Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) Opposition parties in Maharashtra on Saturday claimed that the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation is “major victory of the youth power in the country”. The NCP-SP President and former Union Minister Sharad Pawar said: “The struggle and determination shown by the youth over 28 consecutive days at Jantar Mantar in Delhi in the NEET paper leak case is truly commendable. In response to the insistent demand of the protesters, the Union Education Minister …
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Hyderabad, July 22 (IANS) Workers of BJP and Congress clashed near the BJP office in Hyderabad on Wednesday as both the parties protested against each other over Tuesday’s incidents in New Delhi during the protest near Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence by Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and other Congress and Samajwadi Party leaders over the police action against students protesting the NEET paper leaks.While leaders and cadres of the BJP tried to take ou…
Melbourne, July 14 (IANS) The organisers of the ‘Melbourne Meets Modi’ event have written an open letter to the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge, strongly rejecting the claims that the thousands of Indian-Australian attendees at the July 9 Marvel Stadium reception were a “paid crowd” funded by the BJP or the Indian government. More than 30,000 people gathered in Melbourne ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the…
Melbourne, July 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday received a rousing welcome from the Indian community members in Melbourne as he began his Australia visit. PM Modi, who arrived from Indonesia, lauded the warmth of the welcome from the Indian community, terming it as “truly unforgettable”. Braving cold weather, members of the Indian community had turned out in large numbers to welcome PM Modi at the hotel late Wednesday evening, local time. PM Modi met members of the Indian dias…
Bengaluru, June 22 (IANS) In a telling example of how devotion for motherland exceeds everything, an elderly woman from Karnataka’s Davanagere has donated her life savings to the ‘Bharat Ke Veer’ corpus fund, a government initiative that enables citizens to contribute to the fallen soldiers while protecting the nation. KB Karibasamma, a noted school teacher and euthanasia activist, donated her pensions, savings and also the money raised from selling her own house.The woman has herself been…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) On the occasion of the 12th International Day of Yoga, political leaders and the general public in Jammu and Kashmir and Bihar emphasised the benefits of yoga, saying that it ensures positivity of mind and body while helping one to remain free of stress, addiction and other health issues.In Jammu and Kashmir, BJP leader Ravinder Raina said, “Yoga is an important part of life. While on one hand it keeps a person healthy and on the other it ensures positivity of mind and …
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Laos Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongsavan Phomvihane said on Wednesday that India and Laos should continue to chart their future direction that brings tangible benefit to both nations. In his opening remarks at the 10th India-Laos Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) in New Delhi on Wednesday, Phomvihane stated that his meeting with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar provides an opportunity to two nations to take stock of progress and achievements in…
Gandhinagar, May 17 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday credited Union Home Minister Amit Shah with leading India’s push towards becoming “Naxal-free”, saying the government’s approach combined meticulous planning, development and structured execution across affected regions. Addressing the inauguration of the Innovation and Incubation Centre at the National Institute of Design (NID) in Gandhinagar, Goyal described HM Shah as “a very powerful leader and s…
Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Tuesday said the results of the state elections have unfolded exactly as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had planned. However, it has raised serious concerns about the “pattern” used to secure these wins and the grim state of democracy it represents.The Thackeray camp, in a scathing editorial in the party’s mouthpiece, ‘Saamana’, claimed that the “Modi-Shah pattern” of capturing elections was evident in the results for Assam…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Ahead of Mamata Banerjee assuming power in West Bengal in 2011, a small room at the Trinamool Congress Bhavan in Kolkata used to host a group of fresh-out-of-college youth who worked on “media monitoring” with a panel of screens beaming news and a pile of the day’s newspapers at their desks. The party leader then overseeing the group would fuss over them, share opinion over their reports before finalising the document for the eyes of the party Chairperson herself…