Ex-officer recalls PM Modi’s demand on I-Day 2014

PM Modi said, ‘if this stays in front of me, I would not be able to address the citizens’,” the officer recalled. Former defence secretary RK Mathur has recalled how Prime Minister Narendra Modi insisted on removing the bulletproof glass barrier from the Red Fort before delivering his first Independence Day address as Prime Minister…

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CJI Surya Kant urges young lawyers to shoulder responsibility of future, says ‘much remains to be done’

File photo: CJI Surya Kant Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Saturday said India had overcome several formidable challenges in the eight decades since Independence, but much remained to be done, urging young law graduates and lawyers to prepare themselves to shoulder the responsibilities of the future.Speaking at the national flag-hoisting ceremony organised by…

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Inside PM Modi’s energy self-reliance plan

Target of 100 GW of nuclear energy by 2047, 5 new nuclear reactors to be operational within 6-7 years: PM Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced an ambitious expansion of India’s nuclear power programme, setting a target of 100 GW of nuclear power capacity by 2047 and saying five new nuclear…

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Four killed, five Army personnel missing after landslide

NEW DELHI: Five Army personnel went missing after a heavy rain-triggered flash flood washed away two shelters in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang Valley district, while a major landslide at a road construction site in Upper Subansiri district claimed four lives, officials told news agency PTI on Saturday.Both incidents took place on Friday evening, according to the…

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CM Hemant Soren to protesting Jharkhand students

Soren reaches out to protesting students, vows changes in exam system NEW DELHI: Amid a three-week-long protest by students demanding the cancellation of flawed examinations, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Saturday assured that his government would bring changes to the examination system and ensure greater transparency, particularly in tests conducted by the Jharkhand Public…

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