New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Tuesday lashed out at the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi over alleged flip-flops pertaining to the protest outside the Prime Minister’s residence, stating that he first agreed to end the Congress stir after the government’s assurance but then went back on his words – a trait unbecoming of his stature. The scathing criticism by the MoS in PMO comes minutes after an unprecedented outreach by the government as he met the C…
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New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday hit out at Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi over the agitation near Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence, calling it a “jugalbandi” between the Centre and the Congress.Top Congress leadership, including party President Mallikarjun Kharge, LoP Gandhi and MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, staged a ‘sit-in dharna’ at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg as Minister of State (MoS) in the PMO Dr Jitendra Singh reached the protest site to hold …
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Police forcibly removed Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and several opposition MPs from their dharna site near Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence in New Delhi on Tuesday, after they marched towards Lok Kalyan Marg demanding action over alleged examination paper leaks and police action against student protesters. Rahul Gandhi, who sat on the road refusing to lea…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Building on its sustained efforts to promote responsible mine closure practices, the Ministry of Coal is set to release ‘AAROH – Annual Report on Mine Closure’ on Wednesday. The event will also witness the signing of an agreement with Germany’s Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the inauguration of Coal NEER Plants. For the first time since independence, 42 coal mines have been scientifically closed, in accordance with approved mine c…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) As Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi led a sit-in staged near Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence against police action on agitators during the march to Parliament a day before and over the NEET paper leak, MP Manickam Tagore claimed that party leaders were being detained from the protest site.Apart from LoP Gandhi, the agitation near the Prime Minister’s residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, saw the presence of senior Congress leaders includin…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The dramatic turn of events outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence on Tuesday saw top Congress leadership staging a sit-in dharna and subsequent outreach by the government, as Minister of State (MoS) in the PMO Dr Jitendra Singh reached the protest site to hold talks and address their grievances, purportedly pertaining to paper leaks and police crackdown on protesting students. As the visuals relayed on TV channels from the Prime Minister’s residence, it s…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Technology Development Board (TDB) under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) on Sunday congratulated Skyroot Aerospace on the successful Vikram-1 mission, describing it as a watershed moment for India’s private space sector that reinforces the country’s emergence as a global hub for indigenous space technologies and deep-tech innovation.In a statement, the Board said the successful mission marks a watershed moment for the country’s private space sector an…
Jammu, July 18 (IANS) Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office and Lok Sabha MP from the Kathua-Udhampur constituency of Jammu and Kashmir, Jitendra Singh, on Saturday announced that Kathua railway station has been renamed in honour of martyr Captain Sunil Kumar Choudhary on popular demand.Dr Jitendra Singh said on X, “On popular public demand, the Kathua Railway Station has been named as “Martyr Captain Sunil Kumar Choudhary Railway Station Kathua.”In its order, the Northe…
Jammu, July 18 (IANS) Six Shri Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured on Saturday in a road accident on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. However, officials said that no casualty occurred during this accident.Dr Jitendra Singh MoS (PMO) and Lok Sabha member from Kathua-Udhampur constituency of J&K said on X on Saturday, “UDHAMPUR: Just now received the report of six persons, including five Amarnath pilgrims, having suffered injuries when their vehicle collided with a dumper truck near Jak…
Shillong, July 14 (IANS) The North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) is playing an increasingly significant role in strengthening India’s border security while accelerating development across the Northeast through space-based technologies, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday. Reviewing NESAC’s ongoing programmes at its headquarters in Umiam, Meghalaya, the minister said the Centre is carrying out geo-spatial mapping of the India-Myanmar inter…