Congress slams Centre for shifting  of statues from Parliamentary complex

Congress slams Centre for shifting of statues from Parliamentary complex

Friday, 07 June 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Statues of Mahatma Gandhi, B R Ambedkar and Chhatrapati Shivaji among others have been removed from their original place within the Parliament premises and shifted to a lawn near the old building as part of a landscaping exercise, a move that drew sharp criticism from the Congress on Thursday. All the...

Two-day Varshik Niti Samvad Shivir held

Thursday, 06 June 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

A two-day ‘Varshik Niti Samvad Shivir’ (annual meet) of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) took place in New Delhi on June 04-05, Defence Ministry said here. The conference’s primary focus was to review the progress of the ongoing expansion plan of NCC as per the government directives to meet the...

Army Chief visits Thal Sena Bhawan construction site

Thursday, 06 June 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Army Chief General Manoj Pande visited the site of construction of the upcoming Thal Sena Bhawan — the new building of the Army headquarters — at Delhi cantonment on Wednesday to oversee the progress of the complex scheduled to be completed by June 2025. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh laid the...

MoU signed to set up dedicated Tele MANAS cell for Armed forces

Thursday, 06 June 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

nArmed forces beneficiaries will have direct access to mental health care with the Union Health Ministry inking an MoU with the Ministry of Defence for operating a special cell of the national telemental helpline at the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune. The special Tele-MANAS cell will operate on a...

Two jailed on terror charges win Lok Sabha polls

Thursday, 06 June 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Two candidates currently lodged in prison on terror charges emerged winners in the just-concluded parliamentary election, giving rise to an unusual situation for the 18th Lok Sabha to be formed in the coming days. While the law will keep them from attending the proceedings of the new House, they do have...

73 women elected to Lok Sabha, lower than 2019

Thursday, 06 June 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

A total of 73 women have won the Lok Sabha elections, a slight dip from 78 elected in 2019. Of the total women MPs elected to the Lower House from across the country, West Bengal is leading with 11 female MPs. A total of 797 women candidates had contested the elections with...

841 Agniveers pass out of MRC after 31 weeks training

Thursday, 06 June 2024 | Kumar Chellappan | Wellington/ COONOOR

Even as the Congress-led Opposition was demanding the scrapping of the Agniveer scheme launched by the Indian Army, 841 Agniveers passed out of the age-old Madras Regimental Centre at Coonnor, atop the western Ghats in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.The parade square at Srinagesh Barracks reverberated with the rhythm of military...

Kerala vedic scholars caution Modi against swearing on Saturday

Thursday, 06 June 2024 | Kumar Chellappan | KOCHI

The decision of the National Democratic Alliance to hold the swearing in of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister on Saturday is not advisable, according to three Kerala based vedic and astrological scholars. They also said the swearing in could be done either on Friday or Sunday which are auspicious. According to...

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