President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday greeted fellow citizens on the eve of Parsi New Year and said the contribution of the Parsi community in social and national life is incomparable. In a message, the President said, “On the auspicious occasion of Parsi New Year, I extend my warm greetings and best wishes to all … Read more
President Ram Nath Kovind was on Saturday shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here for a planned bypass procedure which is expected to be performed on Tuesday, a statement issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan said. The president’s health condition is stable and he is under the care of experts, it said. Kovind, … Read more
New Delhi: The Centre has set the plan for redevelopment of Central Vista and construction of the new Central Secretariat rolling, with changes in the land use stipulations of the earlier plan to make way for the residential complexes in the heart of Delhi for the Prime Minister and the Vice President. The ministry of … Read more
New Delhi: The Centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that there was no arbitrariness or favouritism in selecting consultant for the Central Vista project, which covers 3-km stretch from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate in Lutyens’ Delhi, and the argument that government could have adopted a better process cannot be a ground to scrap … Read more
New Delhi: Seeking to allay concerns of farmers over a new set of laws amid continuing protests by some parties, senior union minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday assured the farm community that the MSP (minimum support price) will not only stay, it will be continuously increased too in coming years. He also hit out at … Read more
By Thomas Mathew Pranab Mukherjee – or Pranab-da, as many of us fondly called him — was a man who made the long journey as a small boy from Mirati, a village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, to Rashtrapati Bhavan, without ever losing his sense of equanimity and humility. Even as a doughty fighter of … Read more