Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday criticised the Congress’ decision to sing only two stanzas of Vande Mataram at party events, calling it “anti-national” and alleging that the move was driven by the party’s “appeasement” politics. Speaking to reporters in Dehradun, Dhami said the Congress Working Committee’s decision to sing the national song Read More…
New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday night said its answer key challenge system is designed to ensure fairness for all candidates and rejected concerns that the process is expensive. The answer key challenge is an online process through which candidates appearing for examinations such as JEE Main, NEET and UGC-NET can raise Read More…
New Delhi: Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, who is on an official visit to India, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, with the two sides discussing ways to further strengthen bilateral defence and security cooperation. During the meeting, Modi recalled his recent discussions with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during her visit to India Read More…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for closer engagement among government departments, universities and young people to bring fresh ideas and perspectives into policymaking. Chairing the third high-level meeting with Secretaries to the Government of India, Modi emphasised the need for effective use of artificial intelligence in governance while stressing that human Read More…
Kathmandu: The Nepal government has directed public institutions to give preference to locally produced goods and services while making official purchases, officials said on Thursday. The move has been taken under the direction of Prime Minister Balendra Shah to promote the use of domestic products across government establishments. The directive requires government offices to implement Read More…
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday. The Prime Minister’s Office shared a post on X confirming the meeting. “Chief Minister of Assam, Shri @himantabiswa met Prime Minister @narendramodi,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in the post.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Hakainde Hichilema on his re-election as the President of Zambia. In a post on X, Prime Minister Modi extended his “heartiest congratulations” to Hichilema on his re-election and said that India greatly values its multifaceted partnership with Zambia. Modi expressed his desire to work closely with President Read More…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that revenue authorities cannot review their own concluded quasi-judicial orders unless such a power is specifically conferred on them by law. The ruling came in State of West Bengal v. Jai Hind Pvt. Ltd. (2026), where the court examined whether revenue authorities empowered under Section 57A of the Read More…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on the occasion of his birth anniversary. In a post on X, Prime Minister Modi remembered the former Prime Minister and paid tribute to him. “On the occasion of his birth anniversary, paying homage to former Prime Minister of Read More…
Imphal: The Manipur government on Wednesday announced that all educational institutions across the state will remain closed for three days from August 20, citing the prevailing law-and-order situation. The decision came amid protests in several parts of Manipur’s valley districts over demands for an update of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) before the Census Read More…