MP approves compensation scheme for kin of mob lynching victims

The Madhya Pradesh government on Saturday approved a scheme to provide compensation to victims of mob lynching. Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph: ANI Photo The cabinet,......

BJP bids to win 2019 polls on PM's 'pro-poor' image

According to BJP strategists, PMJAY and the PM Ujjwala Yojana will form the nucleus of the Modi government’s re-election campaign. Veena Mani, Sanjeeb Mukherjee and Archis Mohan report.......

Modi launches scheme to provide free LPG connections to poor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a Rs 8,000 crore scheme to provide 5 crore free LPG connections to poor families as he attacked previous governments for just paying lip service to......

11 schemes that may have won Modi the 2019 election

Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com lists 11 Modi flagship schemes that may have been gamechangers in the Lok Sabha election. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi with Bharatiya Janata Party......

President to host PM's LPG panchayat on Tuesday

Over 100 beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana from 20 states will share with the LPG panchayat their experiences of how clean cooking fuel has changed their lives, in the presence of......

Govt to focus on LPG cost in next leg of Ujjwala scheme

With the price of a cylinder touching Rs 800, it’s becoming increasingly unaffordable to an already price-sensitive population, threatening to risk one of the most-celebrated campaigns of the......

LPG price cut by Rs 100/cylinder

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced a Rs 100 per cylinder cut in cooking gas LPG price to ease financial burden on households. Photograph: Manash Das/ANI Photo Non-subsidised cooking......

'Electricity, clean cooking for rural homes by 2022'

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that every single rural family will have electricity and a clean cooking facility by 2022. "By 2022, the 75th year of Independence, I assure that......