Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on today that rides on DTC and cluster buses will be free for women from 29 October on the occasion of Bhaiya Dooj.
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In his first Independence Day address after returning to power with a bigger mandate this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced creation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff to spearhead the three services, called for measures to check ‘population explosion’ and gave a fresh push to the idea of ‘one nation, one election’.
The State of emergency imposed in Colombo after the 21 April Easter blasts that killed 290 people will be lifted later this month, Sri Lankan Minister John Amaratunga said here on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka is keen to resume ferry service with India to boost tourism and hopes the initiative will be made before this year-end, a Sri Lankan Minister said Wednesday.
Hyderabad MP Owaisi alleged that the ruling BJP government wanted to change Kashmir’s demography through delimitation of Assembly constituencies to have its own chief minister. The Modi government loved Kashmir but not Kashmiri’s, he said.
The Hindu Janajagruti Samiti on Wednesday demanded that the Tipu Express running between Bengaluru and Mysuru be renamed after Krishnaraja Wodeyar and Sir M Visvesvaraya.
Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H D Deve Gowda on Wednesday offered prayers to Lord Athi Varadar here, with two days to go for the culmination of the festival that is held once in 40 years.
Around six lakh people have been housed in over 2,000 relief camps in the two States. A Kerala government update at 5pm said 102 people lost their lives across the state in floods and landslides, triggered by the second spell of monsoon, since 8 August.
“The way they handled the Kashmir issue, they handled it in a diplomatic fashion,” said actor Rajinikanth yesterday defending his recent statement where he addressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah as Lord Krishna and Arjuna on the Kashmir issue.