Tag: Modi Government

New Delhi: In what could make Air India sale an uphill task for the government, the national carrier could report highest-ever loss of over Rs 7,600 crore in financial year 2018-19 on account of low fleet utilization and high fuel prices among others. An official source said the total revenue in the previous fiscal stood […]

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: Sundergarh MP Jual Oram on Wednesday confessed that he was upset after failing to get a Cabinet berth in the Narendra Modi government 2.0. It is for the first time that Oram expressed his feelings publicly. While addressing a felicitation programme held at Rourkela yesterday, the five-term MP said, “I am also a human […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said no civilian was killed in the air and surgical strikes by Indian troops on terrorist hubs in Pakistan. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Shah said his government had changed the approach of dealing with terrorism and was attacking its roots in Pakistan. “Our government did […]

New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Friday gave go-head to resolution seeking extension of President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir for another six months and passed the Bill to expand reservation benefits in the state bringing people living on the International Border (IB) under its fold as Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured that the government […]

Amethi: Posters appeared in Amethi hours before Congress MP Rahul Gandhi reached the constituency he had represented for three terms. The posters said ‘nyay do nyay do’ and referred to the demise of a patient in the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, due to alleged lack of proper treatment. The hospital is run by the Rajiv Gandhi […]

New Delhi: Refuting opposition’s claims of “misuse” of the NIA law, Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday asserted that the Modi government will never abuse it to target anyone but will ensure that terrorism is finished off irrespective of the religion of the accused. In an intervention during a discussion in Lok Sabha on the […]

New Delhi: In its effort to weed out archaic and dead statutes, the Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a bill to scrap 58 laws which have lost their relevance. The NDA government in its two terms has sent to the chopping block 1824 old laws which had become redundant. After the Repealing and Amendment Bill, 2019 […]

New Delhi: In what suggests change in power equation in the Modi 2.0 government, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari would not be part of the reconstituted ministerial panel on Air India which will decide the national carrier’s privatization. Home Minister Amit Shah will head the panel with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce and […]

Amid all the confusion and expectations for a further hike in the minimum pay of the Central government employees, against what they are getting under the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission, here comes a good news for them. According to reports, the Modi government has accepted the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission on […]

New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Monday passed the bill amending the Right To Information Act, amid objections by the Opposition which alleged that it was an attempt to undermine the law and make the transparency panel a “toothless tiger”. The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019, seeks to give the government powers to fix salaries, […]

Bhubaneswar: Rejecting the BJD’s allegation that Odisha received less central assistance from the Narendra Modi government, opposition BJP Wednesday claimed that funding from the Centre actually increased manifold during the NDA regime. The central grant to Odisha in the last fiscal of the UPA government in 2013-14 was only Rs 10,965 crore, while it is […]

The Central government employees, who have been demanding a further hike in the minimum pay in the basic pay against the 7th Pay Commission recommendation, seems to have some good news in the offing for this month, August. The Central government employees are now waiting for the hike in Dearness Allowances (DA). The CG employees […]

Chennai: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday asserted that removal of special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution will put an end to terrorism and lead to progress of the region. Speaking at the launch of a book on Vice President M Venkiah Naidu’s two years in office here, […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday carried out an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in Karnataka and Maharashtra, and reviewed the relief operation being conducted to deal with the natural disaster. “Did an aerial survey of the flood affected areas of Belagavi (Karnataka) and Kolhapur and Sangli (Maharashtra). Also held a meeting […]

Rohtak (Haryana): In a significant political move, senior Congress leader and two-time Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, here on Sunday, supported the Narendra Modi government’s move to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution. Addressing a ‘Mahaparivartan Rally’ in his hometown, Hooda said he would not compromise with anyone on the issue of patriotism. “When […]