Panaji, Nov 6 (IANS) With an eye on cleaning up popular beaches of the state, a 150-day beach awareness campaign will roll out in mid-November featuring musical performances and art-from-waste installations on Goa beaches, organisers…
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday issued notice to the Centre on clearances granted to the Rs 1,800-crore Ken-Betwa river linking project. A bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar…
Gandhinagar, Nov 6 (IANS) BJP national president Amit Shah will kick off the party’s door-to-door campaign, ‘Gujarat Gaurav Mahasampark Abhiyan’ for the assembly elections on Tuesday, with several Union Ministers pitching in during the six-day…
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Two English television channels on Monday reported that four months after the UPA came to power in 2004, Sonia Gandhi wrote to the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram on a…
Amaravati, Nov 6 (IANS) YSR Congress Party chief Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Monday launched his six-month-long ‘padyatra’ or foot march in Andhra Pradesh, virtually kicking of his campaign for the 2019 assembly elections. He…
Raigad (Maharashtra), Nov 6 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel on Monday said party supremo Sharad Pawar could be the Prime Minister after the 2019 elections, indicating a likely shift in the national…
Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan will sponsor free meals for 1000 underprivileged children under the Annamrita Midday Meal Scheme of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), an official said here on…
Chennai, Nov 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu on Monday sought Central assistance to the tune of Rs 1,500 from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tackle the situation arising from the flooding and damage caused by heavy…
Chennai, Nov 6 (IANS) DMK leader M.K. Stalin on Monday dismissed any politics in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with his father and DMK President M. Karunanidhi. Stalin told reporters that no politics was discussed…
Gandhinagar, Nov 6 (IANS) Patidar leader Hardik Patel has refused police protection provided by the Gujarat government, which he alleged was a ploy by the ruling BJP to spy on him. Hardik Patel feels the…
Srinagar, Nov 6 (IANS) Amid a separatist boycott, former spy chief Dineshwar Sharma, the centre’s interlocutor, kickstarted Kashmir talks on Monday and met representatives of about half-a-dozen apolitical organisations at a Srinagar high security guest…
Shimla, Nov 6 (IANS) Acting tough against defacing of walls with poll-related material, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday directed for impleading as respondents all candidates in the fray in three assembly constituencies in…
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The hearing in the AIADMK symbol case was adjourned to November 8 after lawyers for V.K.Sasikala and T.T.V.Dinakaran argued that the Commission could only decide on the symbol issue and…
Bengaluru, Nov 6 (IANS) Income Tax officials on Monday questioned Karnataka Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar and his family members over seized documents pertaining to their assets including cash, jewellery and other properties, an official said….
Umroi (Meghalaya), Nov 6 (IANS) Indian and Bangladeshi army personnel began a joint exercise in Meghalaya on Monday, an official statement said. A total of 14 officers from the Bangladesh Army and 20 officers from…
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) India on Monday discussed with Britain the issue of the extradition of liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is wanted here in connection with non-payment of huge loans to banks and…
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to interfere with the appointment of BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra as an independent director on the board of the Oil and Natural…
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Central government to file reply on the plea seeking ban on using of photos of President, Prime Minister and other persons holding…
Hyderabad, Nov 6 (IANS) A woman died in a stampede during a protest here on Monday to demand categorization of Scheduled Castes to ensure judicious distribution of reservation among all SC communities. The incident occurred…
Jaipur, Nov 6 (IANS) Trouble seems to be mounting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati”, with now a Brahmin organisation, Sarv Brahmin Mahasabha, deciding to oppose release of his magnum opus. In a statement, Suersh Mishra,…