The Modi government has released a White Paper which was tabled in Lok Sabha on Thursday. The document lists out economic mismanagement during the Congress-led UPA government.
A number of key appointments have been made in various departments including Department of Health & Family Welfare, Ministry of AYUSH, Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare among others.
Former Prime Ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh as well Green Revolution pioneer MS Swaminathan will be conferred with the Bharat Ratna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday.
A clear indication of RLD joining the NDA is that RLD MLAs will now join the BJP MLAs on their Ayodhya visit on Sunday. Apart from this, Jayant Chaudhary took to social media platform X and wrote 'Dil Jeet Liya' after Modi government announced Bharat Ratna for Chaudhary Charan Singh.
Sitharaman tore into UPA accusing it of economic mismanagement during the 2008 global financial crisis, saying the Congress put the "first family first" and brought the economy down to 'fragile five.
The government announced that Former Prime Ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh and PV Narasimha Rao, and legendary agricultural scientist Dr MS Swaminathan will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna.
Narasimha Rao served as the 9th Prime Minister of the country between 1991 and 1996. He was a Congress stalwart in undivided Andhra Pradesh.
The RLD and the SP announced their alliance for the Lok Sabha polls on January 19 with the former stating that the latter will leave seven seats in western UP for its nominees. However, as political situation changes, Jayant Chaudhary's party is most likely to enter in an alliance with the BJP.
The alleged scam pertains to period when Lalu Prasad was the railway minister in the UPA-1 government. It is alleged that from 2004 to 2009, several people were appointed to Group "D" positions in various zones of the Indian Railways and in lieu, these people transferred their land to the family.
Most of the people hospitalised after the violence at Malik ka Bagicha in the city's Banbhoolpura area were police personnel. The remaining were municipal workers involved in the demolition of the local madrasa and a mosque in its complex, they said.
In a sign of exasperation over lingering seat-sharing talks with its I.N.D.I.A bloc partner Congress, the AAP has already declared party candidates for three Lok Sabha constituencies, including Guwahati, in Assam.
Haldwani violence: Tension prevailed in Haldwani on Thursday after several establishments, including a mosque and a madrasa, which were illegally constructed on government land, were demolished.
As the results of 250 constituencies were declared, both Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan claimed victories, even as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independents won most seats overall. Nawaz's PML-N and Bilawal Bhutto's PPP have agreed on a coalition government at the Centre and Punjab province.
Presenting the White Paper on UPA's economic mismanagement in 10 years, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the NDA government has overcome the crisis of those years, and the economy has been put firmly on a high sustainable growth path with all-round development.
The meeting between India and Greece NSAs is a result of decisions taken during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Athens in 2023. He became the first Prime Minister in 40 years to visit the country.
The Lok Sabha elections are due to be held in April-May this year. Ahead of the polls, while Nitish Kumar has already returned to the NDA, speculations are rife that BJP's former allies including TDP, SAD may also rejoin the alliance.
Sitharaman in her Interim Budget speech had announced that the government will come out with a white paper on the economy outlining the economic mismanagement in the 10 years of UPA rule till 2014.
Noida greenfield airport, spread in 1,334 hectares, will have a single-runway operation in the first phase with a capacity to handle 12-million passengers per annum at an investment of Rs 5,700 crore.
The nomination process for Rajya Sabha polls has begun from Thursday while February 15 will be the last date for filing nominations and February 20 is the last date to withdraw candidature.
The Free Movement Regime (FMR) allowed citizens residing close to both sides of the border to move 16 km into each other's territory without passport or visa.
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