MP Congress to give final touches to new PCC team on Saturday
Bhopal, July 19 - The political affairs committee of the Madhya Pradesh Congress will meet on Saturday to give final touches to the new Pradesh Congress Committee team, which is set to be announced in the next one or two weeks.
Vasundhara Raje tours her Assembly constituency on scooty
Jaipur, July 19 - Former Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Vasundhara Raje visited her Assembly constituency Jhalawar on a party worker's scooty on Friday.
MSME Minister urges women self-help groups to avail of govt schemes
Jaipur, July 19 - Union Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday exhorted women self-help groups from Rajasthan to avail of the benefits available under the schemes of the ministry such as easy access to credit and marketing
Fresh confusion surfaces over oath ceremony of four newly-elected Trinamool MLAs
Kolkata, July 19 - As anticipated, a fresh confusion has surfaced in West Bengal over the oath ceremony of four newly-elected Trinamool Congress MLAs with the matter getting trapped in the exchange of letters between the Raj Bhavan, state Parliamentary Affairs Department, and
YSRCP to protest in Delhi against ‘lawlessness’ in Andhra Pradesh
Amaravati, July 19 - YSR Congress Party will hold a protest in New Delhi on July 24 to draw the country's attention to the 'lawlessness and anarchy' that have plagued Andhra Pradesh, said party President and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Assam to become Muslim-majority state by 2041: CM Sarma
Guwahati, July 19 - Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday that the population of Muslims is increasing every decade by at least 29 to 30 per cent and the state would become a Muslim-majority state by 2041.
Andhra Pradesh aims 15 per cent growth, doubling per capita income every four years: Naidu
Amaravati, July 19 - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Friday that the state government's goal is a 15 per cent annual growth rate and a doubling of per capita income every four years.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall predicted in Goa
Panaji, July 19 - The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall for the next five days in Goa, officials said.
Telangana sets up new body HYDRAA for core urban region
Hyderabad, July 19 - The Telangana government has established the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) for the Telangana Core Urban Region (TCUR) for the purpose of disaster management, asset protection and other functions.
Jagan consoles family of YSRCP activist murdered in Vinukonda
Amaravati, July 19- YSR Congress Party President and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday visited Vinukonda town in Palnadu district and consoled the family of party activist Sheikh Rashid, who was brutally hacked to death, allegedly by a
BJP releases list of leaders to give bites to media in the run-up to Maha Assembly polls
Mumbai, July 19 - The BJP, which has already entered the Assembly poll mode in Maharashtra, on Friday announced a list of its senior ministers, legislators, former ministers, and spokespersons who will interact with the media, both print and electronic, in the run-up
Himachal CM bats for adoption of distinct norms for AMRUT scheme
Chandigarh, July 19 - Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu on Friday met Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar and sought the need to adopt distinct norms for hilly states for sanctioning projects under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation
Maha CM slams Oppn for questioning authenticity of Chhatrapati Shivaji’s ‘bagh-nakh’ brought back from UK
Satara, July 19 - Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday criticised the opposition for questioning the authenticity of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s ‘bagh-nakh’ (tiger claw) brought back to India from London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, saying that some people just want to do
Arunachal BJP MLA urges taking up China’s under-construction mega dam issue with Centre
Itanagar, July 19 - Former Union Minister and sitting BJP MLA Ninong Ering on Friday expressed concern over the under-construction mega dam by China near Arunachal Pradesh, and urged the state government to take up the issue with the Centre.
Mines Minister launches National Landslide Forecasting Centre in Kolkata
Kolkata, July 19 - Union Minister of Coal and Mines, G. Kishan Reddy, inaugurated the National Landslide Forecasting Centre at GSI’s Dharitri Campus in Salt Lake near here on Friday.
Arunachal tables Bill to curb unfair means in public examinations
Itanagar, July 19 - To curb irregularities and the use of unfair means in various public examinations in the state, the Arunachal Pradesh government on Friday tabled a Bill in the Assembly on the first day of the budget session.
Congress to launch Maha poll campaign on August 20; aims to oust Mahayuti govt
Mumbai, July 19 - Setting its target for uprooting the ruling Mahayuti government, the Congress will kickstart its Assembly election campaign in Maharashtra on August 20, the 80th birth anniversary of late former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, top party leaders said here on
BJP’s 2-day state executive meeting begins in Puri
Bhubaneswar, July 19 - A crucial two-day meeting of the State Executive Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) commenced in Puri on Friday, party sources said.
BJP to strengthen organisational network in 96,100 Maha poll booths for Assembly elections
Mumbai, July 19 - The BJP, in the wake of its dismal performance in the General Elections, has launched a massive exercise to strengthen its organisational network in 96,100 polling booths across Maharashtra as part of its strategy for the Assembly polls.
Minister assures to fast track projects at RGCB, including cancer hospital
Thiruvananthapuram, July 19 - Union Minister of State for Tourism, Petroleum & Natural Gas Suresh Gopi on Friday assured that he would take up with the Centre the need to expedite the ambitious projects of Campus-II of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology