Centre-state Meet

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will meet state and UT officials to review Covid testing and surveillance measures at international airports. India yesterday enforced strict rules for foreign arrivals, particularly from nations with Omicron cases.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with various Chief Ministers via video-link on whether and how to exit the coronavirus lockdown, Bengal and Kerala were the bumps in the show of centre-state coordination.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet the chief secretaries of all the states on Monday at a conference to ensure better centre-states coordination on development projects, an official said

Stalemate between the Centre and states over administrative control under the proposed goods and services tax (GST) regime continued today with an informal meet called by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley failing to break the deadlock.

Unable to broker a compromise in a raging water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Union Minister Uma Bharti has offered to "go on a hunger strike if there is any problem in either state".

The Narendra Modi government on Saturday assured all states that it wants to promote federalism in India, saying the country will progress well only if the Centre and states work as a "Team India".

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today met his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to discuss centre-state relations.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said in the "interest of Bihar", he was ready even to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "I would like to thank Narendra Modi for this wishes," Mr Kumar said soon after taking oath. "In the interest of Bihar, if I have to meet Mr Modi, I will do so."

As the government searches for ways to make women safer, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today said, "It is unacceptable that women in our societies live in fear. The responsibility lies with the government." He also said that while tougher laws are needed as a deterrent against crimes against women, the main problem is that existing laws are not...

Rehabilitation and compensation of rape victims, gender sensitisation of the police force and depiction of women across different media platforms are likely to be the focus of the meeting between the Centre and the Chief Secretaries and top cops of states in New Delhi today.

If infrastructure will not grow, the economy will not grow, says A Subba Rao, CFO, GMR.

Finally, states dealing with Naxalism have arrived at a consensus on how to tackle the insurgency. At a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, it was decided to set up a Unified Command for the worst-hit states: Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.Dr Singh was clear in his message to the Home Ministry and Naxal-affected states -- a coll...

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will meet state and UT officials to review Covid testing and surveillance measures at international airports. India yesterday enforced strict rules for foreign arrivals, particularly from nations with Omicron cases.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with various Chief Ministers via video-link on whether and how to exit the coronavirus lockdown, Bengal and Kerala were the bumps in the show of centre-state coordination.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet the chief secretaries of all the states on Monday at a conference to ensure better centre-states coordination on development projects, an official said

Stalemate between the Centre and states over administrative control under the proposed goods and services tax (GST) regime continued today with an informal meet called by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley failing to break the deadlock.

Unable to broker a compromise in a raging water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Union Minister Uma Bharti has offered to "go on a hunger strike if there is any problem in either state".

The Narendra Modi government on Saturday assured all states that it wants to promote federalism in India, saying the country will progress well only if the Centre and states work as a "Team India".

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today met his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to discuss centre-state relations.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said in the "interest of Bihar", he was ready even to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "I would like to thank Narendra Modi for this wishes," Mr Kumar said soon after taking oath. "In the interest of Bihar, if I have to meet Mr Modi, I will do so."

As the government searches for ways to make women safer, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today said, "It is unacceptable that women in our societies live in fear. The responsibility lies with the government." He also said that while tougher laws are needed as a deterrent against crimes against women, the main problem is that existing laws are not...

Rehabilitation and compensation of rape victims, gender sensitisation of the police force and depiction of women across different media platforms are likely to be the focus of the meeting between the Centre and the Chief Secretaries and top cops of states in New Delhi today.

If infrastructure will not grow, the economy will not grow, says A Subba Rao, CFO, GMR.

Finally, states dealing with Naxalism have arrived at a consensus on how to tackle the insurgency. At a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, it was decided to set up a Unified Command for the worst-hit states: Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.Dr Singh was clear in his message to the Home Ministry and Naxal-affected states -- a coll...