Junagadh, July 10 (IANS) The Union government is aiming to enable Airbus and cargo flight operations at Keshod Airport by 2027, Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said while chairing a review meeting of development projects in Junagadh on Friday, directing officials to accelerate work to meet the target. Mandaviya, the Member of Parliament from Porbandar and Union Minister for Labour and Employment, as well as Youth Affairs and Sports, chaired the meeting, which was attended by officials from vari…
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Gandhinagar, July 9 (IANS) Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday that India’s automobile industry has grown into the world’s third largest by value after overtaking Japan, with its size increasing from Rs 14 lakh crore to Rs 22 lakh crore. Addressing the inauguration of ‘Prawas 5.0’, the multimodal transport exhibition organised by the Bus and Car Operators Confederation of India (BOCI) in Gandhinagar, Gadkari added that the sector had become one of the countr…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Union government has unveiled the draft National Food Security (Amendment) Bill, 2026, inviting public comments as part of its consultation process to address long-standing inequities in foodgrain entitlements under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, particularly for households covered under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY).Under the NFSA, while AAY households constitute the poorest of the poor and are legally entitled to receive 35 kg of foodgrains per fami…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The Union government has extended two additional investment choices, which include the Aggressive Life Cycle Fund (LC-75) and the Balanced Life Cycle Fund (BLC), to employees of Central Autonomous Bodies covered under the National Pension Scheme (NPS), according to a Finance Ministry statement issued on Tuesday. Earlier, these additional investment choices were available only to Central government employees covered under NPS.These investment options have now been extende…
Bengaluru, July 7 (IANS) The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) General Body meeting, held on Tuesday at Palace Grounds in Bengaluru under the chairmanship of KPCC President B.K. Hariprasad, passed five resolutions, including a demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged theft of funds and valuables from the Ram Mandir Trust and a call for a Rs 10,000 crore special package from the Centre to tackle the drought situation in Karnataka. In a resolution on the …
Bengaluru, July 6 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, G. Parameshwara, said that the state is now facing a drought-like situation, and necessary instructions and directions have already been given to officials by him and Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, to effectively handle the drought, including ensuring drinking water for people and livestock and addressing fodder-related concerns.Speaking to the media near Vidhana Soudha on Monday, he said, “I have already held progress review meetings …
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Union government on applications filed by a member of the Delhi Gymkhana Club and the Club’s Staff Welfare Association challenging the Centre’s show cause notice seeking their eviction from the historic Lutyens’ Delhi premises.A single-judge Bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan sought the Centre’s response and posted the matter for further hearing on July 28 after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing virtually for the …
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A petition filed by Delhi Gymkhana Club member Vijay Khurana and the Club’s Staff Welfare Association in the Delhi High Court against an eviction notice issued by the Union government to the colonial-era club may come up for hearing on July 6, a lawyer said on Saturday. The High Court is likely to take up the petition on a day before the deadline for the Club to respond to a show-cause notice issued by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.The notice issued t…
Srinagar, July 4 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday expressed gratitude to the Union government for its prompt and positive response to concerns regarding the closure of Srinagar airport. The Chief Minister’s office has said, “The Chief Minister (Omar Abdullah) has expressed gratitude to the Union government for its prompt and positive response to the concerns regarding the proposed runway closure at Srinagar Airport.””The Chief Minister had personally taken up the…
Imphal, July 3 (IANS) Manipur Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and veteran tribal leader Vungzagin Valte’s mortal remains will be laid to rest on Saturday in Churachandpur district, 134 days after he succumbed to injuries sustained during the ethnic violence in the state, the Zomi Council, an apex tribal body, said on Friday. The body of the 62-year-old BJP leader, who belonged to the Zomi tribal community, has been kept at the Churachandpur District Hospital since it was brought from Delhi afte…