Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said his sole aim was to end corruption and give good governance to the state’s people. Attacking the previous Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government, he said certain people had approached him with offers to follow its “give and take” policy. “In the very first month of formation […]
New Delhi, March 22 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged the nation to celebrate ‘Shaheedi Divas’ on Monday as “Desh Divas” (National Day) to mark the death of Bhagat Singh and his associates. “I appeal to the countrymen to celebrate this day as Desh Diwas,” said the activist-turned-chief minister in a video message […]
New Delhi, March 22 National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will sit down with China’s top diplomat, State Councillor Yang Jiechi, for the 18th round of Special Representative talks on the boundary question here on Monday. For Doval, who was named the Special Representative for the talks last November, it will be his first go at […]
All general retail shops in the Perth metropolitan area will be allowed to open from 8am until 6pm on Easter Monday, April 6, and the Anzac Day public holiday, April 27. Commerce Minister Michael Mischin said the decision provided more flexibility for retailers, who previously were only allowed to open between 11am to 5pm […]
New Delhi, March 19 Over 200 representatives of Panchayati Raj institutions and urban local bodies on Thursday urged the government to ensure people’s right to water and sanitation with the present context to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet initiative — Clean India Campaign. They said that though the government has set a target of making […]
New Delhi, March 19 The Congress asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday to “apologise” to farmers and to “withdraw” the land acquisition ordinance, calling it a “sinister attempt” to kill the spirit of the 2013 Land Act brought when the UPA was in power. In response to a letter from union Transport Minister Nitin […]
New Delhi, March 19 The Lok Sabha is likely to take up on Friday the cabinet-approved anti-black-money bill that proposes a short window to overseas income tax assessees to declare assets, pay tax and penalty and avoid imprisonment. A senior finance ministry official here told IANS on Thursday that the Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets […]
New Delhi, March 17 The Supreme Court, refusing to accept the central government’s view that Jats are a backward community, on Tuesday quashed the March 4, 2014, notification by the then UPA government extending reservations to the community’s members in nine states. Jat community leaders expressed shock at the verdict and some said they will seek […]
New Delhi, March 16 The Rajya Sabha on Monday witnessed a furore over Sharad Yadav’s remarks on women’s complexion, as sharp words were exchanged between the JD-U leader and Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani. The comments created a ruckus in the upper house after union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked the member to withdraw […]
N ew Delhi, March 15 Home Minister Rajnath Singh has assured Japan and Russia of “bilateral cooperation in disaster management” during bilateral meetings at the 3rd UN World Conference on disaster risk reduction, an official here said. The home minister exchanged views in bilateral meetings with ministers of Japan and Russia at the UN World […]