The Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, today emphasised the need to have meaningful and fruitful dialogues, deliberations, discussions and debates to strengthen the democracy of the nation.
All districts will have to monitor their air quality levels on a weekly basis and accordingly plan the implementation of pollution control measures, said the BMC Commissioner.
India said on Thursday that it has been engaged with foreign governments on the activities of radical and terrorist elements that have been inciting violence and intimidation and will take the necessary security measures against threats to Air India flights.
India has repeatedly raised concern over Pakistan's provision of USD 20 fees and mandatory passport for access to the Kartarpur Corridor, but no update has been received by Islamabad, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
The NIA took the measures on November 8 after the funds were identified as 'illegally acquired property' allegedly belonging to Amritpal, a resident of Tarn Taran district in Punjab.
The elections in Bangladesh are an internal matter for the country and as a "close friend and partner", New Delhi will continue to support Dhaka's vision of a stable, peaceful and progressive nation, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
"We (India) made our position very clear on multiple occasions during the UNGA debate. We have strongly condemned the horrific attack on Israel, urged the need for zero tolerance for terrorism and called for immediate and unconditional release of hostages,"he said while strongly condemnin
India has received an invitation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Maldives president-elect Mohamed Muizzu, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
On the matter involving 8 ex-naval personnel being sentenced to death by a Qatar court, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that the judgment remains "confidential", adding that the appeal has been filed in the case.
"While filing the affidavit on behalf of Punjab, we said that 30 to 40 thousand machines should be given to the farmers of Punjab. Secondly, the share of funds should be distributed between 25 per cent from Delhi, 25 per cent from Central and 50 per cent from Punjab," Gurminder Singh said.