Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation through his monthly radio broadcast 'Mann ki Baat' on Sunday. Lauding farmers for strengthening the country's agriculture sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the farm sector is playing a major role in efforts to build a self-reliant India.
He also said if the essence of Mahatma Gandhi's economic philosophy was followed, there would not have been any need for the 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' campaign as India would have become self-reliant much earlier.
Former Defence Minister Jaswant Singh passed away on Sunday at the age of 82. The former Indian Army officer served in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet. He held the portfolios of defence, finance and external affairs in the Atal Bihar Vajpayee cabinet between 1998 and 2004.
In another news, more than 18 people have been arrested so far by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with Bollywood drug case, Mutha Ashok Jain, Deputy DG, South-Western Region of NCB said on Saturday.
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03:44 PM
BJP workers gheraoed Dy CM Sushil Modi outside the party office, over the candidature of Lakhisarai constituency.
03:34 PM
Kshitij Ravi Prasad remanded in NCB custody till October 3
A Mumbai court on Sunday remanded Kshitij Ravi Prasad, who was earlier hired as an executive producer by a firm of filmmaker Karan Johar, in the NCB's custody till October 3 following his arrest in a drugs caselinked to Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death.
Prasad had joined Dharmatic Entertainment (sister concern of Karan Johar's Dharma Productions) in November 2019 as one ofthe executive producers on a contract basis for a project, which eventually did not materialise, Johar said in a statement on Friday.
03:27 PM
Ajoy Kumar re-joins Congress party from Aam Aadmi Party
03:15 PM
CMS to hire 1,000 employees in next 2 months
Leading cash management services provider CMS is planning to hire 1,000 employees in the next two months with salaries upward of Rs 30,000 per month as it expands into service vertical of cash collections for its partner banks, NBFCs and microfinance firms, a company official said.
CMS Info Systems (CMS) has signed up for cash and cheque collections with several companies, including, Mahindra Finance, L&T Finance and Hero FinCorp.
03:01 PM
All efforts would be made to promote tourism in Ladakh: L-G Mathur
Asserting that tourism was the most adversely affected sector due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic across the globe, Ladakh Lieutenant Governor R K Mathur on Sunday said his administration would do whatever possible to promote tourism in the Union Territory.
Mathur was speaking at a function after flagging off a cleanliness drive on the occasion of World Tourism Day from Karzoo Zing here, an official spokesman said.
02:48 PM
It was important to ensure peace in northeast to take it forward with focus on economy, tourism: Amit Shah
02:33 PM
Jaswant Singh's passing away was very painful for us: Ravi Shankar Prasad
02:23 PM
Without the northeast, India & Indian culture are incomplete: Amit Shah
02:12 PM
RKFC announces formation of all-women's football team in Kashmir
On an occasion most appropriate, Real Kashmir Football Club (RKFC) has presented its fans in the union territory a Daughter's Day gift by announcing the formation of an all-women's team, which will compete at national tournaments.
This team, RKFC chairman Sandeep Chattoo said, will be for the daughters of Jammu and Kashmir "as we believe that girls have tremendous sporting potential and can go miles if trained properly".
01:56 PM
Many terror modules & sleeper cells busted in Bengaluru: Tejasvi Surya
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