The Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray, accompanied by his son Aditya Thackeray met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday, his first visit to the national capital after taking over the reins of the state. The Shiv Sena chief will also meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi, veteran BJP leader L K Advani and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The BJP and the Shiv Sena had a bitter fallout post assembly polls in Maharashtra last year over the chief minister”s post. The Sena later aligned with arch-rivals Congress and the NCP to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi government.
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The Indian Railways on Thursday announced its partnership with the University of Birmingham for the Joint Master’s programme in Railway Systems Engineering and Integration in academic year 2020-2021 by the National Rail Transportation Institute (NRTI). The announcement was made by Chairman Railway Board Vinod Kumar Yadav and Lord Karan Billimoria, Chancellor, University of Birmingham here. Yadav said it was the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to develop a Railway University which can look into all aspects of transportation. “Over the last few years, a lot of transformational work has been done by Railways and the focus has been on…
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is one of the most illustrated cricketers India have ever produced, which means wherever he goes, a crowd will follow him. This could be seen in Thane, Maharashtra, where he had gone for an ad shoot and hundreds collected to get a glimpse of the former India captain. Sapna Bhavnani, Dhoni’s hairstylist who is also a former contestant in the popular television reality show Bigg Boss, posted a video in which she could be seen doubling up as a bodyguard for the 2011 World Cup winner. “90% Security 10% Hair 500% Fangirl,” she wrote in the caption.…
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said people should desist from using the word “nationalism” as it has connotations of “Hitler and Nazism”. “Do not use the word ‘Nationalism’. Use ‘National’, ‘Nationality’, ‘Nation’. The meaning of ‘Nationalism’ is Hitler, Nazism and Fascism. The aim of the Sangh is to boost the feeling of patriotism and feeling of Hinduism,” said Bhagwat at an RSS programme in Ranchi. He is here for a five-day RSS event. He said “The aim of Sangh is nothing more than uniting the Hindu society. It does not mean that Sangh interferes in federal system of the…
The government will set up an inter-ministerial group (IMG) with Secretaries from the Corporate Affairs, and Law Ministries as well as the Finance Ministry’s three Secretaries to clear the initial issues on LIC listing shortly. Secretaries from DIPAM, DEA and Finance Secretary Rajeev Kumar will be in the IMG, sources said, adding that setting up an IMG is the first step towards such big decisions and it will look at the valuation, and the requirements including the legislative changes. The IMG will chalk out the initial roadmap for the listing — valuation, legislative changes and readying accounts, sources said. The…
Shuttler Saina Nehwal secured spot in Q/F at Barcelona Open after beating to Ukrainian rival Veteran shuttler Saina Nehwal won in straight games against Ukraine’s Maria Ulitina to storm into the women’s singles quarterfinals of the $170,000 Barcelona Spain Masters here on Thursday. Saina thrashed Maria 21-10, 21-19 in the second round and will now be meeting Thailand’s third seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan. But Kidambi Srikanth lost 6-21, 17-21 to fellow Indian Ajay Jayaram, ending his hopes of a Olympics berth. Like Saina, Sameer Verma also made it to the last eight with a 21-14, 16-21, 21-15 victory over Germany’s Kai…
The Indian contingent won three gold medals and one silver on the third day of the Asian Wrestling Championships here on Thursday. Divya Kakran won the round-robin 68kg title while Sarita Mor (59kg) and Pinki (55kg) won their respective final bouts at the KD Jadhav Wrestling arena. Nirmala Devi settled for silver after losing the 50kg final. India had only one female gold medallist in the history of the Asian Championships before Thursday, and the hosts made the most the chances that came their way in the absence of Chinese wrestlers due to coronavirus scare. Divya was dominant in her…
Vinay Sharma, one of the four Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on March 3 was injured after he reportedly banged his head against the wall of his cell at Tihar jail in Delhi. A jail official was quoted that Vinay Sharma had attempted to hurt himself by banging his head against a wall on Sunday and had suffered minor injuries. Earlier this week, Vinay Sharma’s lawyer had told a Delhi court that he was on a “hunger strike” and his mental status was not good. The court on Monday put out a third death warrant for Vinay Sharma, along…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday tweeted a photo of his “litti-chokha” lunch and “kulhad tea” on the streets of Delhi. He had the treat during a surprise visit to a crafts fair, “Hunar Haat”, at Rajpath, the ceremonious avenue near India Gate. Soon after chairing a meeting of the Union Cabinet, PM Modi reached the “Hunar Haat”, organised by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, and spent 50 minutes there interacting with artisans. Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi was with him. Sources in the government said officials of the ministry were surprised when they came to know of the prime…
A national-level hockey player and his friend were shot dead by their colleague in Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s hometown in Patiala on Wednesday night over a petty issue. The victims, who have been identified as Amrik Singh and Simranjit Singh Happy, were employed with Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. The police said the duo had an altercation with a person named Manoj Kumar and his son at an eatery. They beat up the father-son duo. Later, Manoj went to his home to bring his double-barrelled rifle and allegedly fired at Amrik and Simranjit. Both Amrik and Simranjit died on…