Guwahati: BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma talks to press during BJP legislative party meeting in Guwahati, on May 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Guwahati, June 3 (IANS) A day after Assam Governor P.B. Acharya presented a…
San Francisco/New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan on Friday announced India’s plan to double the investment for its clean energy research over the period of next five year….
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The government will appoint 10,000 new LPG, or cooking gas, distributors this year under a new procedure so as to extend the universal reach of clean fuel across the country…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will on Monday hold a quarterly performance review with the heads of public sector banks (PSB) at a time when these are severely stressed by bad…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Alok Kaushik used to take an hour and a half to reach his office in Dwarka from Noida on metro, but on Friday he had a nightmarish experience as his…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said India was poised to be the clean energy of capital of the world. “The mission… is to increase use of clean technologies…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Indian government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday inked an agreement for a $200 million loan to upgrade 176-km roads in Jharkhand, an official statement said. “The…
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) West Bengal’s Actual Plan Expenditure surpassed the State Plan Expenditure budget by seven per cent in 2015-16, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Friday. Briefing media persons here…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked Central Empowered Committee on environmental matters to examine the plea by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCC), run by the Ministry…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) When Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the US on June 7-8 in the course of his five-nation tour starting on Saturday, he will be among the few close world leaders…
Dubai, June 3 (IANS) Emirates flag carrier Etihad on Friday introduced a London-Melbourne round trip ticket costing more than $80,000. The carrier offers passengers travel in a luxury three-room suite aboard its Airbus A380 named…
Mumbai, June 3 (IANS) Nita Ambani, founder-chairperson of Reliance Foundation, has been nominated as an independent candidate to be a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) based out of Lausanne in Switzerland, it was…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Sharjah-based investment company which bought a flat in London in 2010, allegedly for arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, was registered in the Hamriyah Free Zone the year before, according to…
Bengaluru, June 3 (IANS) The Debt Recovery Tribunal will pronounce on June 7 its orders on 26 interlocutory applications (IAs) filed by the SBI and other defendants in the Rs 9,091 crore debt recovery case…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Worldwide economic benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops have reached $150 billion, according to a study by UK-based agriculture consultants PG Economics Ltd. “GM Crops: Global Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts…
Kolkata June 3 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday lashed out at the BJP-led central government for raising service tax by 0.5 per cent, claiming it would increase prices. “Increase in service…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan. (File Photo: IANS) Lucknow, June 3 (IANS) A bench of the Allahabad High Court here on Friday dismissed a petition challenging a three-month extension given to Chief Secretary Alok…
Mumbai, June 3 (IANS) The Indian equity markets ended flat on Friday due to profit booking, disappointing macro economic data and mixed global cues. Both the key indices closed the day’s trade on a flat…
Chennai, June 3 (IANS) The Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) that rolls out battle tanks for India is in the process of developing new vendors while hoping to close this fiscal with a revenue of around…
Chennai, June 3 (IANS) The Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) that rolls out battle tanks for India is in the process of developing new vendors while hoping to close this fiscal with a revenue of around…