Defence agents to be legalised by mid-February: Manohar Parrikar
In an interaction with journalists late Tuesday night, he also said that the ministry is thinking of giving conditioned and limited approval to dealing with banned firms, and a ban has been lifted to get spare parts for Tatra trucks. “Representatives from defence firms are already allowed in... read more »
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis likely to go for cabinet expansion soon
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is likely to undertake the cabinet expansion next month. This was revealed by Minister for Cooperation and Marketing Chandrakant Patil on Tuesday. “ The cabinet expansion is high on the agenda. There is still scope to induct atleast 12 ministers in the cabinet,”... read more »
Drug racket case: Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia at ED offic...
Jalandhar: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Friday questioned Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia in Jalandhar with regard to a multi-million rupee international synthetic drugs racket busted last year. Majithia, who is the younger brother of Union Minister for Food Processing Harsimrat... read more »
200 Mahadalits convert to Christianity in Bihar, Chief Minister seeks probe
After Bhagalpur and Munger, it was turn of Bodh Gaya where in a village 200 Mahadalits converted to Christianity on Christmas Day. Chief Minister Jitan Manjhi, who himself is from the community and from the same district, has sought a probe into the event. About 200 Mahadalits from 40 families of... read more »
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