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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Gurugram, July 19 - The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has 'provisionally attached' immovable properties totaling 88.29 acres, valued at Rs 300.11 crore, belonging to M/s M3M India Infrastructures Private Limited under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Guwahati, July 19 - Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday claimed that Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, should be made the brand ambassador for population control in the country as a particular community only listens to leaders

New Delhi, July 19 - Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday voiced her strong opposition to the "divisive" order on the labelling of food joints and kiosks along the Kanwar Yatra route in UP and demanded its immediate withdrawal.

New Delhi, July 19 - The Government is giving a big push to bamboo farming to empower 1 million rural women as Lakhpati Didis and has roped in the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for technical knowhow.