World Bank approves Rs 1000 cr loan to help people get Bengal govt services

New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI): The World Bank has approved a loan of around Rs 1,000 crore to the West Bengal government primarily to...

Govt set to announce India manual scavenging free by August; 246 districts yet to...

New Delhi, 5 Jul: As the government's deadline to declare India manual scavenging free nears, about 246 districts of the country are yet to...

Situation near Indo-Myanmar border concerning: Army chief

NEW DELHI, 12 Jan: Around 416 Myanmarese soldiers crossed over to India following the situation arising out of the fighting between Myanmar's armed ethnic...

India’s stature has grown in world ever since BJP govt was formed at Centre:...

Lucknow, Apr 3 (PTI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday that India was earlier "perceived as a weak" country but now when it...

Manipur violence: SC seeks details of arson, encroachments

NEW DELHI, 9 Dec: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Manipur government to provide details in a sealed cover on the dwelling units...

Situation at Sino-India border ‘generally stable’: China

New Delhi, Dec 21 (PTI): The situation at the China-India border is “generally stable” and both sides are maintaining dialogue and communication through diplomatic...

LG inaugurates nine World Bank funded projects in J-K

Srinagar, Jun 7 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday inaugurated nine projects of the Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project...

ISRO successfully demonstrates Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator technology

Bengaluru, Sep 3 (PTI) ISRO on Saturday successfully demonstrated a new technology with Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD) which it said is a game changer...

PSLV-C54 successfully places earth observation satellite into orbit

Sriharikota, 26 Nov: A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle of ISRO on Saturday successfully injected the earth observation satellite (Oceansat) into a sun-synchronous orbit, Indian...

Rajasthan govt committed to overall development of tribal regions, says CM Gehlot

Jaipur, 18 Feb: The Rajasthan government is committed to the overall development of tribal regions and the state Budget includes "many important gifts" for...

CM asks officials to gear up for relief efforts in view of forecast...

Hyderabad, 23 Jul: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday asked officials to be prepared to take up rescue and relief measures in...

NCERT justified in rationalising textbooks’ contents: UGC

NEW DELHI, 16 Jun: University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Jagadesh Kumar on Friday slammed academicians objecting to the rationalisation of NCERT textbooks, saying that...

BJP’s ‘dirty politics’ responsible for growing air, water pollution in Delhi: Atishi

New Delhi, 20 Oct: The "dirty politics" of the BJP is responsible for growing air and water pollution in Delhi, Chief Minister Atishi said...

Gandhi to start ‘Bharat Nyay Yatra’ from Manipur to Mumbai

NEW DELHI, 28 Dec: The Congress on Wednesday announced that it will hold a 'Bharat Nyay Yatra', led by Rahul Gandhi, from Manipur to...

Indian start-up breaks distance barrier in secure communications

New Delhi, 7 Jun (PTI): India’s deep technology start-up QNu Labs has broken the distance barrier by achieving secure communications over 325 km of...

We are in touch with US authorities to clarify issues: MEA on sanctions...

New Delhi, 2 Nov: In the wake of the US imposing sanctions on several individuals and entities, including from India, for allegedly supporting Russia's...

India strongly raising issue of climate justice with developed countries: PM Modi

New Delhi, Jun 5 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said developing and underdeveloped countries are paying the price for the "wrong policies"...

HC issues fresh notice to BBC over documentary

NEW DELHI, 25 Sep: The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a fresh notice to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on a plea by...

Hope Canada will take action against separatists, anti-India elements: MEA

New Delhi, 21 Dec: India on Thursday said its "core" issue with Canada remained that of the space given to anti-India elements operating from...

India, Australia Finalise Education Qualification Recognition Mechanism

Ahmedabad, Mar 8 (PTI): Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday announced that his country and the Indian government have finalized the 'Australia-India Education...