Piyush Goyal

Bullet train project: Rly minister indicates ‘tightening of belt’ in post-Covid scenario

11:43 pm July 11, 2020

New Delhi: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday indicated that the financial aspect of the ambitious bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad was being reviewed as the post-Covid world will entail “a lot of tightening of the belt”. Speaking at the India Global Week, he, however, said the Railways was “committed to these projects” and “we are at the stage […]

Centre approves AIIMS for Bihar's Darbhanga

PM Modi to make major worldwide address to India Global Week in UK

6:53 pm July 7, 2020

London: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make a major worldwide address, expected to focus on India’s trade and foreign investment prospects, at India Global Week 2020 organised in the UK from Thursday. Modi, who will connect remotely to the event pitched as one of the biggest international events on India’s globalisation, is likely to lay out numerous investment and manufacturing opportunities […]

BJP’s welfare work during lockdown biggest “seva yagya” in history: Modi

11:17 pm July 4, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday described the BJP’s welfare work during the coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown as the “biggest seva yagya in history” and asserted that the party has come to represent all sections of society due to its service to the people. Addressing party leaders at the ‘Seva Hi Sangathan’ meet held through video […]

TikTok goes offline; removed from Google Play Store, Apple App Store

11:11 pm June 30, 2020

New Delhi: Short video sharing app TikTok went offline in the country on Tuesday following the government order banning it and 58 other apps citing threat to India’s sovereignty and security. The app was also removed from Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The status of other banned apps could not be immediately ascertained. According to […]

Woman jumps in front of train with nine-month-old son

2.87 lakh posts vacant in railways: Government

9:21 pm March 13, 2020

New Delhi: As many as 2.87 lakh of the 15 lakh sanctioned positions are lying vacant in the railways, the government told Parliament on Friday. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said three centralised employment notifications (CENs) for around 1.41 lakh vacancies for various Group ‘C’ […]