Congress leader, ex-minister Dharampuri Srinivas passes away
Hyderabad, June 29 - Senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha member Dharampuri Srinivas passed away here early Saturday after prolonged illness.
India, Bangladesh Customs resolve to boost trade facilitation, cooperation
Shillong, June 29 - Customs officials of India and Bangladesh, in their meeting here, have resolved to enhance trade facilitation and cooperation between both nations, officials said.
East Coast Railway to operate 315 spl trains for Rath Yatra
Bhubaneswar, June 29 - The Ministry of Railways has planned to run 315 special trains to and from Puri in Odisha for the smooth travel and convenience of the pilgrims during the Rath Yatra festival of Lord Jagannath starting from July 7.
Centre to set up green coal plants in Gurugram, Faridabad
Gurugram, June 28 - On the lines of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, plants to manufacture green coal from waste items will be set up soon in Gurugram and Faridabad.
Assam CM slams Nalbari Deputy Commissioner for extravagant lunch at Cabinet meeting
Guwahati, June 28 - Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday expressed his strong displeasure with the Deputy Commissioner of state's Nalbari district over the extravagant food arrangements during the Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
Andhra to rope in international experts to assess Polavaram’s status: CM Naidu
Amaravati, June 28 - Blaming his predecessor Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for jeopardising the Polavaram project during the last five years, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said his government would rope in international experts to assess the project's current
Post-poll violence: Central fact-finding team suggests extension of CAPF deployment in Bengal
Kolkata, June 28 - A four-member central fact-finding team of the BJP, which was in West Bengal earlier this month to review the post-poll violence in the state, submitted its report to BJP President J.P. Nadda on Friday.
Siddaramaiah meets Amit Shah; seeks implementation of Safe City Project in 5 K’taka cities
New Delhi/Bengaluru, June 28 - Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital and demanded implementation of the Safe City Project in five cities on the lines of state capital Bengaluru.
CM Siddaramaiah ensured defeat of Shivakumar’s brother in LS polls: K’taka LoP
Bengaluru, June 28 - Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Karnataka Assembly, R. Ashoka, claimed on Friday that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ensured the defeat of Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar’s brother D.K. Suresh in the recently-held Lok Sabha elections.
Signing of 1986 Mizoram Peace Accord commemorated in Aizawl
Aizawl, June 28 - A programme was held here on Friday to celebrate the signing of the Mizoram Peace Accord in 1986 between the Central and the state governments and the Mizo National Front (MNF) to end insurgency in the state, raging since
Shiv Sena leader congratulates PM Modi on 3rd term, unique style of greeting draws attention
New Delhi, June 28 - Milind Deora, the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde camp) MP in Rajya Sabha on Friday extended greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his third consecutive tenure and said that despite three terms in power, the 'leader with global
Over 60,000 cops trained in Madhya Pradesh on three new criminal laws
Bhopal, June 28 - The police in Madhya Pradesh are gearing up for the three new criminal laws that will come into force in the country from July 1.
Haryana CM offers prayers at Golden Temple, Ram Tirath
Amritsar, June 28 - Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday offered prayers at the Golden Temple and Ram Tirath, saying he found great peace of mind by visiting the sacred city of Sikh Gurus.
Defections will have no impact on BRS, says KCR
Hyderabad, June 28 - With another of its MLAs defecting to Congress on Friday, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) President and former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said the defections would have no impact on the party.
Raj minister holds public grievance session after surprise inspection in Jodhpur
Jaipur, June 28 - Rajasthan Minister Jogaram Patel on Friday held a public grievance redressal session at the Jodhpur Circuit House after making a surprise inspection in the ditrict.
Delhi witnesses sizeable jump in temperature-related power demand: IEEFA report
New Delhi, June 28 - Delhi witnessed a sizeable jump in temperature-related electricity demand in the last 12 months (up to June 22), a new report by Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), an independent think-tank, said on Friday.
‘Comprehensive’, Maharashtra CM hails state budget 2024-25
Mumbai, June 28 - Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has hailed the 'please all' budget presented by Deputy CM Ajit Pawar in the state Assembly on Friday, saying that it is a comprehensive budget aimed to cover almost all sections of the society,
Thackeray calls Maha budget ’empty promises’, seeks White Paper on MahaYuti’s 2 years
Mumbai, June 28 - Terming the Maharashtra budget full of "empty promises", Shiv Sena-UBT President and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday demanded a White Paper on all the assurances made by the MahaYuti government in the past two years.
Maharashtra budget a hoax, women’s aid policy inspired by Cong’s 5 Guarantees: Nana Patole
Mumbai, June 28 - Terming the Maharashtra budget as a 'jumla-budget' ahead of the October Assembly elections, state Congress President Nana Patole said that the policy for women has been inspired directly from the Congress' 5 Guarantees, here on Friday.
Maha budget an attempt to compensate Lok Sabha poll debacle: NCP-SP
Mumbai, June 28 - Nationalist Congress Party (SP) state President Jayant Patil on Friday called the 2024-25 state budget presented by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, an attempt to make up for the losses suffered by