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Jaipur, April 13 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma stated that the youth are the driving force determining the direction and future of the nation. Emphasising the government’s commitment, he said the “double engine” government is working with a clear vision to empower youth, urging them to strive to achieve their dreams while assuring full government support.Addressing participants via video conferencing during the My Bharat Budget Quest: Rajasthan Youth Dialogue at the Raj…

Chikkamagaluru, April 13 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday asserted that the government’s welfare schemes are themselves a form of development, and maintained that the state’s financial condition remains better than that of the Centre despite the expenditure on these schemes.​ He was speaking after inaugurating a bridge across the backwaters of the Bhadra reservoir, connecting Handuru village to Narasimharajapura in Chikkamagaluru district, and launching and laying the…

Bengaluru, April 13 (IANS) The Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has announced a series of programmes across the state from April 13 to 20 to mark the birth anniversary of Constitution architect Bharat Ratna B. R. Ambedkar.​ Speaking to the media at the BJP state headquarters “Jagannath Bhavan” in Bengaluru on Monday, former Deputy Chief Minister and BJP MP Govind Karjol said the party has issued instructions to organise Ambedkar Jayanti events in all districts and taluks across…

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) As Parliament is set to reconvene to take up the Women’s Reservation Bill, also known as Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, women leaders across the political spectrum said on Monday that its passage would mark the culmination of a decades-long struggle for equal representation. Women leaders made these remarks while attending the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Sammelan’ at Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital. Many highlighted that the movement for women’s reservation has spanned mo…

Bengaluru, April 11 (IANS) Former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda slammed Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, alleging that the latter does not genuinely uphold the principles of social justice.​ Addressing the Greater Bengaluru JDS convention, the 93-year-old Deve Gowda remarked that the Chief Minister invokes the rhetoric of social justice primarily for political expediency.​He further stated that Siddaramaiah must introspect and question his own commitment to these ideals, accusing him…

Bhopal, April 11 (IANS) In a significant achievement for India’s cheetah reintroduction programme, a 25-month-old Indian-born female cheetah named Gamini has given birth to four healthy cubs in the wild at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.​ Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupendra Yadav, described the event as a “Kuno milestone moment” and a proud achievement for the nation. Announcing the news on Saturday, the minister said that this is the first recorded …

Durgapur, April 11 (IANS) As the highly-anticipated West Bengal Assembly elections draw near, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said that the BJP would emerge victorious in the state, saying that the “lotus will bloom even in coal mines.” She further added that people across Bengal including youth, women, and farmers have witnessed what she described as the ruthless image of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Speaking to reporters, Rekha Gupta said, “This time, the lotus will bloom…

Indore, April 10 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla on Friday said that Madhya Pradesh is moving ahead with plans to set up a special regional medical hub along the Indore-Ujjain corridor, aimed at strengthening healthcare services and promoting medical tourism.​ Speaking at a stakeholder consultation workshop on the proposed Health and Wellness Tourism Corridor in Indore, Shukla said the initiative is part of a national vision under PM Modi to develop specialised medical hubs across…

Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that it does not matter how much the West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, and the Trinamool Congress might try to protect illegal infiltrators after being elected by their voters, they will never succeed in their mission this time. “No matter how hard Mamata Banerjee tries, we will identify and expel the illegal infiltrators one by one from the state. The infiltrators are taking jobs from the unemployed and surviving…

Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency has applied to the court for the custody of 47 accused arrested in the Kaliachak incident, an official of the central investigation agency said.​ About 12 First Information Reports have already been filed in this incident. Incidentally, the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Malda district had already remanded those arrested in this incident to police custody. ​Later, the court ordered that the 46 accused be placed in judicial …