Street food vendors in Lakhanpur received a major boost on Friday as Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh announced the development of a modern Street Food Hub under the PM SVANidhi scheme, saying the project will provide organised vending spaces, strengthen local livelihoods and showcase Dogra cuisine to tourists and pilgrims.
The senior BJP leader said the development projects launched by the Prime Minister will boost ease of living in the city and regional development.
The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday questioned the circumstances under which Lord Jagannath's traditional tahia (floral headgear) allegedly came off during the Pahandi procession of the Rath Yatra, describing the incident as an unprecedented ritual lapse that hurt the sentiments of millions of devotees.
Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, Pinarayi Vijayan, on Friday accused the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government of completely surrendering to the BJP and Sangh Parivar agenda.
Education reform activist Sonam Wangchuk entered the 20th day of his indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar on Friday.
Public sector undertaking Coal India has deployed a high-capacity pump with a 500 GPM (gallons per minute) capacity to dewater the mine at Assam’s Dima Hasao district where efforts are on to search the trapped labourers.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah will chair a regional conference on “Drug Trafficking and National Security” in New Delhi on Saturday.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday launched the Jammu & Kashmir Right to Information (RTI) online portal marking a significant step towards enhancing transparency and accountability in governance.
The notorious underworld don is currently lodged in Tihar Prison after his conviction in several serious criminal cases.
Not passing any order and posting the matter for the first week of April, a bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar said that clubbing all suits/ applications related to the case and hearing them together will benefit both the sides in the case since it will avoid multiple proceedings.
