U.S. President Donald Trump tonight called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi to greet him on Independence Day. Mr. Modi shared this through a tweet. “Appreciate the warm felicitations from @POTUS, who called this evening to convey Independence Day greetings. Thank you @realDonaldTrump,” the Prime Minister tweeted. Appreciate the warm felicitations from @POTUS, who called this evening to convey Independence Day […]
» Read moreIn a humanitarian gesture, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday assured a Pakistani woman who is suffering from cancer of granting a visa for her treatment in India. Ms. Swaraj conveyed the decision of granting the medical visa to Pakistani woman Faiza Tanveer on Twitter. “Thanks for your greetings on India’s Independence day. We are giving you the visa […]
» Read moreMore than 9.3 crore Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) have been linked with Aadhaar, a senior Income Tax Department officer said. Of the total PAN-Aadhaar seeding, which is nearly 30 per cent of about 30 crore PAN card holders, about three crore linkages were done in June and July. “By August 5, which was the last date for filing Income Tax […]
» Read moreThe Centre is willing to grant exemption from NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) for one year to Tamil Nadu in terms of government college medical admissions to help rural students, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. Speaking at the sidelines of an event on Sunday, she said the State needed to pass an Ordinance seeking exemption for one year, […]
» Read moreThe AIADMK (Amma) on Thursday came out against deputy general secretary TTV Dhinakaran. Describing his recent appointments as not permissible as per rules of the party, a resolution adopted at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami stated that Mr Dhinakaran’s decisions would not be binding on the party members. The resolution also said, “TTV Dhinakaran’s appointment as […]
» Read moreWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the BJP government at the Centre of subverting democracy and said the Trinamool Congress will work with all opposition parties to oust the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Giving the slogan of ‘BJP quit India in 2019’, Ms. Banerjee charged that the BJP-led government at the Centre has “taken […]
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