New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the “favourable monsoon” supplemented by “farmer-oriented schemes” of the government has resulted in increased crop yields. “A favourable monsoon supplemented by farmer-oriented schemes has…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday hailed the central government for launching several schemes for improving skills in youth to improve their chances of employment. “With the motto ‘Har Haath ko…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday hailed the nation for declaring “over 1.4 lakh villages, 450 cities, 77 districts and three states as open defecation free”. “My government salutes the strength…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Observing that financial inclusion was the key to poverty alleviation, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said close to 13 crore poor have been covered under various social security schemes of…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that the government has taken several initiatives to provide healthcare to all, including an immunisation programme that helped 55 lakh children. “My government has…
Shimla, Jan 31 (IANS) Posters of the Islamic State (IS) surfaced near an army cantonment in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district on Tuesday, a police official said. The posters and a flag saying “ISIS Coming Soon”,…
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) Caution ahead of the Parliament’s budget session and negative global cues pulled the Indian equities markets lower during the morning trade session on Tuesday. The budget session started on Tuesday with…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the government has provided over Rs two lakh crore through 5.6 crore loans sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana. Addressing the joint sitting…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the Budget Session of Parliament was historic as it heralded the advancement of the budget cycle as also the merger of the railway budget…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday ahead of the budget session hoped that the current session will be “fruitful” and all political parties will work together for people’s benefit. “We…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) There were no queues outside most ATMs in Delhi and Noida on Tuesday morning, a day before curbs on withdrawals are set to be lifted by the Reserve Bank of…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said on Tuesday that with more people coming into the tax net, rates are “automatically likely to come down”. Talking to reporters here before…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday arrived at the Parliament House in a traditional coach-and-six from Rashtrapati Bhavan to address the joint sitting of Parliament. Reviving the old tradition of arriving…
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) Amid protests against his order to temporarily ban people from seven Muslim-majority countries coming to the US, President Donald Trump fired a defiant Acting Attorney General Sally Yates for refusing to…
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has replaced the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), just hours after sacking acting Attorney General Sally Yates, who had refused to defend his controversial…
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) What will US President Donald Trump’s stance be on India’s quest for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council that received a ringing endorsement from his predecessor? Trump’s spokesman Sean…
Chennai, Jan 31 (IANS) The demonetisation of high value currencies (Rs 500 and Rs 1,000) and the subsequent cash crunch is expected to push back the asset quality recovery of Indian banks, said Fitch Ratings….
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday commended the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for its efforts in disaster response, rescue and relief. Modi’s remarks came on the occasion of the…
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) The US Senate Democrats will urge their Republican colleagues to postpone a vote on Tuesday on the nomination of Tom Price, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health…
Brussels, Jan 31 (IANS) The European Union should create an asset management firm to tackle huge bad loans that threaten to destabilise the euro-zone economy, the head of the bloc’s banking watchdog has said. In…