This International Women’s Day, UN Women look back on the 25 Years of “Beijing Declaration and Platform for Actions” with their pledge to “Generation Equality Campaign”. In creating equal platforms for women in all sectors….
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Bagrry’s India Ltd — a breakfast cereal and health foods brand — has now ventured into the Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) format with the Bagrrys Health Café, which has opened…
Hyderabad, Feb 29 (PTI) Aimed at improving the quality of education and functioning of women self-help groups in Andhra Pradesh, the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU) of Malaysia today began a six-week long “lab…
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents national budget 2016-17 at the Parliament House in New Delhii on Feb, 29, 2016. (Photo: IANS/ Lok Sabha TV) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun…
Rohtak: People from Jat community stage a demonstration to press for Special Backward Class (SBC) status in Rohtak on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By Amulya Ganguli Just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi described MNREGA…
Vijayawada, Feb 26 (PTI) Sand may henceforth be available free of cost for all construction activity within Andhra Pradesh. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today suggested that sand be henceforth supplied free to all. He…
President Pranab Mukherjee. (File Photo: IANS) Kochi, Feb 26 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday that the Indian Penal Code (IPC) requires thorough revision to meet the changing needs of the 21st century. Inaugurating…
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Friday presented a vote-on-account projecting a deficit of Rs.8 crore and proposing to provide Rs.57,905 crore for the annual plan outlay of 2016-17, about…
Nellore, Feb 26 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh is set to become an energy surplus state as the Union Power and Coal Piyush Goyal will tomorrow inaugurate a 1,600 MW thermal power project that uses supercritical technology….
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked the central government to suggest ways and means to curb child pornography in its all forms as it ould not be allowed…
Guwahati, Feb 26 (IANS) Assam Director General of Police Mukesh Sahai on Friday said police have intensified its operations against illegal weapons and executing the non-bailable warrants (NBWs), pending execution. Addressing a press conference at…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The government should provide for greater funding of the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) in the budget for 2016-17, a child rights organisation said on Friday. CRY, an NGO, also…
Beijing, Feb 26 (IANS) China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) closed its bi-monthly session here on Friday, preparing for the upcoming annual parliamentary session. Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee,…
Sukna: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a press conference at Sukna of Darjeeling District, West Bengal on Nov. 5, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) The West Bengal government will take over…
Ahmedabad, Feb 26 (IANS) Prohibitory orders banning ‘unlaw assembly’ and other restrictions will be in place on Sunday in northern Gujarat to prevent any incident of violence in view of the Patel agitation for reservations…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 26 (IANS) Odisha has surpassed several states in utilisation of fund under the rural job employment scheme and expects that the total utilisation may cross Rs.2,000 crore by end of this financial year,…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked the states’ chief secretaries to inform the central government if they have put in place disaster management plan at the state and…
Islamabad, Feb 26 (IANS) The Pakistan Army has concluded large-scale military exercises in the Cholistan desert, and its chief General Raheel Sharif said the military was ready for “the full spectrum of threats”. “We have…
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) A 25-year-old youth from Jharkhand – who got a new lease of life after a team of medical specialists from West Bengal removed a very rare tumour from his face without…
Kottayam (Kerala), Feb 26 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday inaugurated the bicentenary celebrations of CMS College here and also laid the foundation stone of the bicentenary block. “This college is a pioneer of modern…