New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) After a Pune court ordered sending of four “traumatised” elephants from a rescue centre back to the circus, animal welfare organisations on Wednesday launched an online petition requesting the court…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Heimtextil India 2016, an international exhibition of home furnishings organised by German trade fair organisers Messe Frankfurt, got underway here on Wednesday, on the day India’s cabinet approved a package…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) has moved the Supreme Court seeking implementation of one rank one pension scheme in a fair manner with an automatic revision on annual basis instead…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to a Memorandum of Understanding with Steinbeis GmbH, Germany, on technology resourcing in manufacturing, including the sub-sectors of capital goods. The MoU…
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) Exim (Export-Import) Bank is looking for an innovative funding mechanism for ships through collaboration with partners for overseas trade, a top bank official said on Wednesday. “We are trying to work…
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje accompanied by party’s candidates M Venkaiah Naidu, Om Prakash Mathur, Ramkumar Verma, Harshvardhan Singh Dungarpur after their victory in Rajya Sabha elections in Jaipur on June 11, 2016. (Photo:…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday accused the Delhi government of being involved in an alleged Rs 300 crore scam pertaining to high security number plates. In a letter…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Industry hailed the special package for the textile sector announced by the government here on Wednesday, which aimed at a three-year target of creating 10 million more jobs, $30 billion…
Anantnag, June 22 (IANS) Polling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag assembly constituency on Wednesday ended peacefully and nearly 34 per cent voter turned out was recorded as both men and women of the area came…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said here on Wednesday that the government aims to disburse loans worth Rs 1,80,000 crore to small businesses through Mudra Banks in the…
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan. (File Photo: IANS) Bengaluru, June 22 (IANS) The government should infuse capital in state-run banks to enable them to support credit growth, Reserve Bank of India (RBI)…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave the green signal to the signing of a protocol amending the agreement between India and Belgium for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of…
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday apprehended two persons including a minor and seized 10 firearms along the Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Malda district. The arrested persons — Maidul…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) In a bid to extend funding support for start-ups, the union cabinet on Wednesday approved the establishment of Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) at Small Industries Development Bank of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for Tashkent on Thursday to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit with India set to become…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Wednesday said that Patanjali Ayurved Limited will soon spend Rs 10,000 crore on Yoga research work in India. “We are already spending a lot of…
Gurgaon, June 22 (IANS) Haryana became the first state in the country to impart special training to law officers with the objective to enhance their skills. Speaking here on Wednesday at the concluding session of…
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) Two persons were killed on Wednesday when a crude bomb exploded in West Bengal’s Burdwan district, police said. The incident happened in Ketugram area. According to police, both victims were making…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), June 22 (IANS) India on Wednesday successfully put into orbit its own Cartosat earth observation satellite and 19 other satellites, including one belonging to the Google company Terra Bella….
Ahmedabad, June 22 (IANS) Gujarat-cadre Indian Administrative Service officer V. Thiruppugazh has been appointed Senior Adviser to National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) to help in massive reconstruction efforts undertaken in Nepal following last year’s devastating earthquake….