Rajasthan Election Results 2023 | Magic has ended: Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat takes dig at Ashok Gehlot as trends show BJP edge

Rajasthan Election Results 2023 | Magic has ended: Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat takes dig at Ashok Gehlot as trends show BJP edge

Union Minister and BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Photo Credit: – With the initial poll trends giving an edge to the BJP in Rajasthan, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday took a jibe at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, saying people have come out of the spell of the “magician”.  Rajasthan Assembly election results … Read more

Water from Cauvery, due from Karnataka to T.N., crucial for standing kuruvai crops: CM Stalin writes to Union Minister

Water from Cauvery, due from Karnataka to T.N., crucial for standing kuruvai crops: CM Stalin writes to Union Minister

File photograph used for representational purposes only Pointing out that Tamil Nadu’s share of about 22.54 TMC of Cauvery water from Karnataka, has not been realised, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wrote to Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, requesting him to direct the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to issue directions to Karnataka to release … Read more

Jaipur institute identified as the first centre for earthquake safety of dams

Jaipur institute identified as the first centre for earthquake safety of dams

The number of specified dams in the country is over 5,500 and about 70 of them are those of national importance. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) in Jaipur has been identified as the National Centre for Earthquake Safety of Dams, the first centre of its kind in the … Read more

United Nations delegate describes India’s ‘Namami Gange’ mission as ‘beacon of hope’

United Nations delegate describes India’s ‘Namami Gange’ mission as ‘beacon of hope’

India has high ambitions for improving its water sector and the ‘Namami Gange’ mission for the rejuvenation of the country’s longest river is a “beacon of hope” and an inspirational story, a UN delegate highlighted at the ongoing water conference here. The UN 2023 Water Conference – formally known as the 2023 Conference for the … Read more

BJP appoints ministers as RS poll in-charges after Independents enter fray

BJP appoints ministers as RS poll in-charges after Independents enter fray

After Independent candidates filed nomination papers to force a contest in Rajya Sabha allegedly at the behest of BJP, the saffron party has not appointed union ministers as election in-charges in six states to ensure an upset for its political opponents. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has been appointed in-charge of Rajya Sabha polls in … Read more

Punjab polls: Amarinder Singh’s assets worth Rs 63.73 crore

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A farmhouse in Mohali’s Siswan, ancestral Moti Bagh Palace in Patiala, diamond and gold jewellery are among the total assets worth Rs 68.73 crore declared by former Punjab chief Minister Amarinder Singh during the filing of his papers for the Assembly polls here. Singh was accompanied by BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat during the submission … Read more

Dinesh Mongia, Fateh Bajwa join BJP ahead of Punjab Assembly polls

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Ahead of the Punjab Assembly election, former India cricketer Dinesh Mongia and sitting Congress MLA Fateh Singh Bajwa joined the BJP in New Delhi on Tuesday in the presence of Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Bajwa, MLA from Qadian, is the brother of senior Congress leader Pratap Singh Bajwa. Besides Bajwa, Balwinder Singh Laddi, sitting … Read more

Avalanche in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli, alert issued

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An avalanche occurred in an area close to the Niti valley near the Indo-China border in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Friday. Information was received about a part of a glacier collapsing beyond Sumna Chawki near Malari in the Niti valley, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) officials, who were on their way to the spot, said. No … Read more

If BJP lets in TMC men, Mamata government will fall: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

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New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders are making a beeline to join the BJP in West Bengal, said Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. While several high-profile leaders from the ruling party have already switched sides, many more are willing to do so, he said. “If BJP decides to open its gates for the TMC, the … Read more

Rajasthan: Amid reports of factionalism, first meeting of core BJP group on Sunday

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JAIPUR: The first meeting of a newly formed 16-member core group of the BJP, which has been put in place amid reports of factionalism in the party, will be held here on Sunday, a party leader said. The new group consists of BJP leader Satish Poonia, national vice president and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, … Read more