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Ministry of Food Processing Industries issues guidelines for OPERATION GREENS

open view web desk Ministry of Food Processing Industries(MoFPI) under Union Minister Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal has approved the operationalisation strategy for Operation Greens today. Operation Greens was announced in the Budget speech of 2018-19 with an outlay of Rs 500 crores to stabilize the supply of Tomato, […]

Prime Minister felicitates crew of INS Arihant on completion of Nuclear Triad

open view web desk Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi received today the crew of Strategic Strike Nuclear Submarine (SSBN) INS Arihant. The submarine recently returned from its first deterrence patrol, completing the establishment of the country’s survivable nuclear triad. Stressing the significance of the successful deployment of INS […]

PM greets the nation on Dhanteras

 open view web desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the Nation on the occasion of Dhanteras. Prime Minister said, “धनतेरस के पावन अवसर पर सभी देशवासियों को हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं। भगवान धन्वंतरि हम सबको जीवन में सुख, समृद्धि एवं उत्तम स्वास्थ्य प्रदान करें। Greetings on the auspicious occasion […]

Curfew continues for fifth day in J-K’s Kishtwar district

Jammu : Curfew continued for the fifth consecutive day in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar town Monday which was imposed following the killing of a senior BJP leader and his brother by suspected militants, officials said. However, the curfew was relaxed in the district for two hours on Saturday and […]

Gambhir steps down as Delhi Ranji captain

New Delhi : Delhi’s senior-most player Gautam Gambhir has decided to step down from the state Ranji side’s captaincy and has told the team management to pick a younger player for the job, an official said Monday. “Gautam has intimated state team’s chief selector Amit Bhandari that he would […]

High prices take sheen off gold sales on Dhanteras

New Delhi : Gold and jewellery sales in the morning trade remained subdued this Dhanteras Monday owing to sluggish demand from consumers amid high prices, according to industry players. However, organised players like P C Jewellers are expecting better sales later during the day as quality and better designs […]

Accept our olive branch: AIBA President Rakhimov to IOC

New Delhi : Newly-elected International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Gafur Rakhimov has urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to accept an “olive branch” from his organisation while promising to continue his efforts to save boxing’s Olympic status. Rakhimov, who is accused of having links to organised crime by the […]

On This Day: Obama elected 44th president

On Nov. 4, 2008, Barack Obama, a Democratic U.S. senator from Illinois, was the first African American elected president of the United States, taking 338 electoral votes to 161 for Republican John McCain On this date in history: In 1879, James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio, patented […]

It’s in our DNA: Youthful Pakistan race to Twenty20 domination

Dubai : Brash young players, peak fitness and a winning mentality “in their DNA”, Pakistan are the current kings of international Twenty20 cricket. The last two Sundays have seen Pakistan race to series whitewashes in the game’s shortest format against Australia and New Zealand. They also have registered 11 […]

‘Badhaai Ho’ enters Rs 100 crore club

Mumbai :“Badhaai Ho” is the latest Bollywood film to cross the box office milestone of Rs 100 crore. The Amit Sharma-directed film is a comedy drama about a middle age couple, played by Neena Gupta and Gajraj Rao, facing unexpected pregnancy. Production banner Junglee Pictures took to Twitter […]

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