Ahead of the 77th Independence Day, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti met Khadi & Village Industries Commission advisor and renowned designer Ritu Beri and discussed the importance of Khadi and its connection to India’s freedom movement.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu expressed condolences over the deaths and directed authorities to ensure all possible assistance and support.
Around 12:30 AM, BSF personnel detected suspicious movement near the bordering Simbal Sakol village in the Pathankot District. The intruder, identified as a Pakistani miscreant, continued to move towards the border fencing despite being challenged by the BSF troops.
"The Indian Embassy has contacted the girl from village Adkawas, district Sangrur, who is seeking repatriation from Malaysia. Gurwinder Kaur will soon return to her family after the paperwork," Bhagwant Mann informed via Twitter.
On Independence Day, the tap water supply will start to more than 1.5 crore houses in rural areas of UP. It will be the first time that more than half of the rural families of the state will be connected to tap water.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint operation was launched by BSF and Punjab police in the early hours of Sunday on the outskirts of village Machiwara in Ferozepur district.
The Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation with Punjab Police, recovered three packets of a narcotics substance weighing around 3 kilograms from the outskirts of Machiwara Village in Ferozepur district of Punjab on Sunday morning, according to an official statement.
Even as the much-anticipated 'Gadar 2', a sequel to the blockbuster Sunny Deol starrer 'Gadar', is weaving its magic across big screens all over the country, hundreds of villagers in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district on Sunday came to a movie theatre, riding on their tractors, to watch the film.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 114 villages under 4 revenue circles—Gogamukh, Dhemaji, Sissiborgaon, and Jonai—have been affected by the deluge.
Under 'Meri Mati Mera Desh' programs scheduled from August 9 to August 30, people of the areas are taking oath of ‘Panch Pran’ at Gram Panchayats and local schools and villages, and singing national anthem with the national flag, organizing public awareness rallies, and holding special tree