Adhikaar Yatra,’ accusing them of engaging in the “politics of abuse”. Addressing a press briefing…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (UNI) While many metropolitan cities such as Delhi, Kolkata and Jaipur compete to be the best Smart City in the country, a new report released today here has revealed a disturbing truth—most of these have failed to ensure women’s safety in public spaces. According to the first-ever National Annual Report and…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan tomorrow to attend the 15th annual India-Japan Summit will pave the way for further strengthening the Special Strategic and Global Partnership between the two democracies. This visit is particularly significant as Japan has announced plans to invest an impressive USD 68 billion over…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (UNI) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, along with Transport Minister Dr Pankaj Kumar Singh, on Thursday flagged off buses for the Delhi University students under the U-Special scheme, relaunching the popular travel option in the national capital. CM, speaking on the occasion, said that these ‘University Special Buses’ starting from Thursday…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said that they have arrested Harish Bagla, the Managing Director of Amrit Feeds Ltd (AFL), in a major money laundering case. Bagla was arrested on August 26. He was produced before a Special PMLA Court, which remanded him to ED’s custody till August 30….
New Delhi, Aug 28 (UNI) Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, today held a meeting with a delegation from the Communist Party of India (CPI) led by its general secretary, D Raja, here. The meeting is part of the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) ongoing initiative…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (UNI) India and Japan are stepping into a new phase of economic partnership, marked by more than USD 13 billion in fresh investments with over 170 MoUs signed in the past two years, reflecting Japan’s growing confidence in India’s growth story. These Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs) are across key sectors, including…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (UNI) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today said it has issued notices to the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police, Roorkee in a case pertaining to the alleged sexual abuse of a minor boy by an Imam at a mosque in the Jhabreda area of the Uttarakhand’s district on August…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (UNI) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the death of a 26-year-old woman due to alleged medical negligence at the Women Hospital attached to SMS Medical College, Jaipur. The incident reportedly occurred on August 21, following a delivery operation performed on August 19, said the…
By Arti Bali New Delhi, Aug 28 (UNI) Two Asian giants, India and China, are warming up, and the world is watching with curiosity. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Tianjin for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, his first in seven years,is being seen as a potential “gamechanger”. This comes at a time…
