PM gets greetings from all on birthday
New Delhi: Greetings from all quarters, including his political rivals, poured in Monday for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who celebrated his 68th birthday in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi. Modi thanked them for their wishes in a series of tweets. President Ramnath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, BJP chief Amit Shah, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah were among the first to greet Modi.
Singhania gets Mexican highest honour
New Delhi: Dr. Raghupati Singhania, Chairman and Managing Director, JK Tyre & Industries Ltd, has been conferred with 'Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle', the highest honour accorded to non-nationals by the Government of Mexico. On the eve of the 128th National Day of Mexico, Melba PrÃa, Ambassador of Mexico to India, presented the award to Dr. Singhania on behalf of the President of Mexico, a press communiqué from the company stated.
No cbi probe into attack on agnivesh: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to order a CBI probe into the recent attacks on social activist Swami Agnivesh in Delhi and Pakur district of Jharkhand, saying the State police was already investigating the matter. Agnivesh claimed that the police in Jharkhand was not probing the matter and a state Cabinet Minister had dubbed him a "fraud". The top court, however, granted liberty to Agnivesh to make a representation to the competent authority for providing security.
SC to hear kin of Rajiv bomb blast victims
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the kin of those who had died in a bomb blast along with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, to file additional documents in their plea objecting to the Tamil Nadu Government's decision to release seven convicts in the case. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha and K M Joseph listed the matter for further hearing after four weeks.
Awareness camp at poshan maah held
New Delhi: The AYUSH Ministry and its affiliated bodies conducted various activities and organised awareness camps as part of "Poshan Maah", which is being observed this September to reach every household with the message of nutrition.
Unified commanders’ conference on sep 28
New Delhi: The Unified Commanders' Conference has been planned for September 28 in Jodhpur. It will be attended by all the senior field commanders of the Army, Navy and Air Force. It has been kept one day prior to the second anniversary of the surgical strike of 29 September 2016.
Plea seeks ban on hazardous pesticides
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea seeking ban on nearly 85 pesticides that are being used in India on the grounds that they pose health hazard. A bench of Justices Arun Misra and Vineet Saran issued notices to the Centre and other authorities concerned on the plea which also sought empowering State Governments to take decisions at their level for prohibition and restriction related to pesticides.
Centre can implement boundary dispute report
New Delhi: It is "entirely up to" the Centre to implement the report of the Surveyor General of India to demarcate the boundary between Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka passing through the Ballari reserve forest, the Supreme Court said Monday. The Surveyor General of India filed the final report with regard to the demarcation of boundary between the two states before a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta, which is hearing a matter relating to the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC).