Guwahati, Feb 24 (IANS) Days ahead of the presentation of the union budget in parliament, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday urged for a special package to uplift scheduled castes and tribes and other…
Union Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Telecom service providers have installed 65,000 cellular sites in the last six months in 2G and 3G services across…
Ranchi, Feb 24 (IANS) The entitlement of legislators in Jharkhand for air and rail travel coupons has been increased to Rs.5 lakh per annum, a state minister told the assembly on Wednesday. “The coupons for…
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) Amid the protests at the JNU and Jadavpur University, West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi on Wednesday warned that higher educational institutions were becoming ‘platforms of politics’. Addressing an event here, Tripathi…
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) A day after an indefinite rail blockade demanding statehood or union territory status for Cooch Behar in northern West Bengal was lifted, train movement on the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) was…
Shimla, Feb 24 (IANS) The state-run Himachal Road Transport Corp (HRTC) on Wednesday restarted bus services to Delhi and Haryana following restoration of traffic on all highways, an official said. All buses on Delhi and…
Shimla, Feb 24 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Health Minister Kaul Singh on Wednesday said the two new government medical colleges in Chamba and Nahan towns may start functioning from this academic session in July. “The state…
Bengaluru, Feb 24 (IANS) The Karnataka government is hoping the railway budget for fiscal 2016-17 will allot funds to run a full-fledged suburban rail service linking Bengaluru with towns in the hinterland, a senior official…
Bangkok, Feb 24 (IANS) Indonesia plans to close down all red-light districts in the country by 2019, media reports said on Wednesday. The plan, under the supervision of the Indonesian Social Affairs Ministry, looks to…
Colombo, Feb 24 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday said it will take immediate measures to provide a safe environment for tourists to the island nation. Tourism Minister John Amaratunga said the government was…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Infrastructure conglomerate GMR Group on Wednesday said the Maldives airport arbitration tribunal has ruled in favour of the group in the Axis Bank debt case. “By its award dated 23rd…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Will Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu increase passenger fares and freight tariff? That’s the question that pops up as he presents his ministry’s annual budget for the next fiscal amid shrinking…
By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, Feb 24 (IANS) Blockades, which are almost a way of life in Manipur, could soon become a thing of the past with the inauguration of a broad gauge railway line to…
Bhopal, Feb 24 (IANS) In the past more than a year-and-a-half since the BJP-led NDA government came to power at the Centre, the Western Railway has come down drastically on passenger facilities and sharply cut…
Lahore, Feb 24 (IANS) The Pakistan-India bus service, disrupted by the violent Jat protests in Haryana, resumed on Wednesday, the Pakistani media reported. A bus with 21 passengers left Lahore on Wednesday for New Delhi…
Srinagar, Feb 24 (IANS) Traffic was restored on Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Wednesday after an attack by militants in Pampore town of south Kashmir forced its closure for four days. Markets remained closed for the…
Shillong, Feb 24 (IANS) Justice Dinesh Maheshwari of Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court was on Wednesday sworn-in as the chief justice of the Meghalaya High Court. Governor V. Shanmuganathan administered the oath of…
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee departs from Rashtrapati Bhavan to address both the houses of that Parliament on the beginning of Budget Session , in New Delhi on Feb 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS/RB). New Delhi,…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 23 (IANS) The Odisha government on Tuesday accorded in-principle approval to three projects with an investment of Rs.420.35 crore. The state level single window clearance authority (SLSWCA) held under the chairmanship of Chief…
Gandhinagar, Feb 23 (IANS) Gujarat Finance Minister Saurabh Patel on Tuesday presented a Rs. 1,51,852 crore budget for 2016-17 while announcing a scheme for wheat and rice for the poor at Rs.2 and Rs.3 a…