Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday awarded free two-wheelers to students who topped the Class 12 board examinations in government schools across the state, celebrating their academic excellence under the Free e-Scooty/ICES Scheme. This year, a total of 7,832 meritorious students from various districts were recognized for their achievements in the 2024-25...
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday strongly condemned the Congress-led Karnataka government for its proposal to rename Bengaluru’s Shivajinagar metro station after St Mary, calling it an “insult to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.” Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recently announced that the government would consider the renaming following a request made during the annual feast...
New Delhi: Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has received a major legal relief as the Delhi High Court protected her personality rights, preventing the unauthorized use of her name, images, and likeness. The actress had approached the court seeking protection against misuse of her personal attributes, including through emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI). Justice...
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced the expansion of the Fast Track Immigration – Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP) to five additional airports, significantly boosting the ease of travel and speeding up immigration processes across India. The programme is now operational at Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram, Trichy, Calicut, and Amritsar airports, furthering Prime Minister...
Gandhinagar: Gujarat has extended significant assistance to flood-affected Punjab and Chhattisgarh by dispatching a special relief train carrying over 400 tonnes of food, medicines, and essential supplies, along with financial aid of ₹10 crore. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel flagged off the special train from Gandhinagar railway station, underlining Gujarat’s commitment to supporting states in times...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India and Mauritius will soon work towards enabling trade in local currency, further deepening their economic and strategic ties. The announcement came during Modi’s high-profile bilateral talks with visiting Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam in Varanasi on September 11. The two leaders held wide-ranging discussions covering economic cooperation, infrastructure...
Congress MP and former party president Sonia Gandhi received relief from a Delhi court on Thursday after it dismissed a plea alleging that her name was included in the voters’ list three years before she became an Indian citizen. The plea, filed by Vikas Tripathi, claimed that Sonia Gandhi’s name was added to the electoral...
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), under the Union Health Ministry, has directed that physiotherapists cannot use the prefix “Dr.” before their names. The order, issued on September 9, 2025, requires the immediate removal of the provision from the newly approved physiotherapy curriculum that allowed practitioners to prefix their names with “Dr.” and suffix...
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday chaired the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting in Raebareli during his two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency. The quarterly meeting, held at the collectorate auditorium, was attended by several public representatives including Amethi MP K. L. Sharma and Minister of State Dinesh Pratap Singh. However, the...
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday once again cautioned Indian nationals against joining the Russian military amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. The advisory follows fresh reports of Indian men being recruited into the Russian army and sent to active combat zones. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated, “We have seen reports about...