Monday, March 4th, 2019
PM Modi to open first phase of Ahmedabad Metro during Gujarat visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to open the first, 6-km phase of the Ahmedabad Metro during his two-day visit to Gujarat. The first trial run on the 6.5 km route had been completed successfully a short while earlier. Phase II The Union Cabinet had recently cleared the second phase of the Ahmedabad Metro Rail project, and the Prime Minister was to lay its foundation and travel a short distance on the first stretch. The second phase is made up of two corridors, together 28.254 km long: A 22.838 kmRead More
IAF counts targets hit, not casualties, says Air Chief on Balakot strike
The Indian Air Force counts the targets it hits, not casualties, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said on Monday, keeping out of a political row over how many people were killed in the IAF strike on the biggest Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) camp in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. What the Air Chief said In his first comments since the February 26 strike, Dhanoa said any figure would have to come from the government, as the air force was in no position to say how many people were inside the facility. The toll, heRead More
PM Modi begins two-day Gujarat visit, to launch pension scheme and Ahmedabad Metro
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to begin a two-day visit to Gujarat on Monday, during which he would open the first, six-km phase of the Ahmedabad Metro and launch a pension scheme for informal workers, PM-SYM (Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan Yojana), official sources said. He would also lay the foundation stone of the Umiya Dham temple complex. Jamnagar The visit was to start in Jamnagar in the Saurashtra region, where the Prime Minister would dedicate to the nation the Guru Gobind Singh Hospital’s new 750-bed wing and open its PGRead More