Blind Cricket Match played at Sports Stadium Batapora Shopian
SHOPIAN: On the directions of Deputy Commissioner, Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya and Joint Director Youth Services and Sports Department, Bashir Ahmed, the Department of Youth Services and Sports District Shopian in collaboration with District Administration Shopian today organised a Blind Cricket Match, first of its kind at Sports Stadium Batpora here. The Match was inaugurated […]
Maharashtra: Eknath Shinde sworn in CM, Fadnavis takes oath as Dy CM
Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde was on Thursday sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister, while BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis took oath as deputy chief minister. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari administered the oath of office to them at Raj Bhavan in south Mumbai shortly after 7.30 pm. Shinde began by paying tributes to late Shiv Sena […]
Modi congratulates Shinde, Fadnavis
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Eknath Shinde on being sworn in as Maharashtra CM. He said that Shinde has rich political, legislative and administrative experience. “Confident that Eknath Shinde will work towards taking Maharashtra to greater heights,” he said. Modi also congratulated Devendra Fadnavis on taking oath as Maharashtra Deputy CM saying, he […]
Hegemony of one religion never been part of our culture, will never be: NHRC chief
New Delhi: NHRC chief justice (retd) Arun Kumar Mishra Thursday said ‘Sarva Dharma Sambhav’ or all religions are the same has been the ethos of India, and that the hegemony of one religion “has never been part of our culture, it never was and will never be”. In his address at the opening of a […]
Udaipur killing: NIA looking at role of radicalised groups, conspiracy angle
New Delhi: The NIA is looking into the role of “local self-radicalised” groups and other linkages of the two prime accused in the brutal killing of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal Teli, officials said on Thursday. The federal agency is waiting to get the custody of Riaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad so that it can begin […]
Seamless coordination among maritime security agencies needed: NSA Doval
New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday called for seamless coordination among various agencies involved in protecting India’s maritime interests, saying it will not be able to become the power it deserves to be in absence of a very strong maritime security apparatus. In the context of changing geopolitical scenario, Doval said the […]
Commoners unable to afford single domestic LPG cylinder refill: Congress slams govt over inflation
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday attacked the Centre over high prices of cooking gas, saying two Indias have been created – one, in which a selected few are getting richer, and the other, where common people are unable to afford even a single refill of domestic LPG cylinder. Sharing a media report which claimed […]
Rupee slips 3 paise to fresh low of 79.06
Mumbai: Sliding for the fifth straight session, the rupee fell 3 paise to close at a fresh lifetime low of 79.06 against the US dollar on Thursday amid a strong greenback overseas and unrelenting foreign fund outflows. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 78.92 against the greenback and witnessed an intra-day […]
Govt taking measures to help MSMEs increase exports: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government is taking measures to help small businesses increase exports and is framing new policies that will help the sector realise its potential. Launching several key initiatives for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) at the ‘Udyami Bharat’ programme, the Prime Minister emphasised that it […]
Rupee relatively better placed than other global currencies against dollar: FM
New Delhi: Amid the rupee declining against the US dollar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the Indian currency is relatively better placed than other global currencies against the greenback. Emerging market currencies have been falling against dollar amid geopolitical tensions in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, concerns over growth, high global crude […]
