Category: NATIONAL

Ro-Ro ferry service, which will reduce the distance between the two towns from 310 kilometres by road to 30 kilometres, his “dream project”.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the first phase of the Rs 615 crore ‘roll- on-roll-off’ (Ro-Ro) ferry service between Ghogha in Saurashtra and Dahej in south Gujarat. The PM launched the first phase of the service at a rally in Ghogha in the presence of CM Vijay Rupani and Deputy CM Nitin Patel. While speaking at a public meeting in Bhavnagar after the inauguration, PM Modi…

According to an international study published in The Lancet, pollution caused three times more deaths than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis put together in 2015. NEW DELHI:Pollution killed 25 lakh Indians in 2015, the world’s highest number of deaths caused by air, water and other forms of pollution, according to an international study published in The Lancet.China stood second with 1.8 million deaths attributed to pollution. The study said almost all pollution-related deaths – around 92% – are in poor or middle-income countries.In 2015, nearly one in six deaths, an estimated…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman celebrated the festival of lights Diwali with soldiers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman celebrated the festival of lights Diwali with soldiers. The PM was accompanied by Army chief General Bipin Rawat, Northern Command chief Lt General Devraj Anbu and Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen J S Sandhu in Gurez. Addressing the soldiers, the PM said that like everyone else, he too wishes to spend Diwali with his family.Last year, PM Modi had celebrated Diwali with ITBP personnel in…

Sushma Swaraj also retweeted several tweets which indicated that there is “no treatment in Pakistan for liver problem”. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has directed the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to issue a visa to a Pakistani child for medical treatment in India.Sushma Swaraj, Union Minister of External Affairs, on Thursday said that on Diwali India will grant medical visas in all deserving cases that are still pending. On Wednesday, Sushma Swaraj had directed the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to issue a visa to a Pakistani child for…

Lord Ram returned to Ayodhya after 14 years of exile. BJP government in the state led by Yogi Adityanath also returned to power after 14 years. AYODHYA: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday attended a mega event – ‘Deepotsav’- in Ayodhya where a record number of nearly 2 lakh earthen oil lamps would be illuminated on the banks of river Saryu. The lead actors of Ramlila, in full costume, arrived in a government chopper and landed on the banks of the river Saryu, where they were received by the Uttar Pradesh…

LUCKNOW,15 October: The ICN Digital Media Group launched its English and Hindi online news portals at a glittering function held here last evening. While the English news portal www.icnnational.com is an updated user-friendly version of its earlier website, www.icnnational.in, the Hindi portal www.icnhindi.com is a new website started specially for the northern states keeping in view the growing popularity of English portal. The readers can easily switch from English to Hindi and vice versa with a click of the mouse. The first portal was launched two years back at Wardha,…

PM Narendra Modi announced that the top ten private and government universities in the country would be converted into “world class” educational institutions.  PATNA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Patna University  should compete among the 10 best public universities of the country to get a grant of ₹ 10,000 crore from the central government and become a fully autonomous institution. Patna University, was once known as the “Oxford of The East”.Patna University, the first university in Bihar, was established in 1 October 1917 during the British Raj, and is the seventh oldest…

On May 16, 2008, Aarushi Talwar was found murdered in her bedroom at the family’s residence in Noida’s Jal Vayu Vihar.The Allahabad High Court acquits the dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar giving them the benefit of doubt. NEW DELHI: The Allahabad High Court has overturned a CBI court verdict in the sensational Aarushi Talwar murder case, acquitting her dentist parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar of the charges of murdering their daughter and domestic help Hemraj. The High Court says the CBI had failed to prove “guilt beyond reasonable doubt”. Nupur and Rajesh…