NEW DELHI: The Centre has urged chief secretaries of all states to keep a check on increasing debt burden and fiscal deficit as their performance will have a huge bearing on the country’s economy. Sources said the government has flagged that some of the states are as big as India’s neighbours such as Pakistan and
PM Narendra Modi at the launch of the torch relay for the 44th Chess Olympiad, at Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged off the first-ever torch relay for the Chess Olympiad ahead of the 44th edition of the event, which is to
PATNA: Unmoved by ally BJP’s objections, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Monday asserted that he would soon convene an all-party meeting to take a decision on conducting caste census in the state. It would not take long to begin the process, Nitish said in the presence of BJP leader and deputy chief minister Tarkishore Prasad.
NEW DELHI: India has fallen eight places from 142 to 150 in the 2022 World Press Freedom Index of 180 countries. The index, published on Tuesday by Reporters Without Borders, points to an overall two-fold increase in media polarisation creating divisions within countries, and between countries at the international level. India’s ranking, as per the
