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July 3, 2025 4:25 PM

Nobody except Dalai Lama can decide his successor: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said that no one but the Dalai Lama himself has the authority to decide his successor. He emphasized that the selection of the next Dalai Lama will follow "established convention" and be guided by the spiritual leader's own wishes. The remarks come a day after the Dalai Lama said that only the Gaden Phodrang Trust, a non-profit organization he established to uphold the institution and tradition of the Dalai Lama, holds the authority to recognize his futu...

July 1, 2025 10:19 AM

Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy Inaugurates NMDC and MECON International Offices in Dubai

Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries, led a high-level delegation to Dubai where he formally inaugurated the international offices of two major Indian public sector enterprises, NMDC Limited and MECON Limited, on June 30, 2025, marking a significant milestone in India's expanding global industrial presence in the Middle East. The inauguration ceremony was attended by distinguished dignitaries including Ambassador of India to the UAE Sunjay Sudhir, Consul General...

June 30, 2025 5:48 PM

Union Minister Jitendra Singh, Puducherry LG discuss coastal strategy, Deep Ocean Mission

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh and Puducherry Lieutenant Governor K. Kailashnathan met on Monday to deliberate on a comprehensive coastal action plan, exploring the Union Territory’s role in India’s ambitious Deep Ocean Mission. The discussions focused on sustainable coastal development, beach management, and leveraging ocean-based economic opportunities. Addressing concerns over coastal erosion and environmental degradation, Jitendra Singh emphasized the need for a permanent mechanism f...

June 30, 2025 5:02 PM

Digital India in action: Citizen-first reforms take centre stage

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh on Monday emphasized the pivotal role of citizen-centric digital reforms in shaping India’s administrative future while inaugurating the Southern Regional Conference of the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) at Pondicherry University. The conference, themed “Empowering Citizens in Digital India: Administrative, Management and Organizational Reforms,” brought together over 350 delegates, including senior bureaucrats, academics, and industry pr...

June 23, 2025 3:55 PM

PM Modi highlights 11 years of transformative mining reforms

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday highlighted how the pivotal reforms undertaken over the past eleven years have positioned India's mining sector as a beacon of cooperative federalism and transparent governance. Responding to an article shared by Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, PM Modi said on X: “Union Minister Shri Kishan Reddy writes how reforms in the past 11 years have made cooperative federalism a hallmark of the mining sector, deepening Centre-State cooperation and improving overal...

June 23, 2025 1:17 PM

India witnessing transformational decade under PM Modi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

In an exclusive interview with Doordarshan News, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh highlighted the sweeping governance reforms and inclusive development initiatives undertaken during the past 11 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. He described the period as a "transformational decade" that has democratized aspirations and expanded opportunities across regions and sectors. Democratisation of Civil Services and Aspirations Singh emphasized that the Civil Services, once dominate...

September 12, 2024 8:49 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Jamshedpur on September 15

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jamshedpur on September 15. Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Arjun Munda reviewed the preparations for this upcoming visit of the Prime Minister to Jamshedpur. The PM is going to announce various schemes for the people of Jharkhand during his visit, he added. PM will also address the common people while announcing schemes. He is also going to inaugurate the Vande Bharat train. The BJP leader said that apart from Vande Bharat's inauguration, sev...

September 16, 2024 4:02 PM

Ashwini Vaishnaw attacks opposition for taking stand against lateral entry in govt jobs

After the Union Public Service Commission notification for lateral entry posts ignited criticism from the opposition, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw accused the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) of "hypocrisy", saying that it was the UPA government that developed the concept of lateral entry. The UPSC recently announced a notification for recruiting Joint Secretaries, Directors, and Deputy Secretaries through lateral entry. This decision has ignited criticism from opposition parti...

September 16, 2024 6:38 PM

BJP appoints Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav for electing next Odisha CM

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav as central observers for the appointment of the Chief Minister of Odisha. This decision was announced in an official release on Sunday by Arun Singh, the National General Secretary of BJP. "The Parliamentary Board of the Bharatiya Janata Party has appointed Rajnath Singh, Union Minister, Government of India, and Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister, Government of India, as central observers for the elect...