Bhubaneswar, Aug 20 (IANS) The Odisha government has decided to implement the Centre’s ‘one nation, one ration card’ programme from September 1. Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain said here on Tuesday,…
Panaji, Aug 20 (IANS) Goa Tourism on Tuesday urged Union Minister of State for Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel for e-tourist visa processing facilities at the state’s only international airport at Dabolim. “Goa Tourism Development Corporation…
Mohali, Aug 20 (IANS) In a tribute to late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 75th birth anniversary, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday launched his government’s flagship universal health insurance scheme, benefiting nearly…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Competition Law Review Committee, which recently submitted its report, has failed to institutionalise a national competition policy (NCP), said the Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) International, a non-governmental…
Lucknow, Aug 20 (IANS) Even as the UP Police worry about the growing stress factor among its personnel, a head constable in Kanpur committed suicide on Tuesday by jumping off the fourth floor of the…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Centre on Tuesday approved Rs 4,432.10 crore additional assistance for Odisha, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh, which faced natural disasters, like drought, avalanches, hailstorm and landslides, this as well as…
Panaji, Aug 20 (IANS) If France is not willing to collaborate with a proposed project for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of helicopters in Goa, the Defence Ministry is willing to look for other partners,…
Shimla, Aug 20 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government will expand the runway of the Gaggal airport near Dharamsala by nearly 600 metres, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur informed the Assembly on Tuesday. “There is a…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Hours after the Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected former Finance MInister P. Chidambaram’s anticipatory bail plea in the INX Media case, the battery of lawyers representing him approached the…
Chennai, Aug 20 (IANS) Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) have found that subjecting cancer cells to microgravity results in the formation of giant cancer cells with stem cell properties. In a statement…
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray said on Tuesday that he will honour the summons by Enforcement Directorate (ED) and appealed to his supporters to remain calm. In his first response…
By Sanjeev Kumar Singh Chauhan New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Unprecedented security cover has been provided to underworld don Chhota Rajan inside the Tihar jail following a poisoning threat by the D-company and Pakistan-based terror…
Srinagar, Aug 20 (IANS) An Indian soldier was killed on Tuesday after Pakistan again resorted to unprovoked shelling on Indian posts in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, triggering a fierce response from the Indian side….
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Archeologists have found remains of a sedentary village settlement possibly dating back to the Iron Age in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region. The site is chronologically placed between 7th and 4th century…
Lucknow, Aug 20 (IANS) Leading management and technical institutions in Uttar Pradesh will now have yoga classes for students and faculty members. These institutes are incorporating courses on yoga, spirituality and human values to help…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court order rejecting his anticipatory bail plea in the INX Media case. Chidambaram’s lawyer Kapil…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday increased from 60 to 120 days the time limit for filing appeals in Foreign Tribunals (FTs) regarding exclusion from the final National Register of…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) A Pakistani commando who was behind the capture of Commander Abhinandan Varthaman when his IAF jet crashed in Pakistani territory in February this year, and had reportedly tortured the IAF…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in the INX Media case. On January 25, the Delhi High Court had…
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