India is a vast South Asian country with diverse terrain – from Himalayan peaks to Indian Ocean coastline – and history reaching back 5 millennia. In the north, Mughal Empire landmarks include Delhi’s Red Fort complex, massive Jama Masjid mosque and Agra’s iconic Taj Mahal mausoleum. Pilgrims bathe in the Ganges in Varanasi, and Rishikesh is a yoga center and base for Himalayan trekking.
March 8, 2022, 11:06 pm New Delhi, March 8 : The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday dismissed some “irresponsible comments” on the death of India’s envoy in Palestine, Mukul Arya, and said he died of natural causes. The MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi, in a short statement, also urged that the young diplomat’s demise be … Read more
Bengaluru, March 8 : Taking on former chief minister Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said the root cause for Karnataka picking up debt was the misrule by Congress. “Because of the loans you (Congress) raised, we (Karnataka) have picked up debts. If you had given good administration, we would not have picked up … Read more
March 8, 2022, 9:09 pm Patna, Mar 8 : Bihar Government on Tuesday announced that arrangements for imparting training to women were being made to enable them to get vast opport ties of self employment. Agriculture Minister Amrendra Pratap Singh while replying to debate in Assembly on budgetary demand of his department for the financial … Read more
March 8, 2022, 10:05 pm Kolkata, Mar 8 : West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday issued a stern warning to some leaders who were not “adhering to party discipline. Addressing the party’s extended organizational meeting at Nazrul Mancha here, Banerjee said without naming anyone, “No matter how greata … Read more
March 8, 2022, 9:52 pm New Delhi, March 8 : Referring to the ancient relations between India and Iran, Ali Chegeni, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to India, said on Tuesday that many issues will be resolved, if the Brahmins of India and the intellectuals of Iran get together. Speaking at the release … Read more
March 8, 2022, 9:48 pm Lucknow, March 8 : Leveling a serious allegation that the Chief Minister’s office is trying to influence counting of votes, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav said that elections are the last battle of democracy and there is a need to stand up to save democracy. “I have definite information … Read more
March 8, 2022, 9:22 pm New Delhi, March 8 : Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are likely to hold their sitting simultaneously from 11 a.m, sources said on Tuesday. The timing of sittings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were changed due to the Covid-19 pandemic as both houses held staggered sittings during the first … Read more
March 8, 2022, 8:17 pm Panaji, March 8 : The Election Commission has made a foolproof arrangement for counting of votes polled for the Assembly elections held on February 14 in Goa. According to North Goa District Election Officer Ajit Roy, counting of votes will start at 0800 hrs in the morning on March 10. … Read more
March 8, 2022, 9:27 pm New Delhi, March 8 : Army Chief Gen MM Naravane on Tuesday presented the USI MacGregor Memorial Medal to four awardees- two from the Indian Army and one each from Indian Navy and Indian Airforce for their outstanding achievements in operational reconnaissance and extreme adventure sports. The award ceremony was … Read more
March 8, 2022, 7:39 pm New Delhi, March 8 : Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on Tuesday interacted with around 50,000 women from 1784 Police Beats across the city, on the occasion of International Women Day, a hybrid platform ‘Tarangini’. This was the first-ever interaction of the CP with women through video-conferencing to discuss their … Read more
March 8, 2022, 8:09 pm New Delhi, March 8 : Congress on Tuesday accused Delhi government of neglecting women-related issues. It alleged that owing to the AAP government’s ‘anti-women policies’ and ‘programmes’, the women of the city feel the most harassed, alienated and neglected. “Thousands of women ad-hoc teachers, anganwadi workers/helpers, nurses and doctors have … Read more
March 8, 2022, 8:03 pm New Delhi, March 8 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called upon women to encourage people to use local products saying ‘Vocal for Local’ campaign is “deeply connected with women empowerment.” “Vocal for Local has become a big topic for the economy, but it has a very deep connection … Read more
March 8, 2022, 7:13 pm Tirupati, March 8 : Comm st Party of India (CPI) national secretary K Narayana demanded on Tuesday the Andhra Pradesh government should immediately implement the AP High Court verdict to honour the agreement with farmers on the Amaravati capital issue. In a media statement issued from Chennai, the CPI secretary … Read more
March 8, 2022, 7:08 pm Bengaluru, March 8 : As many as 560 Karnataka students have returned to the state from war-ravaged Ukraine till Tuesday. Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority(KSDMA) Commissioner and Nodal Officer Manoj Rajan informed that 57 students returned today, and on March 3, as many as 104 students returned to the state, … Read more
March 8, 2022, 6:55 pm New Delhi, March 8 : With local coal firing up thermal plants, coal imports fell 20 per cent year-on-year during April-December period of 2021 despite surge in power demand. “Imports of all grades of Non Coking Coal has come down to 117.507 Million Ton (MT) during April-December 2021 from 147.85 … Read more
March 8, 2022, 7:18 pm Kolhapur, Mar 8 : Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana national president and former MP Raju Shetty announced that he has decided to call off their indefinite ‘dharna’ agitation on 15th day on Tuesday, after Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut gave an assurance to him of studying their main demand of 10-hour electricity … Read more
March 8, 2022, 6:35 pm Panaji, March 8 : Ahead of counting of votes polled for Assembly elections in Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. In a tweet, Dr Sawant said he briefed the Prime Minister about the strong performance of Bharatiya Janata Party in … Read more
March 8, 2022, 7:23 pm Srinagar, March 8 : A mother-son duo allegedly killed eight-year-old child, whose body was found from the nearby woods in Kupwara district on Tuesday, police said. Bothe the accused have been arrested, the police added. The deceased has been identified as Talib Hussain, son of Manzoor Ahmad Khan, who had … Read more
March 8, 2022, 7:40 pm Itanagar, Mar 8 : Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig (Retd) Dr BD Mishra along with Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday reviewed the progress of ongoing construction of Greenfield Airport at Hollongi, about 15 km from the State capital. Paying a visit to the project site and holding a meeting with … Read more
March 8, 2022, 7:28 pm New Delhi, March 8 : India and the European on held the inaugural Consultations on Africa, and explored opport ties for further collaboration and consultation in the region. The talks were held in virtual mode on Monday, following the discussions during the India-EU Leaders’ Summit held on May 8, 2021. … Read more
March 8, 2022, 6:03 pm Ranchi, Mar 8 : Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday said that the state government is committed to walk together with every women of the state. Addressing a function organised on the occasion of International Women’s Day at the project building here he said that time was right for … Read more
March 8, 2022, 5:48 pm Aurangabad / Mumbai, Mar 8 : NCP’s Maharashtra chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase on Tuesday slammed the (Narendra) Modi government over its tall claims of economic growth made earlier, saying they are now slowly being exposed. The country seems to be going through the phase of stagflation where the growth rate … Read more
March 8, 2022, 6:55 pm New Delhi/Kyiv, March 8 : All Indian students stranded in Sumy were on Tuesday moved out of the eastern Ukrainian city and are en-route to the central city of Poltava, the MEA said. The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi in a tweet also said that the Indian students … Read more
March 8, 2022, 6:46 pm New Delhi, March 8 : Praising Delhi Commission for Women(DCW) on the occasion of International Women’s Day, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the commission has done a phenomenal job and made a huge impact among residents of the national capital since his government came to power. “One of the … Read more
March 8, 2022, 6:46 pm Panaji, March 8 : Ahead of the counting of votes polled for assembly elections in Goa on February 14, All India Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee arrived in the state on Wednesday. He was accompanied by TMC MP Derek O’ Brien. According to sources, poll strategist Prashant Kishor … Read more
March 8, 2022, 6:33 pm Shantipur (West Bengal), Mar 8 : At least 10 people were seriously injured when a bus, in which they were travelling, was hit by a truck at Govindapur on National Highway 34 in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Tuesday, official sources said. All the injured people have been admitted to … Read more
March 8, 2022, 6:23 pm Lucknow, March 8 : The Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Samajwadi Party MP Mohammad Azam Khan in a forgery case. Azam Khan, who is MP from Rampur, is lodged in Sitapur jail for the past two years on the charges of several cases of … Read more
March 8, 2022, 4:49 pm Madurai, March 8 : Madurai Lok Sabha MP Su.Venkatesan on Tuesday requested Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to take a decision for full waiver of education loans granted to Indian students studying at Ukraine and advise banks to return their collateral securities. In a letter to Sitharaman, Venkatesan said he wish … Read more
March 8, 2022, 4:41 pm Patna, Mar 8 ( ) Bhartiya Janta Party and Janta Dal (U), the alliance partners of National Democratic Alliance ( NDA) declared the names of the candidates on Tuesday for Biennial Elections to Bihar Legislative Council from 24 Local Authorities’ Constituencies slated on April 4. Of the 24 seats, the … Read more
March 8, 2022, 5:32 pm Bengaluru, March 8 : Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said the body of Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar, an Indian student killed in Ukraine, will be brought back when the Russian shelling stops. “I spoke to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and he said that Naveen’s body has been embalmed … Read more
March 8, 2022, 5:31 pm Chandigarh, March 8 : Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who also holds Finance portfolio, presented a Rs 1,77,255.99 crore budget for the year 2022-23 in the Vidhan Sabha, here on Tuesday. Vidhan Sabha Speaker Gian Chand Gupta announced the constitution of eight Committees on various topics to get the … Read more
March 8, 2022, 5:13 pm Patna, Mar 8 ( ) Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha on Tuesday asked the Treasury bench to review the existing land registration provision to make it transparent and corruption free and inform the house. Intervening into the reply to a call attention of Vijay Kumar Khemka being made by … Read more
March 8, 2022, 5:01 pm Vijayawada, March 8 : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said that his government has redefined the welfare delivery system through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and has given a place of pride to women of the state socially, economically and politically. Addressing a meeting organised on the occasion … Read more
March 8, 2022, 5:39 pm Agartala, March 8 : on Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday laid the foundation of National Forensic Science versity’s (NFSU) first campus in Northeast India at Srinagar on the city’s southern outskirts. This is the third campus of the versity in the country. The Tripura government has allotted around 70 … Read more
March 8, 2022, 5:38 pm Chandigarh, March 8 : Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who is also the Finance Minister of the state, on Tuesday dedicated the budget for the year 2022-23 presented in the Vidhan Sabha to women. In the direction of women’s empowerment, the Chief Minister gave many significant gifts to women … Read more
March 8, 2022, 4:57 pm Kolkata, Mar 8 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday effected a minor reshuffle to her 10-month-old ministry allocating additional charge of the department of Urban Development and M cipal Affairs to her close aide Firhad Hakim. Chandrima Bhattacharya, who was so long the Minister of State for … Read more
March 8, 2022, 4:37 pm Shahjahanpur (UP), March 8 : The Income Tax department (I-T) has launched searches at the residence and factory of Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and businessman Vinay Agarwal on Tuesday. The IT team reached the residence and the factory of Agarwal in the morning and searches continued till afternoon. It is … Read more
March 8, 2022, 2:54 pm Ranchi, Mar 8 : Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais and Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday extended their greetings on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The Governor extended his best wishes to all the women on the occasion of International Women’s Day through Twitter. He said that today women are … Read more
March 8, 2022, 2:47 pm New Delhi, March 8 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on Wednesday a PIL seeking a direction that the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips be verified before votes recorded in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are counted in the five state assembly elections. Senior advocate Meenakshi … Read more
March 8, 2022, 4:00 pm Kyiv/New Delhi, March 8 : The Indian Embassy in Kyiv on Tuesday said it has intervened to evacuate 75 Indian sailors stranded in Mykolaiv Port, in southern Ukraine. The Indian Embassy said that yesterday it arranged buses to evacuate 57 sailors, including two Lebanese and three Syrians. Due to “constraints” … Read more
March 8, 2022, 4:36 pm Agartala, March 8 : on Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday inspected the single-row wire fencing along the India-Bangladesh border in Sabroom of Tripura. Accompanied by on Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Shah visited one of the oldest border outposts at Kathalcherri of South Tripura and inspected the three-kilometre stretch … Read more
March 8, 2022, 4:22 pm Srinagar, March 8 : A senior Indian Army officer on Tuesday asked the people of Kashmir to question those who sponsor terrorists indulging in “mindless killings”, the like of which left two persons, including a 20-year-old woman, dead recently here. General-officer-Commanding of the Srinagar-based Chinar Corps, Lt Gen Devendra Pratap … Read more
March 8, 2022, 4:17 pm Wanaparthy, March 8 : Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Tuesday said that the teaching in English medium will begin in all the government schools in the state from the next academic year. Speaking after launching “Mana ooru-mana Badi (our Village, our school) programme here, Rao said that the … Read more
March 8, 2022, 4:17 pm Mumbai, March 8 : On International Women’s Day, Bollywood actor Katrina Kaif on Tuesday shared a post featuring her sisters. Sharing on her Instagram with the hashtag sisters, the ‘Sooryavanshi’ actor captioned,”A lot of women in one family #womensday #sisters,” with smiling face and girls with bunny ears emojis. Katrina’s … Read more
March 8, 2022, 3:26 pm Lucknow, March 8 : Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday led an impressive ‘Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon’ march organised by the party to mark the International Women’s Day here. Thousands of people, specially women and children, participated in the march which started from Gomti Nagar area. The enthusiastic … Read more
March 8, 2022, 3:15 pm Daltonganj, Mar 8 : A team of the Anti Corruption Bureau on Tuesday arrested an Assistant Sub Inspector posted in Padwa Police Station of Palamu district in Jharkhand while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000. The arrested Police Officer has been identified as Munna Lal Jamuda. The man … Read more
March 8, 2022, 2:59 pm New Delhi, March 8 : Former Assam MLA and BJP leader Shiladitya Dev has alerted the Centre over the alleged issue of Indian passports to Bangladeshi nationals in the state on the strength of Aadhaar and PAN cards they manage to get in their name, calling it a serious breach … Read more
March 8, 2022, 4:51 pm President Kovind presents the Nari Shakti Puraskars for the years 2020 and 2021 on the occasion of International Women’s Day in New Delhi on tuesday.
March 8, 2022, 3:49 pm Mumbai, March 8 : Seeking to help over 40 crore feature phone users in the country to make digital payments even without internet connection, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Tuesday launched ‘UPI123PAY’, a three-step process to complete digital transactions in a secure way. The move would … Read more
March 8, 2022, 3:47 pm Agartala, Mar 8 : on Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday applauded Tripura’s Biplab Kumar Deb-led government for ushering in overall development within a short span of time and sought another term for the BJP to put it among the best-governed states in the country. “In this term, because of … Read more