Former Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan returned to Odisha on Tuesday for the first time after his resignation from the Union Cabinet, receiving a warm reception from BJP workers who hailed his decision as a "sacrifice in the interest of the youth and the nation."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the second high-level meeting with Secretaries to the Government of India at his residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg on Tuesday, reviewing the agenda of key ministries and departments, focusing on accelerating progress towards the goal of Viksit Bharat.
The CPI-M has acknowledged that its Kerala Assembly election campaign focused too heavily on then Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Stepping up its opposition to the Odisha government's proposal to name the state-run Phulbani Medical College and Hospital after Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, four Left parties on Tuesday demanded that the institution instead be named after eminent tribal freedom fighter Chakara Bisoi.
More than 2,000 farmers, under the banner of the Sanyukta Kisan Morcha, marched towards the Madhya Pradesh capital, Bhopal, from Narmadapuram on Tuesday as part of the 'Kisan Kranti Padyatra'.
PM Modi also confirmed Vladimir Putin's India visit in December later this year, saying 140 crore Indians are eagerly waiting for the Russian President.
Troops of the White Knight Corps of the Indian Army on Monday foiled an infiltration bid by Pakistan-backed terrorists in the Balakot sector of the Poonch district.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has reached here to assess the situation in the aftermath of the cloudbursts, heavy rain and flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir that have left a trail of death and destruction.
In the joint declaration, the SCO members condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam and called for action against perpetrators, organisers and sponsors of such attacks.
The Prime Minister also called on SCO members to shun double standards on terrorism, calling the menace a common challenge for all of humanity.
