Agartala, Oct 28 (IANS) Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain on Saturday gave two versions about the railway’s target for linking the remaining northeastern state capitals by railway network. The Minister while addressing a…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 28 (IANS) Odisha on Saturday hiked the monthly remuneration of Gram Rozgar Sevaks (GRSs) by Rs 2000. The hike came a day after the agitating GRSs were thrashed by police personnel here. The…
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Saturday said that it will launch its fourth daily flight under the air regional connectivity scheme — UDAN — between Jaipur and Jaisalmer on October…
Mumbai, Oct 28 (IANS) Jaguar Land Rover India on Saturday launched the 5th generation of its sports utility vehicle (SUV) Discovery with a starting price of Rs 71.38 lakh (ex-showroom). According to the company, the…
Washington/New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney will lead an agribusiness trade mission to India from October 30 to November 3. According…
Oct 28 (IANS) Contrary to the central government’s claim, wage payments for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act are frozen in 19 states in the country, the Nrega Sangharsh Morcha has said. Since…
Patna, Oct 28 (IANS) Railway stations and airports in Bihar witnessed heavy rush of passengers, with people heading back to their places of work outside the state, with the Chhath festival having concluded. Patna airport…
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Saturday reported a 3.1 per cent increase in its net profit to Rs 5,131 crore in the quarter ended September 30, 2017…
By Rohit Vaid Mumbai, Oct 28 (IANS) Expectations of faster economic growth on the back of the recently announced recapitalisation measures for state-run banks lifted the key Indian equity indices for the fourth straight week…
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui, who is here to participate in a Joint Commission Meeting with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday….
Nagpur/Chennai, Oct 28 (IANS) Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday urged all automobile manufacturers to use waterways and coastal shipping mode for transporting their vehicles. Flagging off a Roll-on-Roll-off (RoRo)-cum-general cargo vessel carrying 185 trucks…
Panaji, Oct 28 (IANS) Despite criticism, the BJP-led Goa government is committed to charging outstation patients availing facilities at state-run medical facilities, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Saturday. “This is not a matter of…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, Oct 28 (IANS) India and Bangladesh will restore the pre-1965 status of rail connections between the two neighbours, Bangladesh Railway Minister Mazibul Hoque said here. “India and Bangladesh will jointly restore…
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday interacted with industry representatives from Indian as well as foreign companies in defence sector at a round table on “Energising Make in India”. Sitharaman…
Bengaluru, Oct 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a day-long visit to Karnataka on Sunday for participating in various functions in Ujire, Bengaluru and Bidar, said an official on Saturday. “The Prime…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Oct 28 (IANS) In what could be a bizarre situation, the Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) does not seem to have any official records to prove that it had authorised the…
Lucknow, Oct 28 (IANS) Hundreds of sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh burnt their crop outside the Vidhan Sabha here on Saturday and raised slogans against the Yogi Adityanath government, terming the Rs 10 hike in…
Nagpur/Chennai, Oct 28 (IANS) Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday flagged off a Roll-on-Roll-off (RoRo)-cum-general cargo vessel carrying 185 trucks from Chennai Port to Mongla port in Bangladesh which is expected to save around 15-20…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Oct 28 (IANS) The ‘Green Revolution’ state is yet to recover from the after-effects of the note ban decision. The announcement by the Narendra Modi government was sudden and it could…
Patna, Oct 28 (IANS) Despite a total prohibition on liquor in Bihar, five persons on Saturday died in Rohtas district after consuming moonshine, while one continues to battle for his life. According to district police…