In a first, the Maharashtra government led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is planning to organize "Pro Govinda" competition, with cash prizes, for this year's ‘Dahi Handi’, an event associated with the Hindu festival of Janmashtami, state Industries Minister Uday Samant said on Saturday.
The Dubai Police Volunteering Platform documented the active participation of volunteers in a range of humanitarian and community initiatives, collectively contributing an impressive 136,602 volunteering hours during the first half of this year.
Congress party during the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting on Saturday in Raipur discussed "ticket distribution" ahead of the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, scheduled later this year, state Deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo said.
Congress leader Raghu Sharma on Saturday said that the party will again form the government in Rajasthan in the state Assembly elections that are scheduled to be held this year.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday promised 300 units of free electricity and 24x7 supply to cities and villages across Chhattisgarh if his party is voted to power in the state Assembly elections that are scheduled to be held this year.
BJP on Thursday released its first list of 21 candidates in Chhattisgarh and 39 candidates in Madhya Pradesh, both states are going to polls later this year.
Despite escalating tensions with Beijing, US President Joe Biden is still hopeful of meeting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later this year, CNN reported on Friday (local time).
Saplings of Indian Rosewood (sheesham) had the highest share in the annual plantation drive in Uttar Pradesh with 4.52 crore, according to the official data.
Farmers in India have sown kharif crops across 1022.51 lakh hectares so far this year, as against 1021.48 lakh hectares in the same period of last year, according to the latest data from the Agriculture Ministry.
Diksha Dagar is the lone Indian in the women’s section, and Manu Gandas is the lone Indian in the men’s segment. Diksha, who was T-21 at the AIG Women’s Open is now 176th in the world and has won once this year. She won the Czech Ladies Open and is fifth in the LET Order of Merit.