People from all walks of society in Odisha paid rich tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary on Wednesday. Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal along with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid homage to Gandhi at the state Assembly....
Noting that "single use" plastic is dangerous for the future of the country as well as the world, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday appealed to the people to shun polythene bags and use jute or cotton bags instead. "I appeal mothers and sisters to shun the use of polythene and use bags of jute ...
Army chief General Bipin Rawat met Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid highlighting threats in the Indian Ocean region, defence sources said on Wednesday. Rawat is on a five-day visit to Maldives beginning September 29 in order to boost military ties with the archipelago nation given its strategic importance ...
For nearly two months, the five-judge Constitution bench headed by the Chief Justice has been occupied in the intense hearing of a politically vexed case in recent history -- the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute. The sharp exchanges between the judges and the counsels, identical to a debate, ...
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday led a "padyatra" here to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The 'Gandhi Sandesh Yatra' began from Delhi Congress Office at Rouse Avenue and culminated three km away at Rajghat....
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday slammed the opposition for boycotting the special session of the state Assembly marking the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Speaking at the beginning of the special marathon session that will continue ...
While the spotlight on October 2 was on Mahatma Gandhi as it was his 150th birth anniversary, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, in a series of tweets remembered former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri as well, who shares his birth date with the Father of the nation. ...
The Madhya Pradesh government made top level changes in the police department here on Tuesday and reconstituted -- third time in 10 days -- the special investigation team (SIT) probing the honey-trap scandal. ...
With just 20 days to go for the vote to the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly, the Congress here on Tuesday announced 52 more candidates, which included former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan from Karad South and ex-Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's son Dheeraj Vilasrao Deshmukh from the Latur (rural seat)....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday led the nation in paying respect to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary by paying tribute to the Father of Nation at the Raj Ghat here. ...
