New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Aiming to increase domestic production of oil and natural gases, and generate employment, the government on Tuesday approved conducting of survey and acquiring data of the unexplored sedimentary basins spread…
By Darshan Desai Ahmedabad, Sep 12 (IANS) The city of Ahmedabad is being decked up to welcome Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who arrives on Wednesday on a two-day visit during which he will hold…
Imphal, Sep 12 (IANS) Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Tuesday said 14 Manipuri tribal girls, who are victims of human trafficking and were sent to Yangon in Myanmar on way to Thailand, are being…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The rescue of a Catholic priest from Kerala, Tom Uzhunnallil, from captivity in Yemen displays the growing respect for India internationally, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Tuesday. Prasad…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday welcomed his newly inducted colleagues in the first meeting of the Council of Ministers held after the September 3 Cabinet expansion and asked them…
Chandigarh, Sep 12 (IANS) Police officers may be required to control crime but a Punjab Police Inspector has been caught on the wrong side of the law. The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday said it…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the Central government was empowered under the Constitution to take steps for the fast tracking of the trial in criminal cases against the…
Kolkata, Sep 12 (IANS) Accusing the West Bengal government of misusing the funds provided by the Central government, BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday demanded an answer from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on where all…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Union Minister for River Development Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said work on three river inter-linking projects would start in three months. The projects on inter-linking of Ken-Betwa, Damanganga-Pinjal and Par-Tapi-Narmada…
Berkeley, Sep 12 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has said that a “certain arrogance” had crept into the Congress party in 2012 which led to its downfall and added that he has to think…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi “broke” the Indian polity’s tradition by speaking ill of the country on foreign soil. “Rahul Gandhi is…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The CBI has arrested an absconding middleman, involved in six cases related to the Vyapam admission and recruitment scam, an official said on Tuesday. Dilip Gupta was arrested on Monday…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that India truly values its relationship with Japan and he looks forward to welcoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and hosting him in…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 12 (IANS) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the Department of Atomic Energy to provide necessary budgetary allocation for setting up a hub of Tata…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The time has again come again for the jazz lovers to sway to the music as the Jazz India Circuit 2017-18 is all set to kick-off with the JIC Launch…
London/New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Contemporary Indian artist Owais Husain is all set to present a solo booth at the START Art Fair in London from September 14 to 17. Following his participation at START…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Union Minister for River Development Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday called for a new comprehensive law to deal with the issue of desilting of rivers, along with measures such as inter-linking…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Tuesday apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Central Silk Board (CSB) of India and the National…
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) A Catholic priest from Kerala, Tom Uzhunnallil, abducted by terrorists in Aden in March last year, has been rescued from captivity from an undisclosed location in Yemen, thanks to the…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved a Rs 10,881 crore fund, for the period 2017-18 to 2028-29, to develop the country’s…