New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the death of Shiv Kumar Pareek, a long-time aide of BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and said he devoted himself to service and nation-building. Pareek, who was in his 80s, died on Saturday following a spell of illness. For decades, Pareek, prominently recognisable by his handlebar […]
Lucknow: Ishan Kishan (89 off 56 balls) and Shreyas Iyer (57 not out off 28 balls) sparkled with scintillating knocks against an underwhelming Sri Lanka bowling attack to set up a convincing 62-run win at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium on Thursday. In a tall chase of 200, Sri Lanka […]
Mahabubnagar: Strongly supporting Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s appeal for drafting a new Constitution, Industries Minister KT Rama Rao said the Opposition parties were trying to politicise the issue with ulterior motives. The Chief Minister had only raised his objections over the Centre’s discrimination towards Telangana in the union budget, besides injustice to Dalits and […]
New Delhi: On the occasion of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday paid floral tribute at ‘Sadaiv Atal’ Samadhi in the national capital. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal and others also […]
Lucknow: Continuing its name changing spree, the Yogi Adityanath government is now mulling a proposal to name the Lucknow Zoo after former Prime Minister, late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Forest Minister Dara Singh Chouhan said that the government was considering the proposal and a decision would be taken at the right time. The Lucknow zoo, earlier […]
Mancherial: Road connectivity in rural parts in particular remote and tribal habitations has undergone a remarkable transformation for the past two decades. The credit goes to the ambitious Pradhana Mantri Grameena Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), conceived by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to improve road and bridge infrastructure of villages across India, in 2000. […]
