Fissures in Cong over Bihar poll strategy
The four-day-long ‘chintan’ (brainstorming) camp of Bihar Congress concluded on Friday during which the partymen expressed their opinion how to revive the party but the fissures in the party also came to fore. The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) appears to be divided on the issue of contesting election either...
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Parrikar wants more autonomy for Defence PSUs, OFBs
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said his Ministry will bring about major changes in the Defence Procurement Procedure and the Defence Production Policy to provide greater autonomy to the Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) and Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) units for their expansion and diversification. Addressing the Consultative Committee attached...
Reputation maligned, record trashed: Ex-Foreign Secy
Former Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh, who was abruptly replaced with India’s US envoy S Jaishankar on Wednesday, sought to showcase her track record during her tenure in the external affairs office to call her removal by the Government unjustified. In an interview to NDTV, Singh hit out at the Government...
Urban areas to compete for Smart City tag
The Government on Friday said a city challenge initiative will be rolled out in the next few weeks allowing urban areas across India to compete for the Smart City tag.The competition would assess the proven ability of cities in terms of reforms and innovation to select the most willing and...
Talks on with senior BJP leaders for joining party, says Jaya Prada
Actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada, who was expelled from the Samajwadi Party, on Friday said that talks were on with senior leaders of the BJP on her joining the party, and that she wanted to do so to “serve” it and not to contest any elections. “I want to join the BJP...
Obama's message on tolerance was 'universal', says US Ambassador
Days after the US President made a strong pitch for religious tolerance during an address here, US Ambassador to India Richard Verma on Friday downplayed that it was a subtle message to India, saying Barack Obama’s message was “universal” and he was speaking as much for American people as for...
EC suggests displaying candidates' photo on EVMs
The Election Commission has endorsed the suggestion to have photographs of electoral candidates pasted on Electronic Voting Machines for enhancing convenience of voters.Responding to a PIl that floated the idea of having the photographs of contesting candidates pasted outside the polling booth and the voting machine as well, the Commission...
Centre's nod to 7 med colleges to meet shortage of doctors
Kicking off its plans to set up medical colleges in the backward areas to meet shortage of doctors, the Centre has given the green signal for setting up of seven medical colleges with 100 seats in two districts each in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, and one college each in Uttarakhand,...
