Bengaluru/London, Feb 25 (IANS) Liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Thursday resigned as chairman and non-executive director of United Spirits Ltd (USL) as part of a $75 million (Rs.516 crore) financial deal with its majority holder…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Indian Railways is planning to divest stakes in some of its public sector undertakings (PSUs) and, towards this end, consolidate its assets under one holding company, Railway Board chairman A.K….
New Cooch Behar: The members of Greater Coochbehar Peoples’ Association(GCPA) disrupt railway services to press for their demands at the New Cooch Behar railway station in West Bengal on Feb 21, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Functioning for nearly the whole day after a long time, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed an intense debate on the recent incidents in JNU and Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula’s…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of misleading people by blaming the Congress for disruptions in the parliament and alleged that the…
New Delhi: Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari addresses a press conference in New Delhi, on Sep 22, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb (IANS) Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday won…
Itanagar, Feb 25 (IANS) Newly sworn-in Arunachal Chief Minister Chief Minister Kalikho Pul won a trust vote in the state assembly on Thursday while Wangki Lowang was elected as the new speaker. Pul, who was…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Railway Budget forsakes common man’s needs and creates interests for the corporates, Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said on Thursday. Around 23 percent of unannounced hike in rail…
New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu and Union MoS Manoj Sinha arrive at the Parliament to present Railway Budget 2016-17 in New Delhi, on Feb 25, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 25…
Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik. (File Photo: IANS) Bhubaneswar, Feb 25 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday thanked Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for allocating Rs.4,682 crore to Odisha in the…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday barred the media from reporting the proceedings for making agitators accountable for the destruction of public and private properties during agitations as they…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb. Feb 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear plea for initiation of contempt proceedings against three lawyers who were caught on camera admitting to have attacked JNUSU…
New Delhi: Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu gives final touch to Railway Budget 2016-17 at Rail Bhawan in New Delhi on Feb 24, 2016. Also seen Union MoS Railways Manoj Sinha. (Photo: IANS)…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said in his budget speech on Thursday that India Railways is taking assistance from the government of Japan to execute a high-speed passenger corridor between Ahmedabad…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu arrives at the Parliament to present Railway Budget 2016-17 in New Delhi on Feb 25, 2016. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) By Arvind Padmanabhan New Delhi, Feb 25…
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. (File Photo: IANS) Chennai, Feb 25 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday said the 2016-17 railway budget had failed to meet the state’s…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu and Union Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha arrive at the Parliament to present Railway Budget 2016-17 in New Delhi on Feb 25, 2016. (Photo:…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Right from extending e-catering services to creating rail-auto hub in Chennai, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu proposed a host of new schemes in his Railway Budget – 2016-17 on Thursday. In…
Ahmedabad, Feb 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother, who was admitted briefly to the Civil Hospital in Gandhinagar on Wednesday, is now fine and has returned home, family sources said. According to family members,…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) As the makers of world’s cheapest Rs.251 (less than $4) smartphone went gaga over being part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Make in India and Digital India initiatives in last…