Day: February 14, 2024

Chennai, Feb 14 The Tamil Nadu Police special unit constituted in February 2023 to prevent drowning incidents in the Bhavani River has yielded results. The unit, Mettupalayam Life Guards constituted last year has a Sub-Inspector and ten policemen. The unit members receive training from the NDRF. The Coimbatore district police have said that the unit…

Lucknow, Feb 14 All seven BJP candidates for the Rajya Sabha filed their nominations here on Wednesday. Those who filed their nominations are — Sudhanshu Trivedi, R.P.N. Singh, Tejveer Singh, Navin Jain, Amarpal Maurya, Sadhana Singh and Sangita Balwant. Uttar Pradesh BJP in charge Baijayant Panda, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Maurya and Brajesh Pathak…

New Delhi, Feb 14 The orders placed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) through the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal has surpassed a whopping Rs 1 lakh crore reflecting the increasing transparency and efficiency in executing defence deals, the Commerce Ministry said on Wednesday. Of this total amount, transactions worth around Rs 45,800 crore have been…

Lucknow, Feb 14 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati, on Wednesday, said the Centre should initiate talks with protesting farmers instead of taking action against them. Mayawati said the government should take seriously the demands of the hardworking farmers who have made India self-reliant in food production. “The Centre should resolve their issue in a…

Bhopal, Feb 14 The BJP on Wednesday announced four candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections from Madhya Pradesh, while the Congress is yet to open its cards. The BJP has retained the Minister of State (MoS) for Information and Broadcasting, L Murugan for the second tenure for the Rajya Sabha. The other three BJP candidates are Umesh Nath Maharaj, who…

Jaipur, Feb 14 Congress President Sonia Gandhi filed her nomination for the Rajya Sabha polls from Rajasthan on Wednesday. She arrived at the Rajasthan Assembly with senior Congress leaders, including former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot. Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were also present during her nomination filing. The party had formally…

Hyderabad, Feb 14 Members of ruling Congress party and main opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana Legislative Assembly on Wednesday engaged in an argument over quorum. As soon as the House met for the day, BRS MLAs raised the issue. They drew the attention of Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar to lack of quorum. BRS…

Bhubaneswar, Feb 14 The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday announced its support for Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s candidature for the Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha. The BJD’s announcement came hours after the BJP nominated Vaishnaw from the state for the Rajya Sabha. “Biju Janata Dal will support the candidature of Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union…

New Delhi, Feb 14 Vibhakar Shastri, grandson of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, joined BJP on Wednesday. Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak was present during his joining in Lucknow. Earlier, Shastri resigned from the Congress in what came as another major setback for the grand old party. He tendered his resignation to the…

Shamli (UP), Feb 14 A leopard was found hanging upside down from a tree in Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh. The video of the leopard being found dead in the village is now going viral on the social media. The incident occurred on Tuesday in the Kaniyan village which falls under the Kandhla police station…