Speaking at an event on Sunday where noted Marathi theatre actor Prashant Damle was felicitated for the 12,500th show of his play ‘Eka Lagnachi Gosht’, Shinde said the state government will support Marathi theatre and cinema The Maharashtra government will work on planning a film city between Mumbai and Thane cities to provide a wider […]
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New Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya To Lead India’s Fight Against Covid
By Administrator_India Capital Sands New Delhi: Mansukh Mandaviya, India’s new Health Minister, takes over the country’s Covid fight at a critical time when the government is working on a strategy to stave off a third wave of infections by ramping up vaccinations. Notably, in the past six days, Mansukh Mandaviya, as Minister of State for Chemicals […]
UP panchayat election 2021: Voting in over 2.10 lakh seats across 17 districts in fourth phase today
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Lucknow: The voting in the fourth and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections will be held on Thursday (April 29) amid the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Over 5.27 lakh candidates are in the fray for more than 2.10 lakh seats across 17 districts in this round of the election. “More […]
West Bengal Election: Mamata Banerjee cancels Kolkata rallies, TMC to hold small meets amid COVID-19 surge
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Amid a spike in coronavirus infections in poll-bound West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on April 18 said the Trinamool Congress (TMC) would organise small meetings in Kolkata and she would give short speeches in rallies in districts where polling would be held in the remaining three phases. Speaking to a […]
Lok Sabha passes Appropriation Bill, completing two-thirds of budget exercise
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Appropriation Bill 2021-22, authorising the government to draw Rs 117.16 lakh crore from the Consolidated Fund of India for its working as well as implementation of its programmes and schemes. This completes two-thirds of the exercise for approval of the Budget for 2021-22. The […]
EC defers bypolls for one Lok Sabha, 7 Assembly seats due to COVID-19
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The states where the bypolls have been deferred are — Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, two Assembly seats each in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, and one each in Assam, Madhya Pradesh, and Kerala. Most of these seats fell vacant due to the death of sitting members. A senior […]
India executes four men for brutal 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder
By Administrator_India, Capital Sands India hanged four men on Friday who were convicted for the rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi in 2012, in a case that shocked the world and shamed the country over its appalling record for crimes against women. The men were executed at dawn […]
Madhya Pradesh govt on the edge as Jyotiraditya Scindia quits Congress
By Administrator_India https://capitalsands.com/ After sailing close to the wind since the Lok Sabha elections last year, the Madhya Pradesh government, run by the Congress, was on the verge of collapse on Tuesday, and it looks certain that Shivraj Singh Chouhan of the BJP will return as chief minister. Chouhan had been chief minister from 2005 to the […]
Protests in New Delhi against India’s citizenship law ahead of Trump visit
By Administrator_India, Capital Sands Police used tear gas to disperse large crowds in India’s capital of New Delhi on Sunday in the latest eruption of violence at protests over a new citizenship law, police officials said. Hundreds of people supporting the new law clashed with those opposing it, with the two groups pelting each other […]
China cuts benchmark lending rate to prop up virus-hit economy
By Administrator_India, Capital Sands China cut the benchmark lending rate on Thursday, as widely expected, as the authorities move to lower financing costs for businesses and support an economy jolted by a severe coronavirus outbreak. The epidemic has disrupted global supply chains and caused widespread disruption to businesses and factory activity in China, prompting authorities […]