Category: NATIONAL

By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor, ICN Group Millions of cases are pending in the civil courts just to seek divorce or alimony from the respective husbands and wives. NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared a fresh bill to ban the practice of instant triple talaq, which, once passed by Parliament, will replace an ordinance issued earlier this year. With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha last month, the contentious bill had lapsed as it could not be passed by Parliament and was pending in Rajya Sabha. I remember the…

Read More

NEW DELHI: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his 57-member council of ministers were sworn in by President Ram Nath Kovind yesterday, Modi government today allocated portfolio to his new ministers. In the new term of Modi government 2019 Rajnath Singh gets Defence Ministry, Amit Shah gets Home Ministry, S. Jaishankar gets MEA and Smriti Irani gets Women and Child Development Ministry. Union Minister Portfolio Narendra Modi Prime Minister, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; All important policy issues; and All…

Read More

NEW DELHI: Modi, 68, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by President Ram Nath Kovind at a glittering ceremony at the forecourt of majestic Rashtraparti Bhavan. Over 50 ministers joined him in the swearing-in held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Apart from Amit Shah, Singh, Gadkari, the other top leaders who were sworn-in as Union ministers included D V Sadananda Gowda, Nirmala Sitharaman and Ram Vilas Paswan. Others who took oath of office, included Narendra Singh Tomar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Thanwar Chand Gehlot, Ramesh Pokhriyal, Arjun…

Read More

NEW DELHI: PM Modi on Monday paid tribute to first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru on his 55th death anniversary.“Tributes to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji on his death anniversary. We remember his contributions to our nation,” Modi tweeted. Jawaharlal Nehru died on 14 November 1889 in Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. He was independent India’s first and longest serving Prime Minister and remained in office until his death on May 27, 1964. He fought for India’s freedom against the British rule and was jailed several times during the freedom struggle.…

Read More

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: The Lok Sabha polls of 2019 will be remembered for not only the historic win of BJP and the NDA but also for having led to the fall of many a citadel of power that ruled  parts of Nation for years. It is proving to be true that the period of fame has its own  cycle. When the emperors and empires have their time limits how can the dynasts rule for eternity? Post independence, we Indians had grown with only one party, the…

Read More

BAPATLA: The Child Centric Disaster Risk Reduction (CCDRR) Centre, National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India organized “Disaster Preparedness Workshop for Children” at NIDM South Campus, Bapatla on 24th May, 2019. The workshop was intended to prepare children for different kind of disasters & emergencies and also to learn from them about their specific needs that  has to be addressed  with priority in situation of a disaster or  an emergency.   Dr. Kumar Raka, Head-in-Charge of NIDM South Campus, delivering special address stressed that Children are ‘the…

Read More

NEW DELHI: Polling is underway for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in 51 constituencies spread over seven states, amidst tight security. Voting, which began at 7 this morning, will conclude at 6 in the evening. Polling is underway at 14  seats in Uttar Pradesh, 12 in Rajasthan, 7 each in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, 5 in Bihar and 4 in Jharkhand.At 1 pm, the voter turnout in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019 stood at 41%. 32.27% polling was recorded in Bihar, 11.35% in Jammu…

Read More

10.27% voter turnout has been recorded in phase 4 of Lok Sabha polls till 9am across 9 states.All major markets, including BSE, National Stock Exchange, forex and money markets are closed Monday due to elections in Mumbai. NEW DELHI: The fourth phase of polling will take place in 72 constituencies across nine States amidst tight security on Monday. In the first three phases, voting has been held in 302 Lok Sabha constituencies, and 168 more seats will go to polls in the last three phases. Voting will take place in…

Read More