World acknowledged valour of Indian soldiers during Kargil war: Yogi

World acknowledged valour of Indian soldiers during Kargil war: Yogi

Saturday, 27 July 2024 | PTI | Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said here that the world acknowledged the indomitable valour and courage of Indian soldiers during the Kargil war. “Kargil war was imposed on India. Pakistan imposed this war on India by infiltrating Kashmir in a disguised manner. “But the result (of the war) was...

LG hosts dinner for world heritage committee delegates at Purana Qila

Saturday, 27 July 2024 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Thursday hosted a cultural evening cum dinner for the delegates of the 46th World Heritage Committee at the historic Purana Qila. Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat also attended the event. Speaking on the occasion, Saxena said that sustained efforts were...

SC raps MCD over ‘sorry state’ of solid waste management

Saturday, 27 July 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Over 3,000 tons of untreated solid waste per day in Delhi may lead to a “public health emergency”, the Supreme Court said on Friday while voicing concern over poor implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules in the national capital.               The apex court, which slammed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)...

DJB, PWD, MCD fail to resolve waterlogging in Capital, says BJP

Saturday, 27 July 2024 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Friday accused the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Public Works Department (PWD) and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in failing the residents of the national Capital in resolving the waterlogging crisis while accusing the AAP government of  ‘drain cleaning scam’. Sachdeva said, “Every year before monsoon...

Delhi Govt mulls concession for new vehicles registration post scrapping

Saturday, 27 July 2024 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

The Delhi Government is considering providing a concession in the Motor Vehicles Tax for the registration of new transport and non-transport vehicles, provided a certificate of deposit is submitted for an old vehicle handed over for scrapping at a Registered Vehicles Scrapping Facility (RVSF). Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Friday...

High drama inside Bihar Assembly

Friday, 26 July 2024 | PTI | Patna

There was high drama inside the Bihar assembly on Thursday as opposition members conducted parallel “proceedings” in the well, expressing their lack of confidence in the ruling dispensation led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Several legislators wore black scarves in protest against the CM’s disrespectful behaviour towards women MLAs the previous...

Women in Goa village tap Govt scheme to weave secure future

Friday, 26 July 2024 | PTI | Surla (Goa)

When a mining ban was imposed in Goa in 2012, the women in Surla village in Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s Sanquelim assembly constituency were the first to face its economic impact. Surrounded by iron ore mines, the village with a population of about 4,000 saw its men become jobless after the...

Bengal Assembly Speaker asks MLAs to behave responsibly

Friday, 26 July 2024 | PTI | Kolkata

A day after senior BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari was involved in a verbal spat with Trinamool Congress MLA Tapan Chatterjee on the assembly premises, Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay on Thursday asked legislators to behave responsibly. Adhikari had alleged that the TMC legislator abused him verbally and tried to assault him on the...

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