New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) came down heavily on the Railways for the delay in processing, assigning and completing the projects for electrification. It also said that the railways…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The Delhi government has decided to double the honorarium of around 22,000 Anganwadi workers and helpers here, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Saturday. The honorarium of Anganwadi workers…
Srinagar, July 22 (IANS) Eight Jammu and Kashmir policemen, including an Assistant Sub-Inspector, were beaten up by some army men in civvies when asked to stop at a check post in Ganderbal district. While the…
Agartala, July 22 (IANS) A top official of the Left-ruled Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) has claimed that at the behest of the BJP-led central government the NITI Aayog has begun a “financial…
Jaipur, July 22 (IANS) A senior BJP leader and former minister in the NDA government, Sanwarlal Jat, on Saturday collapsed while attending a meeting of party MLAs and MPs with BJP President Amit Shah. “As…
Nagpur (Maharashtra), July 22 (IANS) In a major embarrassment to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, a state-government panel on Saturday questioned the massive delays in disbursing Rs 10,000 ‘immediate relief’ as part of a farm loans…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) It’s been a year since famed Indian artist S.H. Raza’s death on July 23. A legend in the true sense of the word, he popularised Indian concepts…
Lucknow, July 22 (IANS) A dreaded sharp shooter of underworld don Chota Rajan was arrested by a team of the Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh police from Faizabad on Saturday. Khan Mubarak…
Ranchi, July 22 (IANS) A day after a class 11 student committed suicide in Jharkhand, parents of the boy on Saturday registered an FIR against the Principal and Vice Principal of the school, police said….
Ghaziabad, July 22 (IANS) In one of the Nithari serial rape and murder cases, a local CBI court on Saturday held businessman Maninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surender Koli guilty of rape, murder,…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh have inadequate cold storage facilities for vaccines, a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has revealed. The states also have no deep…
Nagpur, July 22 (IANS) In a major embarrassment for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, a state government panel on Saturday questioned the massive delays in disbursing Rs 10,000 “immediate relief” as part of a comprehensive farm…
By Joydeep Gupta The disagreement between the US and the other 19 countries at the recent G20 summit at Hamburg has put a question mark over the sustainability of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the…
Lucknow, July 22 (IANS) After a long battle with cancer, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Mathura Prasad Pal died on Saturday in Mathura. He was being taken to Medanta hospital in Gurugram when he breathed…
Dehradun, July 22 (IANS) Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Anil Kumar Raturi was on Saturday named the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttarakhand. The 1986-batch officer will replace M.A. Ganpati, who has…
Ghaziabad, July 22 (IANS) Eight policemen of Sahibabad police station here have been suspended after they were found guilty of a custodial death, an officer said on Saturday. Ghaziabad Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) H.N….
Hyderabad, July 22 (IANS) Telegu actor Tarun appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Hyderabad drug racket on Saturday, officials said. Accompanied by his father Chakrapani, the actor reached Abkari Bhavan, the office…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to meet Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday evening as well as attend a farewell dinner for outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee, JD-U…
By Vikas Datta Title: Man of Her Match; Author: Sakshama Puri Dhariwal; Publisher: Penguin Random House India; Pages: 272; Price: Rs 299 Take a cricketer whose on-field exploits are matched, if not overshadowed, by his…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Sanjay Kothari, Chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board, was on Saturday appointed as Secretary to President-elect Ram Nath Kovind, an official statement said. Two days after the former Bihar…