News from India
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced on Monday that the government has decided to provide enhanced ex-gratia assistance of Rs 75,000 per hectare to farmers… Continue reading Delhi CM enhances ex-gratia for crop loss to Rs 75,000 per hectare
Chandigarh, June 1 (IANS) The ED on Monday arrested Pushpinder Singh, the ex-deputy vice president and mastermind of the Rs 145 crore Kotak Mahindra Bank fraud involving the Municipal Corporation,… Continue reading ED arrests ex-official of Kotak Bank for Rs 145 crore fraud with Panchkula civic agency
Amaravati, June 1 (IANS) The South Coast Railway (SCoR), India’s 18th railway zone, with its headquarters in Visakhapatnam, officially commenced operations on Monday, fulfilling a long-cherished dream of the people… Continue reading South Coast Railway Zone fulfils long-cherished dream of North Coastal Andhra
Patna, June 1 (IANS) The Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) of Bihar has intensified its crackdown on corruption, achieving another significant success with the arrest of a revenue employee in Purnea… Continue reading Revenue employee arrested while taking bribe in Bihar’s Purnea
Aizawl, June 1 (IANS) Mizoram Governor General (Dr) V.K. Singh (Retd) on Monday launched the ‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan’, a nationwide initiative of the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare… Continue reading Mizoram Guv launches ‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan’ to promote soil health and sustainable farming
Gandhinagar, June 1 (IANS) Banas Dairy is transferring more than Rs 40 crore every day directly into the bank accounts of milk-producing women, its chairman and Gujarat Assembly Speaker Shankar… Continue reading Milk producers reap benefits of direct transfers, dairy-led growth in Gujarat
Chandigarh, 1 June (IANS) Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal on Monday called upon officers of the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in Haryana to translate Prime Minister… Continue reading Manohar Lal urges officials to realise PM Modi’s vision
Bhubaneswar, June 1 (IANS) Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari on Monday said Odisha has been chosen to host the first in-person technical meeting of the BRICS Disaster Risk… Continue reading Odisha to host BRICS DRR meet for disaster management expertise
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Monday that the Cabinet has approved important proposals related to the Ad-Hoc Monthly Relief (AMR) scheme for the… Continue reading Delhi govt decision: 1,832 J&K migrant families to benefit from ad-hoc monthly relief
Bengaluru, June 1 (IANS) Winning and retaining the confidence of Karnataka’s AHINDA communities in the post-Siddaramaiah era is likely to be one of the biggest political challenges facing Chief Minister-designate… Continue reading K’taka: AHINDA support key challenge for Shivakumar
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) West Bengal’s Congress leaders once used to term the Left Front as “Harmad” – a distorted version of the Spanish and Portuguese word “Armada”, which… Continue reading A State of fear: Tracing decades of political violence in West Bengal
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar met with visiting Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles on Monday, sharing assessments on regional developments,… Continue reading EAM Jaishankar, Australian Defence Minister share assessments on regional developments
