Govt cancels Rs 19,000-cr tender for connecting villages with broadband
New Delhi, 27 Feb: State-owned Bharat Broadband Nigam Ltd has cancelled a Rs 19,000-crore tender that was floated for connecting villages across 16 states...
There is no ban on wearing Hijab in India, says Union Minister Mukhtar...
HYDERABAD, 27 Feb: Amid the hijab controversy in Karnataka, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said there is no ban on wearing the...
Bring our citizens back from Ukraine: Puducherry govt to Union Ministry
Puducherry, Feb 26 (PTI) The office of the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan has urged the Union External Affairs Ministry to take steps...
India committed to tackle maritime challenges through collaborative system: Union Minister Bhat
Visakhapatnam, Feb 26 (PTI): Union Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhat said here on Saturday that India was committed to tackle maritime challenges...
Zelenskyy speaks to Modi, seeks India’s political support
New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday sought India's political support at the UN Security Council to stop Russia's military...
PAGD appeals to govt to restore special status of Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar, Feb 26 (PTI) The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Saturday asked the Centre to go for a dispassionate appraisal of its...
Russia ‘highly appreciates’ India’s position on UNSC resolution on Ukraine
New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) Russia on Saturday "highly" appreciated India's "independent and balanced" position on a UN Security Council resolution on the Russian...
MoU signed to showcase sector-wise opportunities to investors in J-K
Jammu, Feb 26 (PTI) A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Jammu and Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization (JKTPO) and Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir...
India watching global energy markets, supports release of oil from strategic storage
New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) India, the world's third largest energy importing and consuming nation, on Saturday said it is closely monitoring the global...
Centre asks states, UTs to allow relaxation of Covid curbs
NEW DELHI, 25 Feb: The union home ministry on Friday asked states and union territories to consider relaxing Covid curbs for social, sports, entertainment,...
Putin waves nuclear sword in confrontation with the West
WARSAW, 25 Feb: It has been a long time since the threat of using nuclear weapons has been brandished so openly by a world...
Journalists protest against new accreditation guidelines
NEW DELHI, 25 Feb: Journalists on Friday held a protest meet against the new Press Information Bureau accreditation guidelines and demanded that the government...
Govt to bear cost of evacuation of Indians from Ukraine
NEW DELHI, 25 Feb: The government is making efforts to evacuate Indian nationals from Ukraine through its land border crossings with its neighbouring countries...
IMA requests PM to help bring back med students stranded in Ukraine
NEW DELHI, 25 Feb: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help bring back young medical students stranded...
Govt makes budgetary allocation of Rs 786 cr for tourism sector in J&K
Srinagar, 23 Feb: The tourism sector in Jammu and Kashmir has got a major boost as the government has made a record budgetary allocation...
No progress on issues flagged in UNSC resolution: Jaishankar on Afghanistan
New Delhi, 23 Feb: The international community's apprehension about the use of Afghan soil for terrorist activities is still very much a "live concern"...
India believes in rules-based order: Lekhi on Ukraine crisis
New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI) Amid rising tension between Russia and the West over Ukraine, Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi on...
Two terrorist associates of Lashkar nabbed in Baramulla
Srinagar, Feb 23 (PTI) Security forces arrested two terrorist associates of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday.
Police...
IAF to send 5 Tejas jets for multilateral air exercise in UK
New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI) The Indian Air Force (IAF) will participate in a three-week multilateral air exercise at Waddington in the UK from...
Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter detects solar proton events: ISRO
Mumbai, Feb 23 (PTI) A Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS), a payload on-board Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter, has detected solar proton events (SPEs) which significantly...