New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Piyush Goyal, who on Monday took office as Railway Minister, said that huge investments made in the railways in last three years will definitely lead to the development. “Huge investments…
Madrid, Sep 4 (IANS) Real Madrid’s president on Monday praised Spanish Formula One driver Fernando Alonso, who has been named as an honorary club member of the La Liga side. The two-time world champion was…
Chandigarh, Sep 4 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind has accorded approval to the proposal for setting up the world’s first AYUSH University at Haryana’s Kurukshetra, state Health Minister Anil Vij said on Monday. Vij said…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) A day after the union cabinet’s expansion and reshuffle, new Ministers as well as the old ones elevated or reshuffled assumed charge of their new responsibilities on Monday and spelled…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Bombay High Court to decide on challenge to provisions of the new real estate law which mandates builders to register their ongoing projects…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response from the city government and Director General of Prisons while hearing a plea challenging the guidelines that deprive women convicts from the…
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday sought swift resolution of 30,000 cases of different administrative departments that are pending in courts. “There are 30,000 pending cases. It’s a recurring…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Congress on Monday said it hopes Prime Minister Narendra Modi will now take up the issue of declaration of Maulana Masood Azhar as an international terrorist as his outfit…
Panaji, Sep 4 (IANS) Goa, one of the top tourism destinations in the country, should host electronic dance music (EDM) festivals based on classical music, musical plays and folk music, Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said…
Lucknow, Sep 4 (IANS) Eight persons, including some lawyers, were injured on Monday when an elevator at the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s (CJM) court here suddenly came crashing down from the fourth floor, police said. All…
Ranchi, Sep 4 (IANS) Armed criminals looted Rs 53 lakh from a bank in Jharkhand’s Deoghar district on Monday, not Rs 90 lakh as thought earlier, police said. “Initially it was indicated that Rs 90…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Newly-appointed Union Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said that he would work to expedite the skilling mission whose foundation has already been laid. Meeting reporters after taking charge…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) An NSCN (K) cadre was killed and a soldier injured in an operation by Special Forces on Monday in Arunachal Pradesh’s Longding district bordering Myanmar, army sources said. The security…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Over 30 months after he became the Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal on Monday took charge of Delhi’s water and sewerage management system – and immediately issued instructions to overcome the…
Darjeeling, Sep 4 (IANS) The West Bengal Police on Monday seized a large amount of explosives and equipment for making improvised explosive device (IED) from a house in Darjeeling district’s Lebong area, a senior police…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Minister of State for Tourism (Independent Charge) K.J. Alphons on Monday took charge of his Ministry and said the new assignment was a “big responsibility”. “There is a lot of…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Cell for IPR Promotions and Management (CIPAM) has launched a social media campaign to promote Indian Geographical Indications (GIs) with “#LetsTalkIP”, an official said on Monday. The initiative, designed…
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 4 (IANS) Liquor sales in Kerala during the the 10 days of Onam touched a record high of Rs 440.6 crore, up from Rs 411.14 crore during the previous Onam season, according to…
Chandigarh, Sep 4 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said some “objectionable items” were seized during searches at and sanitisation of 117 ‘Naam Charcha Ghars’ of Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda in Haryana…
Monza (Italy), Sep 4 (IANS) Briton F1 driver Lewis Hamilton is headed to the challenging Asian tour as leader in the title-race following his win at Monza thanks to the efforts of his Mercedes-Benz team,…