Pilgrims on their way to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath at Baltal in Ganderbal district of central Kashmir. File. | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD The 38-day annual pilgrimage to 3,880 metres high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir will commence on July 3, an official spokesperson said on Wednesday (March 5, 2025). … Read more
A general view of the Supreme Court . | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Supreme Court on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) set aside an National Green Tribunal order directing the district magistrate to pay a ₹20 lakh compensation to the kin of the persons who died in a blast at a firecrackers unit in … Read more
The Taj Trapezium Zone, an area of 10,400 square-kilometre approximately, spreads across Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, Hathras, and Etah districts in Uttar Pradesh and Bharatpur district in Rajasthan. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) directed the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) authority to appoint Forest Research Institute to carry out … Read more
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
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
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
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath speaks in the House during the Budget session of State Assembly, in Lucknow, on March 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) asked the Samajwadi Party to take a stand on the controversial remarks made by one of its … Read more
Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi meets porters (coolies), at New Delhi Railway Station on Saturday. | Photo Credit: X/@Congress Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) said porters at the New Delhi Railway Station risked their lives to help people during the stampede last month, but their voices were not … Read more
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
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