Narendra Modi

Govt offer on farm laws still stands; phone call away for talks: Modi in all-party meeting

8:05 pm January 30, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday told floor leaders of various political parties that his government’s offer on agri laws made to protesting farmers ”still stands” and it was a ”phone call away” for talks, days after violence broke out in parts of the national capital on Republic Day. Addressing these leaders at the customary […]

Blast near Israel Embassy: Police team visits site, finds most CCTVs ‘non-functional’

6:07 pm January 30, 2021

New Delhi: Investigators probing the minor blast near the Israeli Embassy have not come across ”anything concrete” yet as most of the CCTV cameras near the site of the explosion were ”non-functional” at the time of incident, official police sources said on Saturday. An investigation team of Delhi Police’s Special Cell had earlier in the day visited the site near the […]

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FM gave four-five mini-budgets in 2020, upcoming budget will be seen as part of that series: PM Modi

2:42 pm January 29, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had to give four-five mini-budgets in the form of packages in 2020 and expressed confidence that the upcoming budget would also be seen as part of that series. In his remarks to the media before the commencement of Parliament’s Budget Session, Modi […]

Only one technical bid received out of 4 coal mines put up for re-auction

11:58 pm January 28, 2021

New Delhi: The government on Thursday said it has received only one technical bid for Kuraloi (A) North coal mine in Odisha out of four mines put up for re-auction. The coal ministry had re-invited bids for four coal blocks whose tender process was annulled in the first round of auction for commercial mining as the number of technically […]

Govt to issue OTT guidelines soon: Minister

India, France joint initiative to boost ties in sustainable development, work towards environment protection

11:21 pm January 28, 2021

New Delhi: India and France on Thursday launched a joint initiative to strengthen cooperation in sustainable development and work towards global environment protection. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and French Minister for Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili launched the Indo-French Year of the Environment, under which the two countries will engage in discussions on critical areas of collaboration relating to environment and allied areas. Various programmes […]