NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister’s Office will hold a high-level meeting on the Joshimath crisis on Sunday afternoon amid alarm in the Uttarakhand region due to sinking of land and cracks in houses at several places.P K Mishra, the principal secretary to the prime minister, will hold the review meeting with the cabinet secretary, other … Read more
PITHORAGARH: In 2015, a 65-year-old member of the primitive Van Rawat tribe living in remote Khirdwari village in Champawat district of Uttarakhand undertook a trek of around 18 km to reach the nearest market in Chalthi and bought a radio transistor. And with that, he ended centuries of isolation for his village and brought the … Read more
GUWAHATI: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the proposed uniform civil code (UCC) must be implemented to curb polygamy in the greater interest of Muslim women. “If the uniform civil code does not get implemented, the polygamy system will continue. A man will marry three-four times, curtailing the fundamental rights of a woman,” … Read more
NEW DELHI: The railways on Friday evening announced to cancel more passenger trains till May 24 – raising the number from 670 to 753 trips of 42 trains — to free up tracks for coal rakes as peak demand scaled a new peak of 207 gigawatts on Friday, leading to fuel inventories depleting to average … Read more
LUCKNOW: The UP government is “seriously” contemplating bringing the proposed uniform civil code into force in the state, whether the opposition supports it or not, deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya declared on Saturday. His remark came within a day of Union home minister Amit Shah reportedly telling party functionaries at the BJP office in MP’s … Read more