New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved dissolution of the Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited (CIWTC) as part of the government’s decision to revitalise sick CPSUs wherever possible or to…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) At least 10 Bangladeshi nationals, including two minors, lodged in a detention centre at Silchar in Assam’s Cachar will be deported to Bangladesh soon, official sources said on Wednesday. The…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Board Of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) President Anurag Thakur on Wednesday said that the national cricket board is in no hurry to host a day-night Test match in…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Following submission of the Justice A.P.Shah committee report on the gas migration dispute between state-run ONGC and private major Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Delhi government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court against a Delhi High Court August 4 order giving primacy to the Lt Governor in the city state’s governance. The Delhi…
Bengaluru, Aug 31 (IANS) Malls and high-rise buildings, including apartments built illegally on storm water drains of the city would be demolished to prevent flooding after heavy rains, Karnataka Law Minister T.B. Jayachandra said on…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to consider enhancing the salaries of Delhi police personnel to bring them on par with Chandigarh Police. A division bench of…
Srinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) A teenager was killed and over 100 persons were injured in firing by security forces as fresh violence erupted across the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday, prompting the authorities to re-impose a…
Singur (West Bengal), Aug 31 (IANS) People smeared green gulal on each other, raised deafening slogans eulogising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and took out victory rallies as euphoria swept this rural hamlet of…
Chandigarh, Aug 31 (IANS) The Justice S.N. Dhingra Commission of Inquiry, probing controversial land deals in Gurgaon, on Wednesday submitted its report which pointed to irregularities in grant of licences and land allotment in prime…
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) After the Supreme Court set aside the land acquired by the previous Left Front government in West Bengal for the Nano plant, Tata Motors on Wednesday said it would pass its…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India’s fiscal deficit during the first quarter ending June touched Rs 3.26 lakh crore — or 61.1 per cent of Budget estimates for fiscal 2016-17 as against 51.6 per cent…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Congress on Wednesday announced that National Herald (English) and Navjivan (Hindi), newspapers which ceased publication in 2008, would resume, and has named Neelabh Mishra as Editor-in-Chief. According to the Congress,…
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IANS) Indian equity markets were pushed higher on Wednesday on fresh buying support, with the key indices rallying for the third consecutive session to touch new 52-week high levels during the intra-day…
Chandigarh, Aug 31 (IANS) The cyber crime wing of the Punjab Police and Punjab’s health department issued notices to various e-commerce portals for allegedly violating the Drugs and Cosmetics Act by selling e-cigarettes online. Punjab…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India’s gross domestic product (GDP) slowed to 7.1 per cent for the first quarter of this fiscal, from 7.5 per cent in the like period of 2015-16, due mainly to…
Berlin, Aug 31 (IANS) Scores of Baloch activists staged protests in the German cities of Dusseldorf, Berlin and Munich against the “human right crisis and forced disappearances” of Baloch people in Pakistan, said a representative…
By Quaid Najmi Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), Aug 31 (IANS) The single-minded pursuit by an RTI activist led to an expose and finally prevented the sale to a private party of a historical sea fort in Maharashtra,…
Chennai, Aug 31 (IANS) The major trade unions in the country have decided to go ahead with their nationwide strike on Sept 2 while the BMS, affiliated to the ruling BJP, has decided to stay…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The US on Wednesday reaffirmed its support to India’s membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) by redoubling efforts for an early entry. A joint statement issued following the Second…