Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, sent a cable of congratulations to his brother, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, Sultan of Oman, on the occasion of the 53rd Glorious National Day.
The new directive aims at establishing minimum rules on the definition of criminal offences and sanctions in order to better protect the environment, replacing the previous 2008 directive, which has become obsolete in the face of developments in EU environmental law.
Alleging that atrocities against women in Congress-ruled Rajsthan are high, BJP leader Diya Kumari on Friday asked whether Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited the homes of such victims in the state.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Javdekar on Friday hit out at the ruling party in Telangana Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), and called it "bhoomi donga" accusing that a huge chunk of the land went missing and thousands of farmers lost their land through the Dharani portal.
"We are in third position in the entire country out of 1350 registered political parties. And at the pace we are growing, my heart says that one day the Aam Aadmi Party will rule the country, leaving behind BJP and Congress," Kejriwal said in his address to the party workers.
Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi in Telangana of "corruption" and claimed that his party has "punctured the wheels of PM Modi's vehicle in Telangana" as the Congress leader promised free power to farmers in the poll-bound state
Amid the clashes between the ruling military and anti-junta protesters in Myanmar, scores of refugees, who crossed over into India fleeing the violence, have found temporary refuge in the Zokhawthar area of Mizoram's Champhai district.
BJP is seeking to retain power in the state where it has ruled for almost 18 of the past 20 years and Congress is keen to oust the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government.
Narendra Chouhan, the brother of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Friday talked up the prospects of the ruling BJP in the single-phased Assembly elections, which is currently underway in the state.
Madhya Pradesh will go to the polls for all its 230 assembly seats on Friday with BJP seeking to retain power in the state it has ruled for almost 18 of the past 20 years and Congress keen to oust the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai held a review meeting with the concerned officers to ensure strict compliance with GRAP-IV rules at the Delhi Secretariat on Thursday. After the meeting, Environment Minister Rai mentioned that a 6-member special task force has been formed, under the lead