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Port Louis, Aug 18 (IANS) Mauritius President Dharambeer Gokhool and Indian High Commissioner to Mauritius Anurag Srivastava raised toasts to celebrate the longstanding friendship between India and Mauritius at a reception hosted by the High Commission of India to celebrate...
Reykjavik, Aug 18 (IANS) India's Ambassador to Iceland, R. Ravindra, on Tuesday called on Eyjolfur Armannsson, Iceland Infrastructure Minister, and briefed him about the upcoming 'Sagarmanthan: The Great Oceans Dialogue'.“Ambassador R. Ravindra paid a courtesy call on Eyjolfur Armannsson, Minister...
Jerusalem, Aug 18 (IANS) Sripriya Ranganathan, Secretary (Consular, Passport and Visa and Overseas Indian Affairs) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday reiterated India's support for a negotiated two-State solution in a meeting with Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, Minister...
Jaipur, Aug 18 (IANS) Congress leader and former MLA Sanyam Lodha on Tuesday decided to file a contempt petition in the Rajasthan High Court over the postponement of the reservation lottery for Panchayati Raj institutions. Lodha has issued legal notices...
Bengaluru, Aug 18 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA S.N. Channabasappa on Tuesday sparked a controversy by calling on Muslims who oppose "Vande Mataram" to leave India and said that Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi should also leave...
Hyderabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday announced that the State government would provide pensions to all eligible toddy tappers. Addressing a meeting after unveiling the statue of Sardar Sarvai Papanna Goud, he said the...
Bhubaneswar, Aug 18 (IANS) The Odisha Vigilance on Tuesday arrested a woman Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) in Baleshwar district for allegedly accepting a bribe from a vehicle owner to facilitate the release of bills towards the hire charges of...
Shillong, Aug 18 (IANS) The Meghalaya government has acquired 96 acres of land at Rongalgre in East Garo Hills to develop a permanent venue for the Me’gong Festival, with plans to create replica villages showcasing the traditional lifestyles and cultures...
Gangtok, Aug 18 (IANS) The Sikkim government is preparing to introduce an integrated online system for issuing Restricted Area Permits (RAP) and Protected Area Permits (PAP), aimed at improving transparency, curbing revenue leakages and regulating tourist movement in designated areas,...
Jaipur, Aug 18 (IANS) Acting on the instructions of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Headquarters, the anti-corruption agency's Sikar unit on Tuesday conducted a trap operation and arrested four police personnel from the Cyber Crime Police Station in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya district,...
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday held a review meeting on the National Testing Agency (NTA) and directed all concerned to put in place necessary security and related infrastructural facilities for the smooth conduct...
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) Veteran Bengali folk singer and Padma Shri awardee Purna Das Baul on Tuesday alleged that his land was seized during the previous Trinamool Congress government’s rule. After the change in government, the Baul artist and his...
