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Ahmedabad, Aug 12 (IANS) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has secured four more days' remand of Amit Dongre, the former Probationary Chief Fire Officer of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), in connection with the alleged Rs 36,000 bribe case involving approval...
Jaipur, Aug 12 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Secretary V. Srinivas held a meeting with Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), Ajay Seth, at the Secretariat on Wednesday to discuss initiatives for expanding insurance coverage and improving...
Ahmedabad, Aug 12 (IANS) More than one lakh citizens joined Ahmedabad’s Tiranga Yatra on Wednesday as the city marked the run-up to Independence Day with a procession from Raypur to Sarangpur, carrying the Tricolour and paying tribute to the country’s...
Jaipur, Aug 12 (IANS) Rajasthan Leader of Opposition (LoP) Tika Ram Jully on Wednesday questioned the state government over the killing of a prisoner who was shot dead while being transported to the Jaipur jail, raising serious concerns over the...
Bengaluru, Aug 12 (IANS) Former MP Prajwal Revanna, who is serving a life sentence in a rape case, was shifted from the VIP cell to a normal cell housing other convicted prisoners at the Bengaluru Central Prison on Wednesday after...
Jaipur, Aug 12 (IANS) Acting on the instructions of ACB Headquarters, the ACB Outpost SU-I, Jaipur, conducted a trap operation on Wednesday in Viratnagar in the Kotputli-Behror district of Rajasthan. One Sanjay Kumar, Tehsildar/Sub-Registrar, Viratnagar, District Kotputli-Behror; Devilal, Junior Assistant,...
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) The Maharashtra government's General Administration Department on Wednesday issued the official list of Ministers, Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Ministers, and dignitaries designated to lead the flag-hoisting ceremonies across 36 districts for the 80th Independence Day on...
Amaravati, Aug 12 (IANS) A delegation led by Karan Adani, Managing Director of Adani Ports and SEZ Limited, met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and briefed him on the proposed titanium plant to be established by the Adani...
Gandhinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) A new digital library network linking rural libraries with large central collections and mobile library vans was launched in the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency on Wednesday, with Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah saying the...
Amaravati, Aug 12 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh’s State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) on Wednesday approved investment proposals worth Rs 2,08,406 crore covering 25 projects. These projects, approved at the 20th meeting of SIPB chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, are...
Guwahati, Aug 12 (IANS) The Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport in Guwahati has strengthened its rainwater harvesting and utilisation system, with harvested rainwater meeting around 28 per cent of the total water consumed at its newly built Terminal 2...
Chandigarh, Aug 12 (IANS) Former Minister of State (MoS) for Railways and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravneet Singh Bittu, the grandson of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, on Wednesday welcomed the positive report sent by Punjab Governor Gulab...