Cabinet OKs supply of generic veterinary medicines at affordable rates under LHDC program

The programme includes distribution of high-quality and affordable generic veterinary medicines to farmers. Image for representation. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji The Cabinet on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) approved changes to the Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme to include distribution of high-quality and affordable generic veterinary medicines to farmers. The total budget provided for … Read more

Supreme Court issues contempt notice to Punjab official after State fails to implement 1996 pension scheme

The Punjab Privately Managed Affiliated and Punjab Government Aided Colleges Pensionary Benefits Scheme, 1996 was circulated vide memo dated December 18, 1996. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) issued a contempt notice to the Punjab Chief Secretary for failing to implement a three-decade-old pensionary benefits scheme … Read more

Cabinet approves two ropeway projects in Uttarakhand

Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Information and Broadcasting, Electronics & Information Technology. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Union Cabinet on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) approved the construction of two ropeways — 12.9 km ropeway from Sonprayag to Kedarnath and 12,4 km ropeway from Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib — in Uttarakhand. The 12.9 km … Read more

BSP appoints Randhir Beniwal its national coordinator after Mayawati’s brother turns down offer

BSP supremo Mayawati. File | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA The Bahujan Samaj Party on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) appointed Ramji Gautam and Randhir Beniwal as its national coordinator after Mayawati’s brother and the party’s national vice-president Anand Kumar expressed a desire to hold one post at a time. Mr. Kumar was recently given the additional … Read more

Meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and IT begins

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology commenced its meeting on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) at Parliament House Annexe. BJP MP and Committee Chairman Nishikant Dubey and officials from different ministries arrived for the meeting. The Committee will consider and adopt two draft Action … Read more

Panel seeks factual note on reports of telecom firms allowed to surrender spectrum

File picture of BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who heads the parliamentary committee | Photo Credit: ANI A parliamentary committee has sought a factual note from the Ministry of Communications on reports that its department of telecommunications allowed the surrender of spectrum acquired in auctions by telecom companies before 2022, sources said. In its communication to … Read more

Bofors deal: CBI sends judicial request to U.S., seeks information from private investigator Michael Hershman

The logo of the Central Bureau of Investigation at its headquarters in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI The CBI has sent a judicial request to the United States seeking information from private investigator Michael Hershman, who had expressed willingness to share with Indian agencies crucial details about the ₹64-crore Bofors bribery scandal of the … Read more

India’s security apparatus must remain adaptive to emerging threats: Rajnath

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inspects a light machine gun (LMG) at an exhibition during the DRDO-MHA Collaboration Conference-cum-Exhibition on advanced technologies for internal security, disaster relief operations, at DRDO Bhawan in New Delhi on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. DRDO Secretary Samir V. Kamat also seen. | Photo Credit: ANI India’s security apparatus must remain adaptive … Read more