Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction) on Saturday criticised the Centre over the fuel price hike, alleging that the public has been pushed deeper into inflationary distress, according to an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana.”The ‘suppressed truth’ regarding the price hike of petrol and diesel has finally come out in the open as the prices have been hiked by Rs 3 per litre. This price rise took effect just two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP …
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Friday congratulated Anita Orban on her appointment as Hungary’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. “Look forward to working together to strengthen the India-Hungary relationship, and the India-European Union strategic partnership,” External Affairs Minister Jaishankar wrote on the social media platform X.Anita Orban was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary on May 13.“…
Gangtok, May 15 (IANS) Union Minister for Communications and Development of North Eastern Region Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday reviewed several key infrastructure and development projects in Sikkim’s Namchi district, focusing on education, tourism, tea production, and sports development. On the second day of his official visit to Sikkim, Scindia visited the under-construction Khangchendzonga Sikkim State University at Tarku in Namchi, which is being developed as the state’s first univers…
Bidar (Karnataka), May 15 (IANS) Former Karnataka Minister P.G.R. Sindya on Friday expressed support for allowing students to wear hijabs in educational institutions, stating that the issue should be viewed as a matter of personal faith and freedom of expression rather than as a controversy linked to education. Sindya is a former close associate of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda.Speaking on the ongoing debate over hijabs in schools and colleges, Sindya said the hijab was not a major issue…
Jaipur, May 14 (IANS) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the concept of “One Nation, One Election” had its early conceptual roots in the thinking of former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, who believed that simultaneous elections would save time and resources while ensuring continuity in development work. He noted that the idea has now become a major subject of national debate under the present government.Recalling Shekhawat’s contribution to India’s democratic framewo…
Amaravati, May 14 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government will examine the feasibility of implementing work-from-home for two days a week in government offices as part of austerity measures in view of the ongoing conflict in West Asia. Chairing the State Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu asked officials to examine the feasibility of work-from-home for two days a week in certain wings of government departments.The Chief Minister gave specific directives regarding these auste…
New Delhi/Bhopal, May 14 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday announced a series of austerity and energy-saving measures across ministries under his charge, saying the decisions were taken in response to PM Modi’s appeal for fuel conservation, self-reliance, and reduction in unnecessary expenditure. Chairing a high-level meeting of officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Rural Development, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and the Departmen…
Chandigarh, May 14 (IANS) Saying the people have voted to establish a “triple-engine government” in the state, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party’s historic victory in civic body elections reflected the people’s support for the politics of development, good governance, transparency, and nationalism under the leadership of PM Modi. He thanked the people for giving the party this overwhelming mandate.The Chief Minister was addressing a feli…
Bhopal, May 14 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has removed its Bhind district president of Kisan Morcha, Sajjan Singh Yadav, after he allegedly led a convoy of more than 100 vehicles during a welcome rally from Gwalior to Bhind, saying the act went against PM Modi’s appeal for fuel and energy conservation. Party sources said this is probably the first such disciplinary action taken by the Bharatiya Janata Party after PM Modi’s appeal.Interestingly, Sajjan Singh Y…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Union Minister for Development of the North Eastern Region, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, on Wednesday launched the Mizoram Ginger Mission, a Rs 189.79 crore convergence-led initiative for ginger cultivation and value chain development in the state. The Union Minister highlighted that while Geographical Indication-certified Mizo Ginger contains 6-8 per cent oleoresin, compared with the global average of around 3 per cent, farmers today receive only Rs 8-15 per kilogram…