Congress Nominates Rajni Patil For Rajya Sabha Bypoll In Maharashtra, BJP Picks Sanjay Upadhyay

Mumbai, Sep 20 (PTI): The Congress on Monday declared the candidature of senior party leader Rajni Patil for the next month's Rajya Sabha byelection...

UAPA in its present form poses serious threat to citizens’ freedom, democracy: 108 ex-babus

New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in its present form poses a serious threat to the freedom of citizens and...

Large population does not automatically contribute more to emission: UNFPA

NEW DELHI, 25 Jun: There is a need to rectify the notion that countries with large populations contribute more to emissions, a senior UNFPA...

India-Sri Lanka Ferry Service Truly Big Step: S Jaishankar

New Delhi, 14 Oct (PTI): The launch of a passenger ferry service from Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam to Kankesanthurai near Jaffna in Sri Lanka is...

Swift, transparent decision-making needed for country’s combat readiness: Rajnath Singh

New Delhi, 14 Nov: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said swift and transparent decision-making and availability of optimal resources were needed for a...

India to highlight achievement in defence R&D at DefExpo in Gujarat

New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI): The next edition of the DefExpo will provide an overview of what India has been able to achieve in...

India slams USCIRF for ‘misrepresenting’ facts

NEW DELHI, 2 Jul: India on Saturday slammed the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for its "biased" and "inaccurate" comments on the...

Scheduled Caste Haryana Government employees to get quota in promotion

Chandigarh, 3 Feb: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced that Scheduled Caste (SC) employees working for the state government will get...

India Plans To Produce 5 Billion Covid Doses Next Year: Union Minister

New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI): Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said India plans to produce 5 billion doses of COVID vaccines...

“Strongly Condemn”: India On Mahatma Gandhi’s Statue Vandalised In New York

New York, Aug 19 (PTI): The Consulate General of India in New York on Friday strongly condemned the vandalisation of a statue of Mahatma...

SC to hear on 5 Apr plea by oppn parties alleging ‘misuse’ of central...

NEW DELHI, 24 Mar: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to list for hearing on 5 April a plea by 14 opposition parties, led...

India’s economy grows by 8.4% amid signs of recovery

NEW DELHI, Nov 30 (PTI) India’s economy grew by 8.4% in the July-September quarter from the same period a year earlier, the government announced...

At the heart of BJP’s ideology is ‘cowardice’: Gandhi

LONDON, 6 Mar: Launching a fresh attack on the BJP, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that the ruling party follows "an ideology of...

Indian Navy will become fully Atmanirbhar by 2047: Admiral R Hari Kumar

Gandhinagar, Nov 8 (PTI) Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar on Wednesday said the Navy is committed to become fully 'Atmanirbhar' or...

India has world’s third largest startup ecosystem right decisions were taken at right time...

New Delhi, Mar 20 (PTI) India has emerged as the world's third largest startup ecosystem with over 1.25 lakh startups and 110 unicorns, and...

People of India stand firmly with Israel in this difficult hour: PM Modi as...

New Delhi, 10 Oct: Prime Minister Narendra Modi told his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday that people of India stand firmly with his...

SC seeks ASI’s response on preserving Taj Mahal

NEW DELHI, 22 Apr: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on the vision document and...

India showed great global leadership in response to COVID-19 pandemic: Gates Foundation CEO

New Delhi, Sep 13 (PTI) India showed great global leadership in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and if there was a UN-mandated sustainable development...

India, Japan discuss developments in areas of disarmament, non-proliferation

New Delhi, 24 Apr: Top officials of India and Japan on Wednesday exchanged views on developments in the areas of disarmament and non-proliferation relating...

Assam Assembly to discuss child protection issues during budget session

Guwahati, 5 Dec: Assam Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary on Monday said child protection issues will be discussed in the House during the budget session. A...