NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch Ayushman Bharat outline on Saturday via videoconference to extend health insurance coverage to all residents of Jammu and cashmere. The Prime Minister’s Office said Thursday that the plan will ensure universal health coverage and focus on providing protection against financial risks and …
Read More »Former CEO of rating agency BARC arrested in TRP scam | India News
MUMBAI: The criminal branch of Mumbai Police on Thursday he arrested a former executive director of the Pune district Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) in the bogus TRP scam, an official said. Partho Dasgupta, the defendant, is the fifteenth person arrested in the case related to the alleged tampering with …
Read More »We look forward to welcoming UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson: India | India News
NEW DELHI: India said on Thursday it looked forward to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s visit next month, amid reports that travel may not be possible due to the rapidly spreading mutated version of the coronavirus in the UK. “We had invited the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as …
Read More »BJP Targets 1 Crore Farmers Participation to Hear PM Modi During Money Transfer Program | India News
NEW DELHI: In a major outreach to farmers, the BJP has made plans to ensure the participation of more than a million people in thousands of places across the country on Friday when the Prime Minister Narendra modi transfer 18,000 rupees crore to nine crore farmers and interact with a …
Read More »PM Modi reveals who started the saree draping tradition with ‘ulta pallu’ | India News
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared an anecdote about introducing women to the idea of draping the “pallu” sari over the left shoulder. He said it was Jnanadanandini Devi, the wife of Rabindranath Tagore’s older brother, Satyendranath, who came up with a kind of solution, as putting the sari …
Read More »Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala Says Farm Laws Need Amendments, Urges Farmers To Give Concrete Suggestions | India News
CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief deputy minister Dushyant Chautala on Thursday he said new central agricultural laws need many amendments and urged to protest farmers to give “concrete suggestions”. Leader of the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) reiterated that he will submit his resignation on the day he feels he cannot guarantee a …
Read More »Prime Minister Modi’s accusation of lying to farmers is unfounded: opposition parties | India News
NEW DELHI: Opposition party leaders have qualified the accusations made by the Prime Minister Narendra modi, who has accused the parties of lying to the peasants, as “unfounded”, stating that such accusations are a “complete parody of the truth”. In a joint statement Thursday, the leaders of Congress, NCP, DMK, …
Read More »Government once again invites farmers’ unions to dialogue, says it will not be logical to discuss the demand related to PEM | India News
NEW DELHI: On Thursday the government again invited protesting farmers’ unions to dialogue, but made it clear that it would not be “logical” to include any new related demands on the agenda minimum support price (MSP), which is out of reach of three new agricultural laws. In a three page …
Read More »FASTag will be mandatory for vehicles from January 1, says Union Minister Nitin Gadkari | India News
NEW DELHI: FASTags will be mandatory for vehicles from January 1, 2021, Union Minister Nitin Gakdari he said Thursday. FASTags, which facilitate electronic payment of the fare at toll plazas, was introduced in 2016. mandatory labels It would also help ensure that vehicles pass smoothly through the toll plazas since …
Read More »PM Modi: the essence of Tagore’s vision of the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative | India News
SANTINIKETAN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised the critical role played by Visva- Bharati in the Indian freedom movement and promoting the cause of universal brotherhood. Address the centennial celebrations of the university founded by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, Modi said that the vision of literary legend was also …
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