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New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Taking cognisance of civic concerns raised in the Delhi Legislative Assembly over garbage management and stray cattle on roads, Speaker Vijender Gupta on Monday referred both matters to the Special Committee on MCD and sought...
Chennai, Aug 10 (IANS) Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Monday thanked all political parties for unanimously supporting a special resolution in the Tamil Nadu Assembly mandating that Tamil Thai Vazhthu be sung first at functions organised by government departments,...
Guwahati/Agartala, Aug 10 (IANS) Rail connectivity between southern Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and the rest of the country has remained disrupted for nearly a month following heavy rainfall and soil subsidence that damaged railway tracks along the strategically important Lumding-Badarpur...
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and state governments on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions for time-bound investigation and speedy trial of cases involving narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances....
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Union Minister of State (MoS) for Defence, Sanjay Seth, on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government over police action against the JPSC aspirants during the peaceful protest march against examination...
Kolkata, Aug 10 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MLAs on Monday staged a protest in West Bengal Legislative Assembly premises over the attack on former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday at Halisahar in North 24 Parganas district. The MLAs raised slogans...
Guwahati, Aug 10 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday announced the resumption of the state government's subsidised food scheme under which pulses and sugar will be made available to beneficiaries at Rs 100, benefiting around 70 lakh...
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) As many as 534 births have been reported in the Parsi Community since 2014-15 as the government intensified efforts to stabilise their population with an expenditure of Rs 37.43 crore on the Jiyo Parsi scheme,...
Bengaluru, Aug 10 (IANS) Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) [JD(S)] supremo H.D. Deve Gowda on Monday flagged off the second day of the party’s Bidadi padayatra, led by JD(S) Youth Wing president Nikhil Kumaraswamy, from BGS Circle in...
Jaipur, Aug 10 (IANS) A review meeting was held on Monday at the Government Secretariat regarding preparations for the international BRICS Tourism Meetings, scheduled to take place in Jaipur from August 19 to 22, under India’s BRICS presidency. The meeting...
Bengaluru, Aug 10 (IANS) Senior BJP MLA and former minister V. Sunil Kumar on Monday accused the Congress high command of rewarding former minister B. Nagendra with a Cabinet berth despite the CBI allegedly identifying him as a key figure...
Ranchi, Aug 10 (IANS) As the examination protests intensified in Jharkhand, police lobbed tear gas shells on students as they breached barricades and closed in on the Assembly premises. The students marched towards the Assembly premises despite heightened security arrangements...