45-YEAR-OLD DHAMI TICKS ALL THE BJP BOXES TO BECOME UTTARAKHAND’S YOUNGEST CM

July 5, 2021

Forty-five-year-old Pushkar Singh Dhami, long associated with the BJP and the RSS, on Sunday became the 11th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. Governor Baby Rani Maurya administered the oath to him. Along with Dhami, Satpal Maharaj, Harkasih Rawat, Dr Dhan Singh Rawat, Banshidhar Bhagat, Yashpal Arya, Subodh Uniyal, Arvind Pandey, Bishan...

Modi Cabinet all set for mega expansion

July 3, 2021

The Modi Cabinet may be expanded soon. This reshuffle will be done keeping in mind the Lok Sabha elections to be held in 2024 and the Assembly elections in some states next year. The exercise for the much-awaited expansion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet has begun. If top party...

On Doctors’ Day, PM says govt committed towards their safety

July 2, 2021

Addressing doctors on the occasion of National Doctors’ Day on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that doctors are “another form of God”, as they can give a “new life” whether one is a victim of some disease or accident. Referring to the violence against the health workers during the...

CABINET APPROVES COVID ECONOMIC PACKAGE, RS 3L CRORE SCHEME FOR POWER DISCOMS

July 1, 2021

Two days after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of relief measures for sectors affected by Covid-19, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Rs 6.29-lakh crore relief package, Union minister Prakash Javadekar announced. The Cabinet also approved the export insurance cover of Rs 1.22 lakh crore scheme and power...

CENTRE APPROVES AMBITIOUS DEEP OCEAN MISSION FOR RESOURCES

June 17, 2021

The government on Wednesday approved a proposal of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, relating to the “Deep Ocean Mission” with an estimated investment of Rs 4,077 crore over a period of five years. The mission aims to conduct exploration up to 6,000 metres under the sea to look for resources,...

Yogi meets PM Modi, UP cabinet may see entry of Jitin Prasada and Arvind Sharma

June 12, 2021

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the second day of his Delhi visit on Friday. The discussion between the two leaders lasted for about one-and-a-half hours. The agenda of the discussion was the 2022 UP Assembly elections. Top BJP sources say that, following the...

RSS wants BJP to ‘save’ PM Modi’s image for 2024, not ‘waste’ in state polls

June 11, 2021

There has been a big change in the strategy of the BJP which has so far been fighting the Assembly elections by projecting the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Till the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the party now plans to keep the face of PM Modi away from active...

Yogi visits Delhi, UP cabinet changes on cards

June 11, 2021

Putting an end to all speculation that Yogi Adityanath was not listening to the central leadership of Delhi, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister suddenly reached Delhi on Thursday and met Union Home Minister Amit Shah, along with some other Union Ministers and MPs. The meetings have strengthened speculation about the...

No celebrations, just PM Modi’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ on 7th anniversary

May 28, 2021

May 30 marks the second anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi›s second innings, when the Modi government is going to complete its seven years. Due to the Covid-19 shadow on the 7th anniversary of the government, there would be no big jalsa, and no ceremony is being organised by the...

Covid vaccine is Godsent, look at it as ‘prasadam’: MoS Health

March 20, 2021

As the country reels with a fresh wave of Covid-19 cases, the Central government is fighting a war on two fronts—keeping the rising numbers in check and getting everyone vaccinated in time. Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey spoke to The Sunday Guardian on the...