Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) The first BJP-ruled state government in West Bengal led by the state’s first BJP Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, will begin its journey after the oath ceremony on Saturday with a gift from the Union Jal Shakti ministry which had cleared an amount of Rs 2,700 crore under the central ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ project.A communication from the Union Ministry on this count reached the current state secretariat of Nabanna on Friday evening, where it was said that the amount of Rs …
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New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The government has launched an integrated training for primary healthcare teams to bring together multiple programme-based trainings into a single competency-driven framework, aimed at strengthening frontline care delivery, an official statement said on Friday.Union Health Minister JP Nadda launched the training programme that simplifies learning and enhances the capabilities of frontline providers.”It equips them to deliver comprehensive care — from prevention and earl…
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) The BJP’s emergence as the new government of West Bengal, ending the 15-year Trinamool Congress rule, has cleared uncertainties over the future of a number of centrally-sponsored schemes that had not been implemented so far by the state administration and outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Now, as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his pre-election rallies, these centrally sponsored schemes will be implemented fully, the most important of which is the health…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) With the final rounds of counting underway, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was certain to form governments in West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry. Attributing the poll results to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, party MP Ravi Kishan said that PM Modi “has brought an end to dynasty politics”.Speaking to IANS, BJP MP Kishan credited PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for BJP’s strong performance in West Bengal.”This is the result of PM Modi’s faith and the Home M…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday hailed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) surge in the Assembly elections, particularly in West Bengal and Assam, calling the results an endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s welfare-driven policies. She congratulated Prime Minister Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President Nitin Nabin, describing the election results announced as a ‘historic mandate’.Chief Minister Gupta said the Centre’s development agenda w…
Gandhinagar, April 30 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, in a public message on the eve of the 66th Gujarat Foundation Day, said on Thursday that the state’s development journey has placed it among the leading economic regions in the country and attracted global attention to its growth model. Referring to public support received in recent local self-government elections, the Chief Minister added: “In the recent local self-government elections, the people have given us overwhelming su…
Chandigarh, April 30 (IANS) Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare J.P. Nadda said on Thursday that the future of medicine must be driven by innovation, guided by humanity, and rooted in compassion because nothing can replace the healing power of human touch and empathy. Addressing the 39th convocation of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here where 682 graduates were conferred degrees across multiple medical disciplines and 95 medals awarded, Union Min…
Gandhinagar, April 29 (IANS) The Gujarat Cabinet on Wednesday adopted a resolution expressing gratitude to voters following the victory in local self-government elections, during a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. State government spokesperson and Agriculture Minister Jitu Vaghani said the Cabinet placed on record appreciation for what it described as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s “historic victory” in the recent local body elections.”The outcome reflected public endorseme…
Vadodara, April 21 (IANS) Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Jagdish Vishwakarma on Tuesday criticised comments by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “terrorist”, stating that the remark amounted not just to a personal insult but to an insult to 140 crore Indians. Speaking at ‘Vikas Sankalp Sabha’ events held at Karjan and Dabhoi in Vadodara district as part of the party’s campaign for the local self-government elections,…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) Trinamool Congress will have to pay the price in the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal for being part of the conspiracy along with Congress and other opposition parties in blocking the Women’s Reservation (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.“The mothers and sisters of West Bengal will punish the Trinamool Congress for this. We have seen what happened in the Parliament. Trinamool Congress has once again betrayed t…