New Delhi, September 28 (IANS): Launching 35 climate-resilient crop varieties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday suggested states and NGOs to conduct various programmes and create a task force for the pro
Chandigarh, September 28 (IANS) Less than a fortnight after he was 'unceremoniously' asked to quit as the Punjab Chief Minister in the run-up to the Assembly polls, Congress veteran Amarinder Singh is l
Chandigarh, September 28 (PTI): Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday resigned as the chief of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.
In a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Sidhu, however, said he will cont
Kolkata, September 28 (PTI): It was a clear sky over Dimapur, with just a few clouds floating by as Capt. Shahabuddin Ahmed, a Pakistan International Airlines pilot, who had volunteered to fly combat sorties fo
BHOPAL, SEPTEMBER 28 (IANS): At least nine people were killed due to lightning strikes in Dewas and Agar Malwa districts of Madhya Pradesh. Six people died in Dewas and while three lost their lives in Agar Malw
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 27 (IANS): PDP President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday urged the Press Council of India to probe "intimidation, snooping and harassment" of j
New Delhi, September 27 (PTI): Getting aid is not a fundamental right, the Supreme Court observed on Monday and said the government should take into account various factors such as financial constraints and def
Jaisalmer/Jodhpur, September 27 (PTI): The armed forces must establish their supremacy in new areas of conflict like information and cyber space, while maintaining their edge in conventional war preparedne
New Delhi, September 27 (PTI): The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a forum comprising 40 farmer unions, called for a Bharat Bandh on Monday against the Centre's three agriculture laws. Here is its impact acros
New Delhi, September 27 (PTI): A day after CJI N V Ramana exhorted women lawyers to strongly seek 50 per cent reservation in higher judiciary, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Monday hailed the state
Ghaziabad, September 27 (PTI): Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday said the solution to the ongoing farmers' protest against the Centre's three agri laws can be reached only through dialogue and not i
BETTIAH, September 27 (IANS/ 101 Reporters): Parwati's house in West Champaran's Katraw village, Bihar, was not locked for four days when she was at the hospital to treat her fever and chills. When she
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 27 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Monday pulled the National Medical Commission (NMC) and the National Board of Examination (NBE) over last-minute changes to the syllabus for the National Eli
New Delhi, September 27 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, under which a digital health ID will be provided to citizens that will carry their health reco
New Delhi, September 27 (PTI): Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday said his ministry is talking to various stakeholders for the recovery of the tourism sector affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, whil
New Delhi, September 27 (PTI): The Finance Ministry has set up two committees of state finance ministers who would review current tax slabs and GST exempt items, identify potential evasion sources and suggest c
Chennai, September 27 (IANS): A 48-year-old man set himself ablaze in front of the residence of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin here on Monday morning, police said.
He was rescued by the police personnel statione
Gandhinagar, September 27 (IANS): Monday saw the first woman Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Dr Nimaben Acharya who will preside over the two-day monsoon session which began on Monday. She was esco
New Delhi, September 26 (PTI): Supreme Court judge P S Narasimha on Sunday said India has suffered over 70 years due to colonial era laws and their interpretation and that de-colonialisation of laws is a consti
Visakhapatnam/Bhubaneswar, September 26 (IANS): Cyclone 'Gulab' started making landfall on Sunday evening, triggering heavy rains along with strong winds over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjoining