New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for India to accede to the Ashgabat Agreement, an international transport and transit corridor facilitating transportation of goods between central Asia and…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Two new advanced cardiac life support ambulances were on Wednesday added to the fleet of six such ambulances at AIIMS, officials said. The ambulances were procured following a donation of…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday decided to move official amendments to the Appropriation (Acts) Repeal Bill, 2015, and the Repealing and Amending (Third) Bill, 2015, and to pursue the said…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Security agencies went into a tizzy after an unidentified caller on Wednesday informed them about bombs in 10 flights of Indigo Airlines. Police said a Srinagar-Delhi flight was evacuated at…
Bengaluru, March 23 (IANS) State-run Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL) will showcase ‘Made in India’ products for the armed forces at the ‘Defexpo India 2016’ in south Goa for four days from March 28. “Our indigenisation…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday gave its post-facto approval to a letter of intent (LoI) signed on February 10 between the skill development and entrepreneurship ministry of India and the…
Chandigarh, March 23 (IANS) Punjab’s Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday demanded that freedom struggle hero Bhagat Singh be given the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour. Badal, who is the Shiromani Akali…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday accorded its approval for the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between India and Lithuania for cooperation in the field of agriculture. The MoU…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung on Wednesday extended Holi greetings to the people of Delhi and called for showing mutual respect, particularly towards women. May the festival of colours replenish our…
Chandigarh, March 23 (IANS) BSF troopers have recovered three kg of heroin along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Ferozepur sector, an officials said on Wednesday. The heroin was recovered near the New Gazniwala border out…
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The two Indians who were injured in the terror attacks in Belgium’s capital Brussels on Tuesday are recovering well, External Affairs Minister…
Patna: Union Minister for Communications & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad addresses a press conference in Patna on Feb 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The government on Wednesday announced that it…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The government on Tuesday announced that it will help build 2.95 crore houses in India’s rural areas and for this a financial assistance of up to Rs.1.30 lakh will be…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday announced clearance for a $1,500 million World Bank project to support Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in rural India. Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters that…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India and Bangladesh have set an example of how neighbouring countries can build a…
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) Cutting across party lines, politicians on Wednesday came out on the streets in their constituencies using the festival of Holi to reach out to the people for the upcoming assembly elections…
JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to cancel the interim bail granted to JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar for now….
By Charu Bahri Between 2010 and 2015, funding shortfalls to local governments nationwide – rural and urban – were as high as half the sanctioned amount and annual payments fluctuated extensively, with variations peaking in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru, terming their martyrdom as symbol of “patriotism that inspires…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The CPI-M on Wednesday demanded the release of Hyderabad Central University students and the dismissal of Vice Chancellor Appa Rao whose return has triggered widespread protests. Saying over 30 students…