Union Minister L Murugan on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for flagging off nine new Vande Bharat trains adding that it is a safe, high-speed, and hygienic trains.
Union Minister L Murugan on Sunday termed the launching of Vande Bharat Trains in the Tirunelveli to Chennai and the Vijayawada to Chennai routes as a historic occasion, especially for Southern Tamil Nadu.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan interacted with a group of students on board while travelling from Bhubaneswar to Angul in Odisha's second Vande Bharat Express, which was flagged off virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.
A delegation from Tamil Nadu led by a minister is headed for New Delhi to meet Union water resources minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to discuss the Cauvery water sharing issue, which has been a bone of contention of late with neighbouring Karnataka.
The delegation will also attend the ‘Aqua Nor 2023’, the biannual aquaculture exhibition and trade fair in Trondheim, Norway from Tuesday to Thursday, one of the world's largest trade shows for aquaculture technology and innovation.
Reacting to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin's statement about attacks on fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy, Union Minister of State, L Murugan said that since 2014, more importance is being given to bring back the fishermen of the state.
Notably, the Mekedatu balancing reservoir-cum drinking water project, to be constructed across the Cauvery river basin, has been at the centre of controversy between the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Parshottam Rupala launched an android-based mobile app as "Report Fish Disease" on Wednesday in the presence of Dr. L. Murugan, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
It's a fan moment for filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar as he meets Hollywood veteran Michael Douglas at the ongoing 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
Cannes [France], May 18 (ANI/PNN): Just two days after Michael Douglas was awarded the festival's illustrious Palme d'Or - flanked by his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones and daughter, Carys Douglas - Shailendra Singh, India's Creative Maverick, brought the cinema legend to the India Pavilion to m