Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday rejected West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that her microphone was switched off while she was speaking at the NITI Aayog meeting and said that every chief minister was "allotted due time to speak".
"I can only say that these so-called INDI bloc members, it is not at all an alliance because Mamata did not give a single seat to Congress in polls," Pralhad Joshi said.
"We have to be constantly prepared for any kind of role that can come our way. We are sitting in this headquarters to constantly visualise the evolving security situation and what kind of roles would be given to us. So keeping that in mind, we feel there is a need for modernising our weap
Calling the Union Budget "futuristic," Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday dismissed the allegations levied against the Centre that it did not give enough funds to the southern states where the Bharatiya Janata Party did not fare well in the elections and said that Tamil Nadu was given
Newly-appointed Bihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal has said that he has started work to fulfil the new responsibility given to him and the ruling NDA alliance in the state will start preparing under leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the assembly pol
"The taxpayers are suffering due to the government's mismanagement. My demand is that they have to give a clear package, clean the area, and ensure food and water supply. People's documents have gone missing, children's books have gone missing, and the government has to pay for all this.
Notably, given the Kanwar Yatra, the Hapur administration in Uttar Pradesh has declared a holiday for all government and private schools for 8 days from July 26 to August 2.
ajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma said that the government has decided to give reservations to Agniveers in the police department and as prison guards and forest guards once they complete their service in the Indian Army.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Friday that Agniveers, after serving the country, will be given weightage in recruitment for the UP Police and PAC force. He mentioned that the nation would benefit from having trained and disciplined young soldiers in the form of Agn
"Today, on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided according to the wishes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Agniveer jawans will be given reservation in the recruitment of different types of police and armed forces in the state," CM Yadav said.
Retired Air Marshall SP Singh vouched for the Agnipath scheme that is facing criticism from the opposition parties and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has clarified it very well.