India's Ambassador to Bhutan, Sandeep Arya, said energy cooperation was a central focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bhutan visit, noting that the foundation of the India-Bhutan hydropower partnership dates back to the 1970s. He highlighted the signing of key agreements, including a Rs
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended Ajit Kumar Patra along with his associate Minku Lal Jain for orchestrating a sophisticated impersonation and bribery racket purportedly involving senior public servants and private individuals, CBI said in a release.
Appeals have been moved before a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court challenging the single-judge order that had quashed the Central Information Commission's (CIC) 2016 directive to disclose details of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's educational qualifications.
Former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee was granted bail and released after three years and three months after he was arrested in a teacher recruitment corruption case. A lower court granted him bail. He was arrested in connection with a recruitment scam case by the Centra
Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily launched a veiled attack on the central government over the Delhi Red Fort blast case that claimed eight lives and left several others injured a day ago, and said that persons handling security of the country should be held accountable for it.
"We have full faith that the Prime Minister and the government will definitely reveal who is behind this, because of whom such a big incident happened at our capital, our symbol, from where the Prime Minister gives a speech on Independence Day. Why has our intelligence failed every time?"
Developing countries could be left behind in the race towards a green economy unless they make economic resilience and green industrialisation central to their climate agenda, noted a new set of discussion papers by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
Congress leader Pawan Khera on Tuesday launched a scathing attack, calling the Central government a "complete failure" following 360 kgs of explosives recovered in Haryana's Faridabad.
"This is a very unfortunate incident... The occurrence of such a major incident in such a sensitive area raises suspicion about why the central government is repeatedly failing. This is no small incident," Maji told ANI, calling for the Centre to take responsibility for the incident.
"Now is the time for them (the BJP and the central government) to answer. If our capital, Delhi, is not safe, 56 inches must answer for this. We do not want to play politics over this. Our concern is that our country is unsafe, and the central government is accountable for this," Nana Pat
The US State Department Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs expressed condolences over the high-intensity blast near Delhi's historic Red Fort that took place on Monday evening, leaving at least eight people dead and many others injured.
Simultaneously, meetings were organised at around 33,000 Fair Price Shops across Assam, attended by Ministers, MLAs, local dignitaries, and beneficiaries. The central event in Guwahati was broadcast live to these locations.