Indo-Pacific regional dialogue set to begin on October 3

Indo-Pacific regional dialogue set to begin on October 3

Tuesday, 01 October 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Situation in the strategically important Indo-Pacific region will figure prominently during the three-day conference here starting October three.  More than 20 countries will take part in the annual apex-level international Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue(IPRD), organized by the Indian Navy. Giving details, officials said here on Monday, in focusing upon “Resource-Geopolitics and Security...

Big fat Indian weddings to drive Rs 5.9 lakh crore expenditure this festive season

Tuesday, 01 October 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

The big fat Indian wedding season starting from November 12, 2024, is set to witness 48 lakh weddings, generating business worth Rs 5.9 lakh crore. The estimated figure is based on the data collected from 75 cities across the country who are dealing with wedding-related goods and services. The national...

Stakes high for BJP in third phase of polling in J and K

Monday, 30 September 2024 | Mohit Kandhari | Jammu

The high-octane campaigning for the third and final phase of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir came to an end on Sunday with the voting set to be undertaken across 40 Assembly segments on October 1. Across the Jammu region where polling is scheduled to take place on 24 out of...

Memorial for P Keshava Dev takes shape

Monday, 30 September 2024 | Kumar Chellappan | KOCHI

More than four decades after his demise, a memorial for P Keshava Dev, Malayalam literature’s eternal rebel and social reformer, is becoming a reality. V D Satheeshan, Leader of the Opposition in Kerala Legislative Assembly, who inaugurated a Cultural Yathra from the dilapidated residence of the winner of National Academy...

Himachal Minister reaffirms Congress loyalty after vendor ID remarks

Monday, 30 September 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi/Shimla

Himachal Pradesh Minister Vikramaditya Singh met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and assured him about being steadfast to the party’s ideology and principles, sources said on Sunday. The meeting on Saturday evening came amid a row over Singh’s recent remarks that it would be mandatory for street vendors to display their identity...

Change needed in Haryana: Kejriwal

Monday, 30 September 2024 | Parvesh Sharma | Gurugram

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, while addressing a public rally on Sunday, said the BJP had been intentionally putting him behind bars in a false case and it was time for voters to put the BJP out of power. Kejriwal also claimed...

PM launches projects worth Rs  11,200 crore in Assembly poll-bound Maharashtra

Monday, 30 September 2024 | T N RAGHUNATHA | Mumbai

In a slew of development initiatives aimed at giving a boost to  prospects of the BJP-led MahaYuti (grand alliance) in the forthcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone, inaugurated and dedicated to the nation various projects, including the inauguration of the Pune Metro...

Bihar Government issues flood alert amid heavy water discharge

Monday, 30 September 2024 | Pioneer News Service | Patna

Bihar government has sounded an alert for flood in northern and central parts of the State following heavy discharge of water from Birpur barrage on Sunday, officials said. A total of 6.61 lakh cusecs of water was released from Birpur barrage on Kosi river till 5 am, the highest in 56...

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