Lieutenant Rangaswamy Madhavan Pillai, a veteran of the Indian National Army (INA), celebrated his 99th birthday on Thursday (March 13, 2025) by laying wreaths at the National War Memorial and the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on Kartavya Path. The wreath-laying ceremony organised by the Army was attended by senior military personnel and the … Read more
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development has accused the government of failing to identify “genuine beneficiaries” for its flagship rural housing scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), since the scheme still relies on 14-year-old data from Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) of 2011 to find beneficiaries. In its report tabled on Wednesday, the panel headed … Read more
People’s Conference MLA Sajjad Lone speaks during the Budget session of Assembly, in Jammu, on March 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI J&K People’s Conference (JKPC) chief and MLA Sajad Lone on Thursday (March 13, 2025) said the current reservation policy was being used as a tool “to exclude Kashmiri-speaking population from power structure and … Read more
The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has written to Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya demanding an amendment to the Payment of Gratuity Act to enhance the maximum gratuity ceiling limit from the present ₹20 lakh to ₹25 lakh. The CITU has reasoned that the private sector workers should also get the Union government’s recent … Read more
File picture of Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma. | Photo Credit: PTI Byrnihat, consistently India’s most polluted city since 2023, seems to be caught between two States. An industrial town straddling the Assam-Meghalaya boundary, Byrnihat is about 30 km from Assam’s principal city Guwahati and 70 km from Meghalaya’s capital Shillong. The town is also the … Read more
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh | Photo Credit: ANI Raising national security concerns about Airtel and Jio’s new partnerships with Elon Musk’s Starlink, the Congress on Thursday (March 13, 2025) alleged that these agreements have been orchestrated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “buy goodwill” with U.S. President Donald Trump. The Opposition party said that red … Read more
Photo used for representation purpose only. Voicing concern over poor utilisation of funds, a parliamentary panel has said the Department of Water Resource, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, utilised only around 58% of the revised allocation of ₹21,640.88 crore for 2024-25 by the end of December 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Voicing concern over poor … Read more
In its report, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development said the suspension of funds to West Bengal under MGNREGS and other schemes has led to “severe consequences”, including a sharp increase in distress migration and disruptions in rural development initiatives. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Congress on Thursday (March 13, 2025) highlighted the … Read more
A speeding car hit four people in the Rajpur Road area in Dehradun on Wednesday (March 12, 2025) night, killing them on the spot. Senior Superintendent of Police, Dehradun, Ajay Singh, said that the driver fled from the spot along with the car after the incident. Mr. Singh said that the incident took place near … Read more
Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: PTI Security forces have arrested two terror associates in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, officials said on Thursday (March 13, 2025). Based on specific intelligence input, a search operation was launched by security forces at Gandbal-Hajin Road in the north Kashmir district on Wednesday, the officials said. … Read more