Hyderabad, April 19 (IANS) Telangana on Tuesday sought more central assistance for drought relief and to tide over the drinking water problem. State Panchayat Raj Minister K. T. Rama Rao made this request on Tuesday…
Bengaluru, April 19 (IANS) RBL Bank on Tuesday launched an exclusive bank here to cater to startups to offer a bouquet of products and meet the end-to-end needs of entrepreneurs. “At RBL, we stand at…
New Delhi: Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai inspects trail of implementation of odd-even formula begins in New Delhi on Dec 31, 2015. (Photo: Sunil Majumdar/IANS) New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The fifth day of the…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The government on Tuesday conceded in the Supreme Court that 256 districts with a population of about 33 crore spread over 12 states were affected by drought, even as NGO…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The fifth day of the Delhi government’s odd-even traffic scheme saw Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai declaring it a “success story so far” even as online app-based taxi operator Uber…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The Election Commission on Tuesday removed the officers in charge of two police stations in West Bengal, a poll panel official said. “Two officers-in-charge, one in Shantipur police station in Nadia…
Bhubaneswar, April 19 (IANS) Earmarking Rs.300 crore for developing infrastructure for supplying potable water in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday directed officials to provide free drinking water to the urban poor. The chief…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday released fourth list of candidates for Tamil Nadu assembly elections – to be held on May 16 – apart from one candidate for Kerala. In Tamil…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Central Consumer Protection Council (CCPC) has suggested that the union government monitor the standard of drinking water irrespective of its source. CCPC is an apex body to advise the…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) With the red flag fluttering alongside the Congress tricolour, an ailing former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Tuesday hit the campaign trail leading a huge road show in support…
Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) The engines of the Sabarmati Express and Chauri Chaura Express caught fire on Tuesday at two different places in Uttar Pradesh, inconveniencing their passengers, a railway official said. The Chauri Chaura…
Shillong, April 19 (IANS) Conrad Sangma, the younger son of former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma, is likely to contest the bypoll to Tura Lok Sabha seat, necessitated by the death of his father and…
Amritsar: Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh and others BJP leaders during a programme organised on the occassion of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel`s birth anniversary in Amritsar on Oct 31, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) Biodiversity ecologist Uma Ramakrishnan, a scientist at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) who is working to save the country’s tigers, has become the first Indian to win the Parker/Gentry…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A 42-year-old woman succumbed to her burn injuries on Tuesday, taking the toll in a fire incident in the capital to four. The woman, Meenakshi, was admitted along with 22…
Poll strategist Prashant Kishore. (File Photo: IANS) Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) Political strategist Prashant Kishor has been roped in by the Congress to boost its fortunes in Uttar Pradesh ahead of next year’s assembly elections….
Hyderabad, April 19 (IANS) Telangana and parts of Andhra Pradesh continue to reel under intense heat wave conditions, officials said on Tuesday. The met department has issued heat wave warning for both the states over…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the government will announce in two or three days a premium air-conditioned bus service. “It will be a fully air-conditioned premium bus…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday presented the Hindi Sevi Samman Awards to 39 scholars in seven different categories for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014. The awards were distributed at…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) There is an increasing trend in Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) in 49 districts where the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao programme’ has been implemented, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka…