Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the nation on Panchayati Raj Day. In a social media post, He appreciated all those working at grassroots to transform rural India and ensure a better quality of life for the people. He said that the Government will continue to work to strengthen Panchayati Raj institutions and give wings to
The United States Senate has approved a controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in the US. The bill will now be handed over to US President, Joe Biden, who has vowed to sign it into law as soon as it reaches his desk. If that happens, ByteDance will have to seek approval
In Arunachal Pradesh, Repolling is being held at 8 polling stations of 4 Assembly constituencies in Arunachal West Parliamentary Constituency amidst tight security today. Voting began at 6 am in the morning and will continue till 2 PM. Scrutiny of Form 17A of these polling stations will be done immediately after the poll today.
In Tripura, prevailing heatwave conditions, the state government has decided to close all the schools for next four days. According to a press statement issued by Education (School) Secretary, N.C. Sharma, all government, government aided, schools under TTAADC and privately managed schools will remain closed from April 24-27 in the state.
Owing to unsuitable weather conditions in Delhi yesterday, 15 flights were diverted from the Indira Gandhi International Airport. Out of these flights, nine were diverted to Jaipur, two each to Amritsar and Lucknow, and one each to Mumbai and Chandigarh. The national capital experienced a sudden change in weather as rain
In IPL Cricket, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Chennai Super Kings by six wickets at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai last night. Lucknow overhauled the target of 211, reaching 213 for four, in 19.3 overs. Marcus Stoinis led the the Super Giants to victory, with his unbeaten century of 124 runs in just 63
Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO has successfully developed the lightest Bullet Proof Jacket in the country for protection against highest threat Level 6 of BIS ammunition. Recently, this bullet proof jacket was successfully tested at TBRL, Chandigarh. Ministry of Defence in a statement said, this jacket is based upon new design approach, where novel
President Droupadi Murmu, currently on a two-day visit to Uttarakhand, will be attending the convocation ceremony of the Indian Forest Service Probationers as the Chief Guest at the Forest Research Institute-FRI in Dehradun today. As many as 99 probationers from the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, along with two trainee officers from the
In a decisive move, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested the key accused in the 2022 Attari border narcotics haul case. In an official statement issued yesterday, NIA confirmed the arrest of the accused Tahseem alias Mota who is a resident of Shamli, Uttar Pradesh. NIA said that Customs officials intercepted around 103 kilograms
Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will take part in a public meeting at the Carmel College Ground at Punnapra in Alappuzha this morning. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi will hold corner meetings at three places in Wayanad constituency today.