Ferry service between India, Sri Lanka will enhance connectivity, promote trade: PM Modi

New Delhi, October 14 (Press Ki Taquat) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said ferry service between India and Sri Lanka would enhance connectivity, promote trade and reinforce the longstanding bonds between the two countries. In his message delivered virtually during the flag-off event of the ferry service from India’s Nagapattinam to Sri Lanka, he […]

Delivery of justice to 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims started only after 2014: Amit Shah

New Delhi, October 13(Press Ki Taquat) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said justice to the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots started being delivered only after the Narendra Modi government assumed office in 2014. Addressing a programme of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee here, Shah said 300 cases related to the 1984 […]

Cabinet approves royalty rates for lithium, two other strategic minerals

New Delhi, October 11 (Press Ki Taquat) The Centre on Wednesday said it has approved royalty rates of 3 per cent each for lithium and niobium and 1 per cent for Rare Earth Elements (REEs). The decision on the royalty rates for the three critical and strategic minerals was taken by the Union Cabinet chaired […]

PM Modi pays tributes to freedom fighter Bhagat Singh on his birth anniversary

New Delhi, September 28 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid rich tributes to freedom fighter Bhagat Singh on his birth anniversary, saying he would forever be a symbol of India’s relentless fight for justice and liberty. “Remembering Shaheed Bhagat Singh on his birth anniversary. His sacrifice and unwavering dedication to the cause of India’s […]

G20 admits African Union as permanent member

New Delhi, September 9 (Press Ki Taquat) The eighteenth G20 Summit and the first hosted by India got under way on Saturday with the admission of African Union (AU) as its permanent member even as last-minute negotiations were on to achieve complete unanimity on an exhaustive Joint Declaration that spans about 80 paras. Prime Minister […]