Petrol prices have breached the Rs 100-per-litre mark in over half a dozen states and union territories, while diesel is being sold at over Rs 100/litre in Odisha and Rajasthan.
Activist Saket Gokhale had raised questions on the assets of former diplomat Lakshmi Puri and her husband Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in a series of tweets last month.
The court also restrained Gokhale from posting 'scandalous' tweets against Lakshmi Puri and her husband Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri during the course of the defamation suit.
Pro-BJP individuals & Right-wing supporters criticised Union Minister Hardeep Puri for responding to Mallika Dua's tweet and arranging tocilizumab for her mother. Dua & her father, journalist Vinod Dua, are BJP critics.
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that around 270 acres of land has been made available by the Uttar Pradesh government for the first phase of airport development.
111 cities under 2 categories — those with a population of over 1 million and others having less than a million — were assessed for ease of living & performance of municipalities.
The aviation minister said the Centre and state governments owe Air India for VVIP travel, evacuation operations, travel of foreign dignitaries among other services.
The project envisages a new Parliament building, a central secretariat, revamping of the three-km-long Rajpath, new PM residence and PMO, and new Vice President Enclave.
The graduation is meant to bolster the legacy and legitimacy of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, even as the real-world preparedness lagged behind the glossy narrative.
Indonesia delegation led by Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin visited BrahMos facility & met with top officials & undertook a detailed briefing on the missile system.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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