Oman, Qatar congratulate Modi on securing third term

Oman, Qatar congratulate Modi on securing third term

Wednesday, 12 June 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Oman and Qatar on Tuesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for securing third term. Oman's Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik has spoken to Prime Minister Modi to congratulate him as he began his third term in office, the PMO said on Tuesday. The Sultan emphasised the centuries-old ties of friendship between Oman...

NFR installs Hot Axle Box Detectors to avoid failures

Wednesday, 12 June 2024 | PNS | Maligaon

To enhance safety of   movements of trains, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has been focusing on detecting hot axle failures enroute. For that, Hot Box Detectors (HBD) are installed strategically at the end of platform side of stations, where rolling in rolling out examination of trains are done.These sensor based HBD...

Modi 3.0: Women in Council of Ministers four less than 2.0

Wednesday, 12 June 2024 | Archana Jyoti | New Delhi

he Narendra Modi 3.0 Council of Ministers consists of 72 members, featuring seven women, two of whom hold Cabinet rank—Nirmala Sitharaman and Annpurna Devi. This is a decrease of four women compared to the outgoing council of Ministers.   Those dropped from the council include former Union Minister Smriti Irani, Minister of...

Terrorist killed in Kathua encounter

Wednesday, 12 June 2024 | Mohit Kandhari | Jammu

An encounter broke out between a group of terrorists and the security forces in the Saida village of Hiranagar in the Kathua district late Tuesday night. According to the initial reports, one terrorist has been neutralised in the heavy exchange of firing. A spokesman of the Jammu and Kashmir police in a...

Ajit led NCP demands 5 per cent quota for Muslims in education in Maharashtra

Wednesday, 12 June 2024 | T N RAGHUNATHA | Mumbai

Within days after the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government assumed office at the Centre, a senior leader of the Ajit-led NCP -- which is a part of the NDA – on Tuesday upped the ante on the reservations issue and demanded 5 per cent quota to Muslims in education...

People from Manipur taking refuge in Assam after fresh violence

Tuesday, 11 June 2024 | PTI | Silchar (Assam)

People affected by fresh incidents of violence in Manipur have started arriving in Assam’s Cachar district in search of safety, the local MLA said on Monday. Security along the inter-state border has been tightened, a police officer said. Two police outposts, a forest beat office and at least 70 houses were torched...

Suresh inclusion in Modi 3.0 game changer in Kerala's politics

Tuesday, 11 June 2024 | Kumar Chellappan | KOCHI

The swearing in of Suresh Gopi as minister of State in the third Narendra Modi-led NDA Government is a gamechanger in Kerala’s traditional bipolar politics dominated by the CPI(M) and the Congress. Had anyone dared to claim that the BJP would win a parliamentary seat from Kerala, leaders of even...

With coffers running dry, Chandrababu as CM faces huge task to deliver super six promise

Tuesday, 11 June 2024 | PTI | Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh)

TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu who is set to take the reins of power in Andhra Pradesh shortly will have the daunting task of making bleak coffers ring to fulfill the “Super Six” that his party promised during the run-up to the recently concluded Assembly polls. Naidu is scheduled to be...

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