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Nadda to launch Ayushman Bharat scheme during two-day Odisha visit

Union Health Minister J P Nadda will embark on a two-day visit to Odisha on Friday during which he will launch the Ayushman Bharat scheme in the state. Nadda is scheduled to arrive in state capital Bhubaneswar around 1 pm, after which he will head to Cuttack to attend an event alongside Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, where the Ayushman Bharat scheme, the Ayushman Vayo-Vandana Yojana and the state's Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana (GJAY) will be officially launched, BJP state president Manmohan Samal said. Around 3.5 crore people are expected to benefit from these health insurance schemes, Samal said. During his visit to Cuttack, the Union minister will also inaugurate the new building of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Pediatrics, officials said. Nadda's itinerary also includes visits to AIIMS Bhubaneswar and the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET). On Saturday morning, Nadda will formally inaugurate a three-day training

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BJP to launch nationwide campaign to promote new Waqf law benefits

The BJP will launch a fortnight-long public awareness campaign, aimed especially at Muslims, from April 20 to publicise the benefits of the Waqf (Amendment) Act and counter the opposition's criticism of it, with party president JP Nadda and Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju addressing its delegates on Thursday. BJP office-bearers from across the country attended a workshop here as Nadda accused the opposition parties of misleading Muslims over the provisions of the amended law as part of its vote-bank politics. He asserted that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is determined to make 'pasmanda (backward)' Muslims and women stakeholders in management and welfare programmes of the Waqf with transparent and efficient management of its properties, party sources said. Members of Waqf boards from BJP-ruled states and the party's organisation, including its minority wing, attended the day-long workshop. Nadda said the new law, which came into effect on April 8, would hel

Congress claims credit for Tahawwur Rana extradition: 'UPA-era groundwork'

P Chidambaram says Tahawwur Rana's extradition is result of UPA-era diplomacy, slams Modi govt for taking credit for process initiated in 2009 after 26/11 attack

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Mamata Banerjee says Waqf Amendment Act will not be implemented in Bengal

Speaking at a programme organised by the Jain community in Kolkata, CM Mamata Banerjee said she would always stand by the minority communities and protect their rights

Are we supposed to eat dhoklas? Mahua Moitra on CR Park fish market row

CR Park fish market row: Viral videos show groups removing fish stalls near temple in CR Park, BJP calls video fake

BJP suspends former MLA for 'purifying' temple after Dalit leader's visit

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also slammed the BJP, terming it as an anti-Dalit party

Delhi residents to pay monthly fee for garbage pickup: Details here

MCD ends free garbage pickup; residents to pay ₹50-₹200 monthly. AAP, RWAs call move anti-people, unilateral; BJP, set to lead MCD, accused of dodging blame

BJP slams Mamata for 'vote bank politics' over Murshidabad Waqf protest

Reportedly, during the protest against the controversial Waqf Amendment Act in Murshidabad, violence broke out on Tuesday

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Major regional parties face vacuum as top leaders enter twilight years

BJD lacks a clear successor to Naveen Patnaik, Abhishek Banerjee is yet to win over TMC's senior leaders, and BJP appears reluctant to align with JD(S) amid its electoral decline

World's largest dam in China like water bomb for downstream nations: BJP MP

China's announcement of constructing the world's largest dam was like a 'water bomb' which would have a devastating downstream impact on northeastern India and Bangladesh, BJP Lok Sabha member from Arunachal Pradesh Tapir Gao claimed here on Tuesday. The lawmaker from Arunachal Pradesh was addressing a conference on 'Ensuring Water Security, ecological integrity and Disaster Resilience in the Sub-Himalayan Region: The Case of the Brahmaputra'. "China has already decided to construct a dam which will have the capacity to produce 60,000 MW of electricity. This is not going to be a dam, but a water bomb to be used against India and other lower riparian countries," Gao said. He claimed that the devastating floods of June 2000 caused by a similar water bomb that had washed away more than 10 bridges on the Siang river, as the Yarlung Tsangpo is known in Arunachal Pradesh before it becomes Brahmaputra upon entering Assam. 'If China decides to release water from the dam in the future, ...

Modi will continue to be prime minister even beyond 2029, says Fadnavis

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will continue to lead the country even beyond 2029 and there is no question of discussing a successor, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday. Fadnavis' assertion comes in response to Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut's claim last month that Modi had visited Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh headquarters in Nagpur to convey the message that he is retiring. When asked about his earlier comments made in Nagpur about Modi's successor, Fadnavis on Tuesday said, "I have said that it is not the right time to think of a successor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, because, in 2029, Modi will be prime minister again". He was speaking at the India Global Forum in Mumbai. Raut had claimed that Modi probably went to the RSS headquarters on March 30 to "write his retirement application in September, alluding to some leaders in the BJP retiring at 75. Modi, who is in his third term as PM, turns 75 in September this year. It appears that Modi's heir

Karnataka Minister apologises after huge row over Bengaluru groping case

Recently, a video widely circulated on social media showed CCTV footage of an unknown man sexually harassing a woman on a Bengaluru street

Achhe din beginning for slum-dwellers after years: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta

Slamming the previous governments, CM Gupta asserted that they didn't work for slum dweller and misled people that BJP government won't work for them

Blast outside BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia's Jalandhar home; probe underway

CCTV footage shows a person arriving in an e-rickshaw, throwing an unidentified object near the house, and fleeing the scene in the same vehicle

BJP received highest donation among national parties in FY24, shows data

The Congress received a total of ₹190.32 crore via 102 donations from corporate/business sectors and ₹90.89 crore through 1,882 individual donors

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Received Rs 5,990 cr grants under SC, ST sub-plans in 3 years: J'khand govt

Jharkhand Finance Minister Radha Krishna Kishore on Monday claimed that the state received Rs 5,990.6 crore in grants under sub-plans for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) over the past three years since 2021-22. He alleged that the central government had reduced funding under the SC and ST sub-plans over the past decade, and the grants allocated to the state were meagre in proportion to the population of tribal and Dalit communities in the state. "In Jharkhand, the SC population is 39 lakh and the ST population is 86 lakh. Between 2021-22 and 2023-24, the state received Rs 3,515.11 crore under the ST sub-plan and Rs 2,475.49 crore under the SC sub-plan," Kishore said while addressing the media at the Congress headquarters here. He added, "A mere Rs 5,990.6 crore has been received over three years, whereas the state should have received at least Rs 10,000 crore for the special component plans, proportional to the SC and ST population in the state." Kishore further ...