In a latest development Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the renaming and expansion of the Ministry of Shipping. The new name is the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
New Delhi (ILNS): Bihar will have a new political dispensation installed by November 10. The elections started today and will finish on November 7. The results will be declared on November 10. Win or lose, a day before that, the RJD will be celebrating another incident.
Despite reports of coercion to achieve targets, the Swachh Bharat Mission seems to have been successful as data reveals that 99 percent of cities in India have been declared open defecation free.
New Delhi (ILNS): The National flag was at half-mast today atop Rashtrapati Bhavan, in honour of the death yesterday of Union Minister and LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan.
The laws are seen as anti-farmer and corporate friendly and opposition to them has reached the Supreme Court. Some states like Punjab are also looking to amend their mandi Act
Even as President Ram Nath Kovind gave his approval to the three contentious farm bills on Sunday, the protests by opposition and farmer groups continued and Congress MP TN Prathapan from Kerala has made preparations to approach the Supreme Court today to file a petition against the bills.
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police has registered an FIR against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on the basis of a 2013 accusation of sexual misconduct by actress Payal Ghosh. This is according to an official of the police department here.