New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar (retd), who has been selected to head a ‘High-Level Committee on Demographic Change’, on Wednesday said that it will look into how and what laws can be made for the deportation of illegal infiltrators.Speaking to IANS, Justice Naolekar said: “The committee will decide on the recommendations. The committee’s report will go to the government. How much of the committee’s report the government implements will d…

New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to organise a series of events to mark 12 years of progress with people’s trust and welfare under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the day he took oath of office for the third consecutive term on June 10. He took oath of office and secrecy as the 15th Prime Minister of India on May 26, 2014.Thus, while Tuesday can be considered the day that the Narendra Modi-led Union government completed 12 years in power, his…

Chandigarh, May 27 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Punjab President Aman Arora on Wednesday slammed Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu, condemning him for violation of election norms during the municipal corporation elections. He called out the BJP minister and leaders for attempting to disrupt the democratic process through ‘goondaism’.However, Union Minister Bittu accused state Cabinet minister Arora of resorting to personal attacks against his family and blamed the …

Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) A suicide note has been recovered from the terrace of the multi-storey building from where prominent Bengali director Anik Dutta jumped to his death on Wednesday. According to the police, the suicide note was addressed to his daughter, who lives in Sweden. No one was blamed for his death in the suicide note, said the police. The note was found in an envelope inside a magazine called Choreographic Art on the terrace.CCTV footage showed the incident occurred between 1:05 and…

New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) India has witnessed a significant rise in public spending on primary healthcare over the last decade, with government expenditure increasing from Rs 0.5 lakh crore in 2013-14 to Rs 1.4 lakh crore in 2022-23, as per the latest National Health Accounts (NHA) estimates on Wednesday.The NHA estimates, released annually, provide a time-series analysis of actual health expenditure incurred by the government, private sector and other sources.The current estimates for 2022-23 ma…

Amaravati, May 27 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday called on the party cadre to work in harmony with allies to repeat the performance of 2024 elections in the next polls. Addressing inaugural session of TDP’s annual conclave, Chandrababu Naidu advised the party cadres to rise above their ego and ensure coordination with both the Jana Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).He stressed the need for the coalition partners t…

New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) A high-level delegation led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, comprising ministers and sugar industry leaders, on Wednesday sought the Centre’s intervention to bail out the sugar industry reeling under a heavy financial crisis.​ CM Fadnavis, along with former Cooperation Minister Dilip Walse Patil, made a slew of demands during a meeting with Union Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah. These included the introduction of a special scheme by the Centre for loan restruc…

Itanagar, May 27 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen K.T. Parnaik (Retd) on Wednesday called upon the youth to preserve traditional values, indigenous knowledge, languages, and cultural practices while contributing towards environmental protection and sustainable living. Highlighting the role of young people in nation-building, the Governor, while participating in the Yuva Sangam programme under the ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ initiative at Lok Bhavan in Itanagar, encouraged them to re…

Jammu, May 27 (IANS) The anti-terrorist operation in J&K’s Rajouri district entered its fourth day on Wednesday, and the Northern Army Commander, Lt General Pratik Sharma, visited the area.“Lt Gen Pratik Sharma, #ArmyCdrNC, visited general area #GambhirMughlan for an operational review and situational assessment of #OperationSheruwali”, the Nagrota-headquartered army command said on X.”The Army Commander interacted with representatives of local #IndianArmy formations, #JKP, #IB, #CRPF an…

New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a chargesheet under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, before the Special Court (PMLA) at Saket in Delhi against M/s Tarbia Education Foundation, Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, Vinod Kumar and Shriom Chauhan.All the individual accused were earlier arrested by the ED during the course of the investigation.The ED initiated the probe on the basis of FIRs registered by Delhi Police regarding the fraudulent acquisition of…