Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday held a press conference to showcase Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s outreach to poll-bound Punjab “in the true spirit of cooperative federalism” and to farmers. He said Modi on Thursday sanctioned 41 oxygen plants for...
Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Friday that the Centre is ready to resume talks with protesting farmer unions over provisions of the three contentious agricultural laws, though he ruled out a withdrawal of the reforms.
“The Government...
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that her government doesn't have any problem with Centre's 'One Nation, One Ration Card' scheme and that its implementation is under process. Her remarks came days after the Supreme Court...
India will work with Germany on a “convergent vision” of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region as part of enhanced strategic engagement between the two countries, foreign secretary Harsh Shringla said on Thursday.
Addressing an event to mark the release of a...
At least seven people were injured on Sunday in a mysterious blast in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, officials said.
The blast occurred near a bus stand in Tral in South Kashmir's Awantipora.
While six people suffered minor injuries, one person has...
Giving a point-by-point reply to senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's statement that 2020-2021 is the darkest year of the economy in four decades, finance minister of state Anurag Thakur on Wednesday issued a statement and said he is not...
The onset of monsoon over Kerala is likely to take place around June 3, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday, adding that monsoon presently was crossing Sri Lanka and had been there for two days.
As per the latest...
As cyclone Yaas is expected to hit the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal later on the afternoon of May 26, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that she will “monitor the situation closely” in the state...
Cyclone Yaas is likely to intensify into a “very severe cyclonic storm” and cross the Odisha and the West Bengal coasts on May 26, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.
A low pressure area formed over the east-central...
