Shillong, Nov 16 (IANS) An eight-member committee headed by Meghalaya assembly Speaker Abu Taher Mondal on Thursday scrapped a tender for the construction of a new assembly building to replace the 125-year-old building which was…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the city government, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to apprise it of how it intends to…
Bengaluru, Nov 16 (IANS) Karnataka on Thursday said it would open a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for data science and artificial intelligence (AI) here with the IT industry’s apex body Nasscom as its programme and…
Ghaziabad, Nov 16 (IANS) A fire broke at a hospital here on Thursday and gutted part of it. Three fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the fire was controlled within two hours, a…
Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) RP Sanjiv Goenka Group’s flagship company CESC Ltd on Thursday said the Uttar Pradesh Regulatory Commission rejected a petition in which its associate firm Noida Power Company Limited (NPCL) sought approval…
Patna, Nov 16 (IANS) The United States Consulate General, Kolkata, in collaboration with the social enterprise Contact Base, on Thursday launched a youth entrepreneurship initiative in four cities of east India — Guwahati, Patna, Ranchi…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Aiming to promote the role of males in family planning, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday launched an initiative to distribute contraceptives, and announced ‘Vasectomy Fortnight’ from November 21 to…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) A PIL in Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the setting up of an expert committee of historians and social activists prior to the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period…
Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) A district-level Trinamool Congress leader and the BJP’s West Bengal unit president have been caught on camera threatening to set houses on fire and break limbs of opposition leaders as also…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said the government is following up on the killing of an Indian student in the US, in which a person of Indian origin…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the setting up of the anti-profiteering authority under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in a bid to ensure that the benefit of…
Ahmedabad, Nov 16 (IANS) Congress Gujarat unit President Bharatsinh Solanki on Thursday accused the BJP of planning to smuggle in liquor in large quantity into poll-bound Gujarat and urged the EC to appoint special observers…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 16 (IANS) The Kerala unit of the two Communist parties – CPI-M and CPI – the number one and two parties in the ruling Left Democratic Front on Thursday openly came out against…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) As many as 1,000 Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics will be set up and managed by the Delhi State Health Mission (DSHM), Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday. A decision…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Chef Vikas Khanna is not just the master of culinary excellence but also aware of his duties towards environment. And on Thursday, this Michelin-starred Chef turned into a responsible environmentalist…
Shimla, Nov 16 (IANS) Another Indian Police Service (IPS) officer was arrested in Himachal Pradesh by the CBI on Thursday over the custodial death of an accused in the sensational gangrape-cum-murder of a school girl…
Ranchi, Nov 16 (IANS) Seven securitymen were injured on Thursday in a landmine blast triggered by Maoist guerrillas in Jharkhand’s Latehar district, police said. The blast occurred when the securitymen were conducting an anti-Maoist operation…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday asked Hindus to “wake up” since Muslim leaders were “refusing to give up” on the mosque in the Ayodhya dispute. “Hindus wake up! Muslims…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Filmmakers and writers should be allowed to enjoy freedom of speech and expression and curbs can’t be put on this, the Supreme Court said on Thursday, rejecting a plea against…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) In an initiative to bolster bilateral relations with friendly foreign countries and navies in the Indian ocean region, a hydrographic survey ship of the Southern Naval Command has reached Dar-es-Salaam,…