The BJP, which is currently leading the coalition government in Assam since 2016, became part of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) on Tuesday, 17 years after the creation of a politically relevant tribal autonomous body. A five-person executive body, consisting of two members each from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the United People’s Liberal Party (UPPL) and one member from the Gana Suraksha Party (GSP), took office on Tuesday after the ceremony in Kokrajhar, the headquarters of the Gana Suraksha Party (GSP). UPPL President Promod Boro became Chief Executive Member (CEM) and his party’s senior leader, Gobindo Chandra Basumatry, took…
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Sonchiriya director Abhishek Chaubey will be helming the biopic based on hockey legend Dhyan Chand. The film, which will go on floors in 2021, is being produced by Ronnie Screwvala and co-produced by Premnath Rajagopalan. The biopic will release in 2022. The cast has not been finalised yet. The biopic will largely chronicle Dhyan Chand’s journey to fame during the British Raj. While earlier, there were reports that Abhishek Chaubey will be directing a film based on the life of Dhyan Chand, the same has now been confirmed. Bollywood trade analyst, Taran Adarsh, took to Twitter to make the announcement.…
More than 93 thousand health workers of Uttarakhand will be given free coronavirus vaccine, the state Health Secretary Amit Negi said on Tuesday. He further said that the Central Government has made it clear that no amount will be taken from health workers for the vaccine. In the first phase of vaccination across the country, the centre will provide about 20 lakh vaccines to the state, under this, permanent and contractual workers working in government hospitals, PRD (Prantiya Rakshak Dal) etc., as well as health workers working in private hospitals, will get a free vaccine. Apart from this, one lakh…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson accepted India’s “very generous” invitation to be a member of the Republic Day next month’s festivities in Delhi, UK Foreign Secretary said today, calling it a great honour” This will be Boris Johnson’s “first major bilateral visit” since he took office last year said his office. “I am absolutely delighted to be visiting India next year at the start of an exciting year for Global Britain, and look forward to delivering the quantum leap in our bilateral relationship that Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi and I have pledged to achieve,” the British PM said in a…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has again voiced support for his government’s divisive regulations on the agriculture sector, which has been in protest against farmers camping on the border of Delhi for almost 20 days. The government has made it clear that it will not dismantle farm regulations, which is the main demand of farmers, resulting in a deadlock and an outbreak of protests. The agricultural reforms that have taken place are just what farmers’ bodies and even opposition parties have been calling for over the years,” said the Prime Minister today, reiterating the government’s argument that the opposition is now…
The Indian Coast warship ‘Sujit’, the second within the series of 105 metres off-shore patrol vessels, was commissioned in Goa on Tuesday. The vessel will enhance the Indian Coast Guard’s operational capability to discharge multifarious maritime tasks, a spokesman of the Coast Guard said. It was commissioned at the Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) in Vasco town by Secretary (defence production) Raj Kumar within the presence of Indian Coast Guard Director General Krishnaswamy Natarajan et al. . The 105 metres OPV (off-shore patrol vessel) has been designed and built indigenously by the GSL, and is fitted with advanced technology, navigation and…
The Narcotics Control Bureau has summoned Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal here on Wednesday for questioning during a drugs case, an NCB official said on Tuesday. Rampal has been asked to stay present before the NCB team, which is conducting a search into the alleged Bollywood- drugs nexus following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, the official said. This is the second time that the NCB will question the model-turned-actor within the drugs case. Earlier, he was questioned by the agency on November 13 for around seven hours. Rampal was summoned on Wednesday after the NCB obtained some information during…
Salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group and US-based fund Interups Inc were among “multiple” entities that on Monday put in preliminary bids for purchasing loss-making carrier Air India. A group of 219 Air India employees submitted an expression of interest (EoI) for the carrier in partnership with Interups at the close of the deadline on Monday. “Multiple expressions of interest are received for strategic disinvestment of Air India. The Transaction will now move to the second stage,” Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey tweeted. He, however, didn’t reveal either the identity of the bidders or the…
A statue of Dr. B R Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Constitution, was found damaged at a village here, police said on Tuesday. They said the statue was installed in Lohta Pachdaura village under Bhimpura police headquarters , and it had been damaged on Monday night by “antisocial” elements. Bhimpura police headquarters SHO Shiv Milan said the villagers informed the police about the incident Tuesday morning. Circle Officer K P Singh said things is in check , and therefore the police have initiated action within the matter. “There is peace within the area. Police personnel are deployed. a replacement…
Actor Sonu Sood on Sunday announced a replacement initiative under which he would be providing e-rickshaws to the underprivileged who lost their source of livelihood during the coronavirus pandemic. Sood, known for films like “Dabangg”, “Jodhaa Akbar”, and “Simmba”, catapulted to the national spotlight for his add helping migrants reach their homes during the coronavirus-triggered lockdown earlier this year. The 47-year-old actor said his initiative, titled ‘khud kamaao ghar chalaao’, is aimed toward generating employment opportunities to form people “self-reliant”. “I believe providing job opportunities is more important than distributing supplies. I’m sure that this initiative will help them stand…