Union Minister and BJP candidate from Amethi constituency Smriti Irani offers prayers at the Ram Mandir, in Ayodhya. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday visited the Ram temple and Hanumangarhi temple in Ayodhya. Speaking to reporters, the minister said that she prayed for the good health of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, progress of the nation … Read more
Dilip Ray. File. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former Union Minister and hotelier Dilip Ray, whose conviction in coal scam case was stayed by Delhi High Court on Monday, is likely to contest Assembly election from Rourkela on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. Former Union Minister for Tribal Affairs and Sundargarh BJP Lok Sabha candidate Jual … Read more
Reacting to Zomato’s plans of rolling out a ‘pure veg fleet’, the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU), a body that works for the welfare of gig workers, sought to know whether the food delivery app would also filter out delivery workers who are vegetarian. TGPWU president Shaik Salauddin, in a statement, said: “If … Read more
Members of the CITU-affiliated Power-loom Workers’ Union on Friday staged a 24-hour hunger strike in Sircilla demanding urgent steps by the government to place fresh orders for production of Bathukamma saris and other fabric to mitigate the financial woes of the power-loom workers in the textile town. Addressing the demonstrators, the union leaders said thousands … Read more
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Six Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs who voted against party nominee Abhishek Manu Singhvi in the Rajya Sabha elections, along with three Independent lawmakers, have shifted to a hotel in BJP-ruled Uttarakhand amid an ongoing rebellion against Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. Two BJP … Read more
Union Minister of Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw. File | Photo Credit: PTI Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, launched India’s fastest and indigenously-designed IP/MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) router on March 9 in Bengaluru. MPLS is a routing technique in telecommunications networks that directs data from one … Read more
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. Photo: Facebook/mansukhmandviya Organ failure has become a health crisis in the country with a huge gap between available donors and patients requiring organ transplants, Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare has said. In a letter to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, he said to reduce the … Read more
A marching contingent from Vietnam participating in the City Parade of MILAN-2024 seen marching down the Beach Road , in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU Union Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said that Visakhapatnam has to be praised for its stand on various national and international maritime programmes that enhance … Read more
Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai on Tuesday said Union Minister for Housing, Urban Affairs and Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri, at a party event, shed light on how India has transformed from “women-centric development” to “women-led development”, and the achievements of the various Ministries of the Central government. Mr. Annamalai thanked Mr. … Read more
Revanth Reddy | Photo Credit: ANI Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka flew to New Delhi on Monday in a special flight from Begumpet to attend a wedding and also some scheduled meetings with Union Ministers on Tuesday. Industries and IT Minister D. Sridhar Babu also joined them in New … Read more