Double engine govt means ‘double blow’ to unemployed: Gandhi

NEW DELHI, 18 Feb: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the BJP over the issue of unemployment in Uttar Pradesh, saying that double...

Study begins at 6 high-risk glacial lakes in Sikkim

NEW DELHI, 31 Aug: A fortnight-long study was launched on Saturday to evaluate the volume, depth and longitudinal profile of six high-risk glacial lakes...

J&K saw 15 pc increase in registration of crime cases in 2020: Police

Jammu, Jan 3 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir recorded more than 15 per cent increase in registration of cases of crime in 2020 over 2019,...

Amendments to tobacco control law a step towards healthy India: BJP leader

New Delhi, 20 Nov: Amendments to the tobacco control law COTPA can be a step towards realizing the dream of building a healthy and...

Asaduddin Owaisi Slams Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar Over Shiv Sena Tie-Up

Pune:, Nov 23 (PTI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi today said Shiv Sena was a communal party and the so-called secular parties...

Rising Omicron cases can impact growth by 0.3% in March quarter, says report

New Delhi, Jan 4 (PTI): Growth might be impacted by up to 0.30 per cent in the March quarter as normal economic activities come...

Advanced ammunition is reality of new-age warfare, says Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

New Delhi: A country's economic prowess gets automatically reflected in the field of ammunition and India must focus on boosting research and development as...

6 more bodies recovered from landslide in HP’s Kinnaur, toll rises to 23

Shimla, Aug 14 (PTI): Six more bodies were recovered from the site of the landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district, taking the death toll...

India, EU discuss steps to operationalise decision to resume negotiations for trade pact

New Delhi, Oct 19 (PTI) India and the European Union on Tuesday discussed steps to operationalise the decision of their leaders to resume negotiations...

Import duty waiver on cotton: Piyush Goyal tells concerned authorities to finalise matter early

New Delhi, May 30 (PTI) : Amid unprecedented rise in cotton and yarn prices in the current season, Union Minister Piyush Goyal has directed...

JK Assembly passes resolution seeking restoration of special status; parties hail, BJP protests

SRINAGAR/JAMMU, 6 Nov: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution asking the Centre to work out a constitutional mechanism for restoring...

Channel ‘disappointment’ into positive to defeat BJP, its ‘cronies’: Farooq Abdullah to J-K public

Srinagar, Feb 28 (PTI) National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday urged the people of Jammu and Kashmir to channel their "disappointment" into a...

SC grants Kejriwal interim bail till 1 June

NEW DELHI, 10 May: In a major relief to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Friday granted him interim bail till...

Eastern Ladakh row: India, China to hold 16th round of military talks

New Delhi, 17 Jul: India and China will hold the 16th round of high-level military talks on Sunday with an aim to resolve the...

Andhra CM meets Modi; seeks Rs 10,000-cr ad-hoc fund for Polavaram project

New Delhi, 22 Aug: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and sought...

GANHRI defers reaccreditation of NHRC again

New Delhi, 14 May: The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) has deferred the reaccreditation of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),...

Centre to launch mega campaign to promote submission of digital life certificate by...

New Delhi, 9 Aug: The Centre will launch a mega campaign in November to promote the submission of digital life certificate by pensioners, an...

7.43 lakh ‘Fake Job Cards’ deleted under rural job scheme MNREGA last year: Centre

New Delhi, 9 Dec: More than 7.43 lakh "fake" job cards under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme were deleted in 2022-23,...

Aadhaar now acceptable for 8 online services of Delhi Government

New Delhi, 22 Aug: Delhi government's industries department has been authorised by the UIDAI to accept Aadhaar for its eight online services, including conversion...

Congress Chief’s Stern Message on accountability from ‘Top To Bottom’

New Delhi, 4 Dec: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday sent out a stern message to leaders to perform or make way for others,...