Patna, Aug 1 (UNI) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain today asserted that under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will achieve a decisive victory in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections and form a strong government once again. In a press statement issued after his meeting…
New Delhi, July 31 (UNI) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved four multi-tracking railway projects extending the Indian Railways network by approximately 574 km at an estimated cost of Rs 11,169 crore. Thirteen districts in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, and Jharkhand will be…
New Delhi, July 31 (UNI) Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad, the grand mufti of India, has raised serious concerns over a series of incidents targeting minority communities in parts of north India, warning that such actions threaten the core values of India’s secular and democratic framework. In a strongly worded statement issued yesterday, the grand mufti condemned…
EVM sharing discussed at meeting of Standing Committee of State Election Commissioners Bhopal, July 30: In a significant move towards fostering inter-state cooperation in electoral management, Madhya Pradesh has emerged as a frontrunner in a groundbreaking EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) sharing initiative. During a recent video conference of the Standing Committee of State Election Commissioners,…
New Delhi, July 29 (UNI) The Opposition parties today slammed Centre’s BJP-led ruling NDA over alleged security lapses during the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack while participating in the discussion on Operation Sindoor in Rajya Sabha today. Sagarika Ghosh of the Trinamool Congress, referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark on Operation Sindoor, said that…
New Delhi July 29 (UNI) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert in Delhi-NCR, forecasting intense rainfall, thunderstorms and lightning and adjoining areas over the next two hours. The regional Met Centre also forecast that the rain is likely to continue over the next seven days, until August 3. Orange alerts have…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 29 (UNI) Senior Congress leader and AICC Working Committee member Ramesh Chennithala has alleged that the Kerala State Election Commission is attempting to politically aid the CPI(M) by tampering with the voter list for the upcoming local body polls, imitating the ‘Maharashtra model’ of manipulation. Chennithala said that widespread complaints have emerged regarding…
New Delhi, July 25 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today took strong exception to Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi’s “absurd allegations” against the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, accusing them of reflecting a mindset that evaluates constitutional bodies based on their election victories. In a…
New Delhi, July 24 (UNI) The Government data on electronic waste (e-waste) processing for the last two years has revealed that several states showed marked improvement in their e-waste recycling capabilities. Uttar Pradesh emerged as the frontrunner, registering a sharp increase from 236,727.041 metric tonnes (mt) to 388,160.231 mt, the highest in the country. As…
New Delhi, July 23 (UNI) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi today reiterated his allegation that elections in India were being “stolen”, calling it a “reality”. Talking to reporters during the INDIA protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, outside in the Parliament complex, Gandhi claimed that…
