Residential Welfare Associations (RWAs) across the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area have joined hands with election authorities to support the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and boost voter awareness, officials said on Tuesday.
The Youth Congress workers gathered outside the MP Congress Headquarters and raised slogans against the BJP alleging high-handed behaviour and undue pressure by the ruling party in the decision by the Returning Officer to cancel Natarajan’s nomination.
According to the returning officer, Natarajan failed to mention a court case in Form 26 (the affidavit), thereby submitting an incomplete affidavit.
In a major move to accelerate industrial development in Bihar, the state Cabinet has decided that approvals required for setting up new industries will be granted within 30 days.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday received messages of congratulations and praise from several world leaders as he prepared to become India's longest-serving elected Prime Minister, a milestone that drew recognition from countries across Asia, the Pacific and the Caribbean.
The Chief Minister described Netaji as a towering hero of the freedom movement, expressed gratitude for his unparalleled contribution to India’s independence, and offered floral tributes to his portrait on behalf of the people of the state.
Basant Panchami, the festival marking the arrival of spring and the worship of Goddess Saraswati, the deity of knowledge, is being celebrated in the Sangam city on Friday with devotion and enthusiasm.
"My mother was born before World War I and was a young woman during World War II and lived a very difficult life in post-war Europe, but remained a pillar of strength," said Pfaff in a telephonic conversation with UNI.
Following the directions of the Supreme Court, the district administration and police allowed the proceedings of worship by the Hindu community from sunrise on Friday, Vasant Panchami, at the Bhojshala-Kamaal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh.
The Karnataka High Court on Friday lifted the ban on bike taxi services in the State, setting aside an earlier single-judge order that had upheld the state government's prohibition on their operations.
