Chandigarh, Aug 29 — With the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab contemplating to take action against more than three lakh government employees who went on a mass casual leave over their demands, mainly the release of dearness allowance, State Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring…
Imphal, Aug 29 — More than 1,700 passengers, including women, have travelled smoothly from Imphal to Nagaland’s Dimapur and Assam’s main city of Guwahati via National Highway-2 over the past week, following the resumption of inter-state public transport services after a gap of more than three…
Balaghat, Aug 29 — Signalling a shift from security operations to development in areas once affected by Naxalism, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday announced a Rs 225‑crore package for the comprehensive development of 100 villages in Balaghat district, with a special focus on…
Kolkata, Aug 29 — A fresh controversy surfaced on Saturday about the party office of Trinamool Congress general secretary and Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee at Camac Street in central Kolkata, which was already in dispute following Thursday’s row over the removal of an illegal…
Shillong, Aug 29 — Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Saturday visited the R.R. Colony in Rynjah and met members of the local non-tribal community following the vandalism of a bust of freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose during a recent protest by the Khasi Students' Union (KSU).…
Gandhinagar, Aug 29 — Gujarat will install 8,925 Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) in fishing nets across the state under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, in a Rs 20.96 crore initiative aimed at reducing the accidental capture of sea turtles while also supporting the state’s shrimp exports.…
New Delhi, July 26 — Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Harsh Malhotra on Sunday will lead the city BJP workers in tuning into the 137th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme at more than 6,000 locations across the city. Malhotra will listen to the PM…
Thiruvananthapuram Aug 29 — Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Saturday criticised the Penguin Random House India over the controversy surrounding Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's memoir.In a post on social media platform X, Satheesan questioned the decision of the publishing house regarding…
Chennai, Aug 29 — CPI(M) Tamil Nadu state secretary P Shanmugam on Saturday urged the state government to ensure that water from the Mettur dam is released for at least 120 to 150 days to enable farmers in the Cauvery delta to undertake samba paddy cultivation. Addressing reporters in Chennai,…
Gandhinagar, Aug 29 — The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat will organise special programmes at four locations across the state on Sunday to mark the broadcast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 137th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’, with senior party leaders scheduled to watch the monthly programme…
Bengaluru, Aug 29 — The state government has issued an order appointing IPS officer Bhushan Gulabrao Borase as the Hubballi‑Dharwad Police Commissioner. Borase, a 2009 batch IPS officer who was serving as Deputy Inspector General of Police and Commissioner of Police, Belagavi City, has been…
Guwahati, Aug 29 — A tripartite agreement was signed on Saturday between the Sports Authority of India (SAI), Badminton Association of India (BAI) and Sports Authority of Assam (SAA) for the establishment of a National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) for swimming at the Amingaon Sports Complex in…
New Delhi, Aug 29 — The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday stated that four more Indian nationals were rescued from a hydropower project in Nepal's Rasuwa, bringing the total number of rescued Indian nationals to 88.The ministry confirmed that the rescued individuals are Ripu Kumar,…
Chennai, Aug 29 — Delta farmers have expressed concern over whether water in the Mettur reservoir will be sufficient to sustain the Tamil Nadu government's proposed 45-day release for samba cultivation. Thirteen Cauvery delta districts, including Thanjavur, known as Tamil Nadu's rice bowl, depend…
Ranchi, Aug 29 — The Health Department of Jharkhand is taking every care to prevent the spread of H1N1, commonly known as swine flu. The department is on alert mode across the state. Health Minister Irfan Ansari on Saturday reviewed the situation. He directed all civil surgeons, medical college…
Patna, Aug 29 — Four migrant workers died after being overcome by toxic fumes while working inside a septic tank in Savanhi Patti village, located on the border of the Shripur and Gopalpur police station areas in Bihar's Gopalganj district, on Saturday. The incident triggered panic in the…
Gandhinagar, Aug 29 — Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will hold one-on-one meetings with senior representatives of major domestic and international companies in New Delhi on Monday as the state steps up preparations for the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2027 following his recent…
New Delhi, Aug 29 — The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has prohibited the sale of compounded asafoetida (hing powder) by Everest Food Products Private Limited and Laljee Godhoo over alleged non-compliance with prescribed food safety standards, the regulator said on…
Nashik, Aug 29 — A tragic road accident occurred near the eighth mile area on the Nashik-Mumbai highway when a speeding container truck hit four members of the same family who were walking along the road, police officials said on Saturday. The accident left the father critically injured, while his…
New Delhi, Aug 29 — The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Saturday backed Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's indication that a special session of the Parliament could be convened, while the Opposition hit out at the Centre, accusing it of "misleading people" by attempting to…
Chennai, Aug 29 — Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Tamil Nadu Chief spokesperson Narayanan Thirupathy said on Saturday that there was no issue in singing the state song before the national anthem and the national song, asserting that the order of rendition of the three did not matter as the state is…