Panaji, Nov 7 (IANS) There is potential to build thousands of ropeways, cable cars and funicular railways in India’s hilly regions, just like in France, Union Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari…
Lucknow, Nov 7 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of a HCL’s 26.3 KW mini solar power plant at Malhpur and lauded the tech company for its social…
Patna, Nov 7 (IANS) Two men arrested for alleged misbehaviour and attempt to rob a British couple along the banks of the Ganga river at Pandarak in rural Patna will face a speedy trial, police…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday quashed the summons issued by the Meghalaya State Commission for Women to the Delhi Golf Club secretary over an incident in which a Khasi…
Panaji, Nov 7 (IANS) The Shipping Ministry has decided to transport liquid cargo like LNG, LPG, methanol, CNG and edible oils by waterways and railways instead of roads, and will focus on creating infrastructure for…
Hyderabad, Nov 7 (IANS) A legislator of BJP from Hyderabad has threatened to burn down theatres in Telangana if they screen Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati”, which is slated for release next month. T. Raja Singh,…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The GST Council is likely to consider lowering rates on various goods including on many items of daily use at its next meeting later this week, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley…
Ranchi, Nov 7 (IANS) An interesting love triangle, also being portrayed as “Love Jihad”, has surfaced in Jharkhand where a married Hindu woman is living with her lover without a formal divorce from her husband….
Patna, Nov 7 (IANS) Taking serious note of an attack on students at the NIT-Imphal campus, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday spoke to his Manipuri counterpart N. Biren Singh and requested him to…
Srinagar/New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The nephew of Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Masood Azhar was among three militants killed in an overnight gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A US-made M4 carbine used…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Veteran editor and author, Inderjit Badhwar, has been chosen by the Prague Writers Festival (PWF) to represent India at its annual literary conclave to be held at the European “City…
Chennai, Nov 7 (IANS) The government should draw up a recycling policy on batteries before going in full speed towards electric vehicles, failing which there will be the risk of water getting polluted due to…
Lucknow, Nov 7 (IANS) The badly damaged sixth unit of the Unchahar power plant of NTPC, shuttered after last week’s boiler blast that killed 35 persons and injured many, could take more than a year…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) In order to facilitate its customers to carry forward unused data, Bharti Airtel on Tuesday introduced a ‘data rollover facility for its home broadband customers. With this, all unused monthly…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Defending the governments decision to demonetise high value currency last year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that demonetisation cannot be a one-stop solution to cleanse all corruption, but…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning to finalise the new telecom policy by February 2018, Communications Minister Manoj Sinha said here on Tuesday. “We are trying to come out…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Authorities on Tuesday hiked vehicle parking fees by four times in Delhi in a bid to curb worsening air quality in the capital as the high-pollution winter months kicked in….
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The National Capital Region on Tuesday saw its worst ‘air quality’ and ‘smog situation’ of the year — which was even worse than a day after Diwali, as a yellow…
Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday slammed demonetisation as a “devil act” alleging the currency exercise was “only to convert black money into white for vested interests of the…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Election Commission on Tuesday said that cash worth over Rs one crore and nearly three kg of gold has been seized from Himachal Pradesh, which goes to the polls…