New Delhi, Aug 20 (UNI) Minister of State for Communications Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar today informed about a set of projects under Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN) aimed to provide broadband connectivity to all the Gram Panchayats (GPs) and villages in the country. The Minister informed Lok Sabha in a written reply: “As per RGI (Registrar General…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (UNI) The Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) has suggested mandating prior Government approval for FDI from countries sharing land borders with India and establishing guardrails like restricting FDI in sensitive sectors while encouraging inflows in non-strategic areas with strong safeguards. The ICRIER, in a study ‘Calibrating India’s…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah today slammed the Congress-led Opposition for protesting against the Constitution 130th Amendment Bill, saying their opposition stems from their desire to remain “outside the ambit of law” and to continue “running governments from jail”. In a social media post, Shah recalled the historical context, citing…
New Delhi. Aug 20 (UNI) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) seems poised to win the Vice President’s election scheduled for September 9, in view of the majority of its Members in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The Electoral College consists of all Members of Parliament from both Houses of Parliament totalling 782, excluding six…
New Delhi Aug 20 (UNI) Top leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) issued strong condemnations today over the attack on Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, asserting that violence has no place in a democratic society. The incident, which occurred earlier in the day, involved an individual allegedly attempting to assault the Chief Minister. AAP…
New Delhi Aug 20 (UNI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two persons, including a Project Director of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), from Warangal, Telangana, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 60,000 to permit a man run his restaurant along the Highway. The CBI said that they…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (UNI) Union Minister of Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw introduces ‘The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025’ amid ruckus in the Lok Sabha. The motive of the Bill is to promote and regulate the realm of online gaming, including e-sports, educational games, and social gaming. The online gaming bill aims…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (UNI) National democratic Alliance’s (NDA) vice presidential candidate CP Radhakrishnan today filed his nomination for the elections here. He filed his nomination in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president and Union minister JP Nadda, Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Kiren Rijiju, Lalan Singh and other…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (UNI) China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi who was to travel to Pakistan after completing his India visit today, instead arrived in Afghanistan to attend the sixth China-Afghanistan- Pakistan Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue in Kabul. The talks will cover a wide range of key issues, including political, economic and regional cooperation between…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (UNI) The Supreme Court yesterday directed the District Collector of Haridwar to conduct a personal inquiry into the functioning and management of the Maa Chandi Devi Temple Trust in Haridwar, while refraining from disturbing the interim arrangement already put in place by the Uttarakhand High Court. A Bench of Justice Ahsanuddin…
