Boat Rides In Delhi Soon? Government Plans Water Tourism On Yamuna

The people of Delhi will soon be able to enjoy boat rides as the Delhi government and the Centre signed an MoU on Tuesday to develop water tourism on the 4 kilometer Sonia Vihar-Jagatpur stretch of the Yamuna. Speaking at the event in Asita Park, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena said that in the coming days, the facility will be expanded, a move that will decongest the city's roads and also provide better travel options for residents of the city. This is a major step towards integrating river, road, and metro transportation. The public-private partnership...

Read More

"Gimmick": Atishi's Jab At Free LPG Cylinder On Holi Promise, BJP Responds

The AAP on Tuesday questioned the BJP government in Delhi over its promise to provide free cooking gas cylinders to women on the occasion of Holi. Addressing a press conference, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi chief minister Atishi said that women in the national capital are waiting for the BJP to fulfil its pre-poll promise. "I want to ask the BJP government and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta if they will fulfil their poll promise of providing free cooking gas cylinders to women in Delhi on Holi, or will it prove to be another gimmick...

Read More

Cab Drivers Boycott Hyderabad Airport Trips Over Low Aggregator Fares

Cab drivers under the banner of the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers' Union have launched a campaign boycotting trips facilitated by cab aggregator companies to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on the city's outskirts, protesting against the "low fares" being charged. TGPWU founder-president Shaik Salauddin said on Tuesday that the campaign has been underway on a large scale since it was launched two days ago. He alleged that aggregator companies charge as little as Rs 300-Rs 400 for a trip from the city to the airport while claiming a...

Read More

पहलवान रहा है, ठीक ही कहा... CM योगी ने संभल CO के '52 जुमा, होली एक' बयान का किया समर्थन

उत्तर प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने संभल जिले के पुलिस अधिकारी अनुज चौधरी के उस बयान का समर्थन किया है, जिसमें उन्होंने कहा है कि होली साल में एक बार आती है, जबकि जुमे की नमाज हर हफ्ते होती है. सीएम ने कहा कि अधिकारी ने भले ही 'पहलवान' की तरह बात की हो, लेकिन अर्जुन पुरस्कार विजेता ने जो कहा वह सही है. लोगों को सच्चाई स्वीकार करनी चाहिए - योगी योगी आदित्यनाथ ने कहा, "हमारा वो पुलिस अधिकारी पहलवान रहा है, अर्जुन अवॉर्ड विजेता रहा है,...

Read More

Devendra Fadnavis Backs Call To Remove Aurangzeb's Tomb, Slams Congress

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today backed the call for the removal of the tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb from Khulabad in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district. He, however said this has to be done through the law, since the previous Congress government had protected the tomb by handing it over to the Archaeological Society of India or ASI.  "We all also want the same thing, but you need to do it within the framework of the law, because it is a protected site. The site was put under ASI's protection during the Congress regime...

Read More

Alpha Tocol Delivers 1st Rear Fuselage For Mk1A To Hindustan Aeronautics

Private firm Alpha Tocol Engineering Services on Sunday handed over the first rear fuselage for Light Combat Aircraft Mk1A to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the Defence Ministry said. The rear fuselage was handed over at the HAL's Aircraft Division in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, according to a Defence Ministry statement. Speaking on the occasion, Singh termed the handing over as a milestone in the historic journey of India's defence manufacturing. "The ceremony is a testimony to India's progress towards Aatmanirbharta...

Read More

J&K Lt Governor Orders "Thorough, Transparent" Probe Into Kathua Killings

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday ordered a thorough and transparent investigation into the killing of three relatives of a family in Kathua district. The bodies of Varun Singh (15), his paternal uncle Yogesh Singh (32) and maternal uncle Darshan Singh (40) were found from the Ishu nullah in the remote Malhar area in the higher reaches of the district on Saturday. The trio had gone missing on March 5. "I have ordered a thorough and transparent investigation, and all the necessary support to the families will be provided,"...

Read More