Senior bureaucrat Alka Upadhyaya has been appointed as the chairperson of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Saturday. Upadhyaya, a 1990-batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, is currently Additional Secretary, Department of Rural Development. Sanjay Bandopadhyay, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping … Read more
The TMC on Sunday urged the Centre to extend its free ration scheme under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) for another six months amid reports that the programme might be discontinued after November 30. The scheme was launched in March last year, after the COVID-19 pandemic struck, leaving lakhs of people in distress. … Read more
Around 92% of the doses were administered at government hospitals and vaccination centres. Inoculations on Tuesday crossed the 50-lakh mark with 51.34 lakh doses having been administered till late evening. With this, the tally of total doses administered in the country in the new phase, which began on Monday, rose to 1.39 crore. On Monday, … Read more
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said the Centre and the state government are committed to restoring the ancient glory of Ayodhya and large scale development work is being undertaken for this. At a meeting held to review the work for integrated tourism development of the Ayodhya Dham, the chief minister directed … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Congress will launch agitations in states against the contentious farm legislation that the Modi government has pushed through, and will try to mobilise like-minded opposition parties on a common platform. The AICC has already advised the Pradesh Congress Committees (PCSs) to take up the matter among the masses. The fact many usually … Read more