By Pradeep Singh Gurgaon, April 26 (IANS) Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh has sought Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s intervention in the matter of farmers in Gurgaon district having received notices from the…
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Apprehending “disturbance” by Trinamool Congress “anti-socials”, Congress leader Abdul Mannan on Tuesday moved the Election Commission, urging it to monitor and seal all ferry ghats along the Ganga river on the…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Out of the total money disbursed in various government schemes via direct benefit transfer (DBT), a total of Rs.16,495.69 crore was transferred via Aadhar linked bank accounts, parliament was told…
Bhubaneswar, April 26 (IANS) Odisha Youth Congress president Rajat Choudhury on Tuesday resigned from his post after he was interrogated by the CBI over the chit fund scam in the state. His resignation came at…
Chandigarh, April 26 (IANS) The Punjab government on Tuesday said it would induct seven more chief parliamentary secretaries. With their induction, the total number of chief parliamentary secretaries will go up to 25. On the…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari on Tuesday said the experience of the Indian Muslim minority community living in a secular polity having a composite culture could be a model for others…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Delhi government on Tuesday decided to discontinue its special bus service for parliament members due to poor response from the lawmakers over two consecutive days. “Keeping in view today’s…
Tirupati, April 26 (IANS) A young couple committed suicide in a guest house in this temple town on Tuesday – after taking a selfie and video, police said. The couple hailing from Coimbatore in…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Only about 50 percent of crimes and about 12 percent of sexual harassment cases are reported to police in Delhi and Mumbai, a survey said on Tuesday. According to a…
Mumbai: JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar addresses a students rally in Tilak Nagar in Mumbai on April 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Tuesday…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) India’s exports have been in decline for over a year owing to factors like stagnation in the European Union (EU), the Chinese slowdown and fall in commodity and crude oil…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed by voice vote the demand for grants by railways for the 2016-17 fiscal, with Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu announcing that the government will create…
Hyderabad, April 26 (IANS) Acting swiftly on the complaints by opposition Congress ahead of a Telangana assembly seat bypoll, the Election Commission on Tuesday transferred Khammam District Collector Lokesh Kumar and Superintendent of Police Shahnawaz…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) India on Tuesday called for improving regional connectivity to help Afghanistan harness its trade and transit potential while putting forward its suggestions to enhance cooperation in the area. “Connectivity in…
Bengaluru, April 26 (IANS) The much awaited East-West corridor of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) will be inaugurated on April 29, with commercial operations set to begin from April 30, an official said on…
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Yemen is exploring the advantages and strengths of India’s West Bengal state to increase trade between the two countries, a Yemeni diplomat said on Tuesday. “We do not have enough information…
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) The Indian Tea Association (ITA) has drawn up a plan to adopt a franchise model as part of the “Chai Ho Jaye” campaign to popularise tea consumption among youths, an official…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) More and more states should establish vulnerable witness rooms in their courts, Justice Madan B. Lokur of the Supreme Court said on Tuesday. Justice Lokur’s recommendation came while inaugurating a…
Canning/Sreerampur (West Bengal), April 26 (IANS) Describing the Centre’s ruling BJP and West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress as “two faces of the same coin”, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the “Modi-Mamata collusion” was…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday sent a two-member central team to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh which will access the damage caused by landslides. The team will submit a report…