New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry ordered the suspension of mobile internet services for eight hours starting 4 p.m. on Thursday around Jantar Mantar – the venue of students’ protest against exam irregularities – to maintain public order, an official said. The Ministry issued the order for suspension of mobile internet services, saying that the Secretary is satisfied that it is necessary to do so in the “interest of public order and for preventing incitement to the commis…
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New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said that total primary energy supply (TPES) of India during 2024-25 was estimated at 39,055 Petajoules as compared to 37,936 Petajoules in 2023-24.Total renewable energy potential was estimated at 4,704,043 MW (as on March 2025) as compared to 2,109,655 MW (as on March 31, 2024), said Minister of State (Independent Charge) Rao Inderjit Singh in the Lok Sabha.One petajoule is 1,015 joules (1 million billion) or 278 gigawatt hours.The Ministry…
Jammu/Srinagar, July 2 (IANS) As the first batch of Yatris of the ongoing Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra (SANJY) left Jammu for the twin base camps of Baltal and Nunwan in the Kashmir Valley on Thursday, Minister of State (Prime Minister’s Office) and Lok Sabha member, Jitendra Singh, said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers distributed Sherbet, cold water and free meals to the Yatris while travelling to the Kashmir Valley. Taking to his official social media platform X, Mos Singh said: “Today, on…
Gandhinagar, June 19 (IANS) More than 160 National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets from Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan have begun an intensive cyber security training programme at Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) in Gandhinagar as part of an effort to strengthen cyber awareness and digital defence capabilities among young people. The 12-day Cyber Defender Course (CDC), being held from June 18 to 29, has been organised by the NCC Gujarat Directorate in collaboration with the National Institute of E…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday called on U Min Aung Hlaing, President of Myanmar, in New Delhi.“Pleased to call on President U Min Aung Hlaing of Myanmar in New Delhi today. Appreciate his positive sentiment towards deepening our longstanding bilateral cooperation,” EAM Jaishankar wrote on X after the meeting.“Look forward to his meeting with PM Narendra Modi to advance our partnership for peace, progress and prosperity,” he added.Presid…
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) In a significant move to improve living conditions of the city’s police force, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday appointed senior IAS officer Iqbal Singh Chahal as Chairman of the Mumbai Police Housing Township Project.The appointment, announced through an official notification dated January 21, 2026, will take effect on February 1, 2026, immediately after Chahal’s retirement from active service on January 31.Chahal was one of the frontrunners for the post of stat…