Category: NEW DELHI

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Delhi Forest and Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Saturday announced a ban from April 1 on sale of fuel to vehicles older than 15 years and constituted a team to identify and restrict movement of overage, polluting vehicles in the city.

India has emerged as a major automobile producer and exporter and a similar transformation has been observed in electronics manufacturing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Saturday.

A top official in Imphal said that the Home Minister during the meeting with the senior officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Intelligence wings took stock of the security situation in Manipur, where President’s Rule was promulgated on February 13, four days after the Chief Minister N Biren Singh resigned.

Out of the 1,200 central and state government schemes, 1,100 are now under the ambit of the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.

Acclaimed Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the NXT event held at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on Saturday, presenting the Indian PM with the flags of the two countries that had been onboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Speaking at a media event, the Prime Minister noted that the “world is keenly watching 21st-century India” to learn and understand how the country is able to manufacture from semiconductors to aircraft carriers.

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Saturday said that Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) marks the biggest failure of the Nehru government and the foreign policy of the late Prime Minister.

The delegation is slated to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh; External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and other high-level officials during next week.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended heartfelt birthday wishes to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, acknowledging his significant contributions to the state's development.

Heavy rain lashed several parts of the national capital on Saturday, bringing relief to the Delhiites from  the warm temperatures witnessed in the month of February. Parts of Haryana were also lashed by heavy rain.

Following the recent life sentence handed to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar for his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, victims' families are still grappling with the pain of a justice system they feel has failed them.

India on Wednesday marked the sixth anniversary of the Balakot airstrike, carried out by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in response to the deadly Pulwama terror attack. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday led the nation in paying tributes to great freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar on his death anniversary.

Showcasing credit deepening in agriculture and reduced dependency on non-institutional credit, the amount under operative Kisan Credit Card (KCC) accounts has more than doubled from Rs 4.26 lakh crore in March 2014 to Rs 10.05 lakh crore in December 2024, according to the latest government data.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is actively monitoring the arrangements for the Maha Kumbh 2025 on Wednesday from the control room in Gorakhpur,

On the occasion of Maha Shivratri, thousands of devotees have gathered at the sacred Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj on Wednesday to take part in the last holy dip of the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela. 

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday announced a big change in the class 10 board exams system from the next year, officials said.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has proposed holding Class 10 board exams twice a year, starting from the academic year 2026. The board has published draft guidelines for conducting these exams twice annually, and it is inviting suggestions from stakeholders and the public via its official website.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Tuesday apprised the Supreme Court that the issue of deportation of illegal immigrants is receiving consideration at the highest executive level and a decision is likely to be taken soon.

A Delhi court on Tuesday awarded life sentence to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in connection with the killing of a father-son duo in the Saraswati Vihar area on November 1, 1984, during the anti-Sikh riots.

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday tabled the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report in the Assembly, amid constant rounds of political sparring and squabbling between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Advantage Assam 2.0 investors' summit in Guwahati on Tuesday, emphasizing that Eastern India has always played a crucial role in shaping a prosperous India.

A total of 12 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs were suspended from the Delhi Assembly for unruly behaviour during the Lt. Governor's address on Tuesday.

The Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) audit report on Delhi’s liquor policy between 2017 and 2022 has flagged several violations in quality control, licensing, pricing, and systemic enforcement failures.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale struck the Bay of Bengal early on Tuesday morning, with tremors being felt in Kolkata and several regions of West Bengal. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake occurred at 6.10 a.m. at a depth of 91 kilometres.