PM congrats Prez for Cote D'Ivoire honour
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated President Pranab Mukherjee for being honoured with the highest national award of Cote D'Ivoire. "Congratulations to Rashtrapatiji on being conferred Grande Croix Commandeur in National Merit Order, highest national award of Côte d'Ivoire," Modi tweeted.
PM holds meeting ahead of Yoga Day
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a review meeting with senior officials of AYUSH Ministry on the preparations of International Yoga Day on June 21 even as the main event at Chandigarh has recorded more than a lakh registrations. During the meeting, Modi, who will be participating in the event at the Chandigarh Capitol complex, was briefed about various arrangements being made for the function.
Tourism Dept to offer Yoga trip to foreigners
New Delhi: Cashing in on the fervour generated by the 2nd International Day of Yoga to be held on 21st June, the Union Ministry of Tourism has decided to offer a holistic physical, emotional and spiritual healing to a group of 50 foreign delegates comprising tour operators/ travel agents/scribes, opinion makers and scholars from 20 source market countries. After participating in yoga camps in Delhi and Chandigarh, the group can enjoy a lifetime experience at wellness and spiritual centres in Haridwar, Rishikesh, Trivandrum, Cochin, Neyyar (Kerala), Pondicherry and Chennai, said a senior officer from the Ministry.
Azad for Priyanka’s extensive UP campaign
New Delhi: Ghulam Nabi Azad, the new Congress general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday favoured Priyanka Gandhi campaigning outside Amethi and Rae Bareli for the State Assembly elections next year. "I do hope that she will definitely campaign in some other places as per time available to her," he told reporters.
Plea in SC against culling of Nilgai
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in Supreme Court seeking quashing and interim stay of three notifications of the Centre declaring Nilgai, monkey and wild boar as vermins for one year in the states of Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The plea for urgent hearing was mentioned before the vacation bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and l Nageswara Rao, which agreed to list the matter during the week.
Conserve Monsoon Water: Union Min
New Delhi: Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation, Birender Singh on Wednesday stressed on making full use of monsoon water, in view of the falling groundwater levels. As an event here, he stressed the importance of involving local communities to conserve water and underlined the need for promoting drip irrigation and sprinklers over flood irrigation and to move away from water intensive crops to crops which are high yielding and need less water.
NGO moves top court against Udta Punjab
New Delhi: Fresh attempts were made on Wednesday against the release of Bollywood movie Udta Punjab on Friday with an NGO moving the Supreme Court to stall the screening of the film, while another plea by it prompted the Delhi High Court to direct the producer to modify the promos by adhering to the Bombay High Court order. The plea seeking to stay the release was mentioned before an apex court's vacation bench which asked the NGO Human Rights Awareness Association to first get the petition cleared from the registry.
Manipur outfits hold parleys with Centre
New Delhi: Manipur's two insurgent outfits Kuki National Organisation (KNO) and United People's Front (UPF) on Wednesday joined in parleys with the Centre to bring lasting peace in their area of influence. The first round of talks was held here after the Centre decided to hold tripartite talks between it, Manipur Government and KNO and UPF.