Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) 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...
Shillong, Aug 29 (IANS) 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...
Gandhinagar, Aug 29 (IANS) 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...
Thiruvananthapuram Aug 29 (IANS) 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...
Chennai, Aug 29 (IANS) 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...
Gandhinagar, Aug 29 (IANS) 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...
Bengaluru, Aug 29 (IANS) 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...
Guwahati, Aug 29 (IANS) 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...
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) 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...
Chennai, Aug 29 (IANS) 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...
Ranchi, Aug 29 (IANS) 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...
Cape Town, Aug 29 (IANS) Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has expressed deep sorrow over the massive floods in Nepal, describing the natural disaster as ‘devastating’ while offering his thoughts and prayers to the victims and survivors. Du...