Thu, 02 Dec 2021 20:47:10
New Delhi : Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday alleged that the Central Government has been reducing the budget of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ever since it came into power.
Kharge alleged, "The budget under MNREGA was Rs 1,10,000 crore in 2020-21 has now come down to Rs 73,000 Crore".
"Modi government has been making cuts in
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Thu, 02 Dec 2021 20:45:26
As many as three primary contacts and two secondary contacts of the 46-year-old male, who was tested positive for COVID-19 with Omicron variant, were tested positive between November 22 and 25.
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has informed that their samples have been sent for genome sequencing and the results are awaited.
Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that two cases of
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Thu, 02 Dec 2021 20:43:14
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met the 12 Rajya Sabha MPs from the opposition parties who were suspended from the ongoing winter session of Parliament.
The 12 suspended MPs sat on 'dharna' (sit-in demonstration) demanding revocation of their suspension from the House during the Winter session of the Parliament.
The Wayanad MP also staged a protest at the Gandhi statue inside Parlia
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Thu, 02 Dec 2021 20:39:58
: Ahead of the 2022 Assembly polls in Punjab, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday guaranteed quality education and an amount of Rs 1 crore to the family of the state's soldiers killed in the line of duty, after the party comes to power in the state.
Kejriwal also guaranteed to pay "respectable salary" to the government school teachers in
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Thu, 02 Dec 2021 20:33:25
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin will review the state of bilateral ties and discuss ways to further strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries at their summit talks on December 6, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the 21st India-Russia summit in Delhi will offer an opportunity to t
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Thu, 02 Dec 2021 20:30:58
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed concern on rising air pollution in Delhi-NCR and granted 24 hours deadline to the Centre and Delhi government to come up with a serious plan for implementation of pollution control measures.
A Bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant asked the Centre and Delhi government to "take a hard look at the situation and com
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Thu, 02 Dec 2021 20:28:32
After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 'there is no UPA' remark, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday claimed that no political alliance is possible against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) without the Congress.
Briefing media persons, the Congress leader said, "Those who want to join us should come with us and those who don't want to join us are free to do so. Our fight is
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Thu, 02 Dec 2021 20:26:28
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced the T20I and ODI squads for the home series against West Indies, which will be played in Karachi from December 13.
From the 18 players who were part of the recently-concluded T20I series against Bangladesh, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik have been left out, while fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain has been added to the 15-man
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Thu, 02 Dec 2021 20:20:19
India's quota of Haj pilgrims has increased and India now sends the second highest number of pilgrims for Haj after Indonesia, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Thursday.
Naqvi was replying to an issue of public importance raised by DMK leader TR Baalu. Baalu questioned why the ferrying point of Haj pilgrims has been changed from Chennai to Kochi in Tamil Nadu.
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