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Jaipur, Aug 6 (IANS) The 10th BRICS Industry Ministers’ Meeting concluded in Jaipur on Thursday under India’s chairmanship, with member countries adopting a joint declaration to boost industrial cooperation under the BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution (PartNIR). Held under...
Kolkata, Aug 6 (IANS) A woman from Bihar on Thursday gave birth to one of her twin babies in a moving cab and the other after reaching a hospital in Salt Lake, Kolkata. Thanks to the timely efforts of doctors,...
Hyderabad, Aug 6 (IANS) Telangana has been ranked first in the country in performance in tackling cybercrimes. In a nationwide PRAGATI review meeting held by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Thursday, Telangana was ranked first overall in nine criteria...
Gandhinagar, Aug 6 (IANS) The Gujarat government has announced a fresh statewide rollout of its 'Seva Setu' programme, with a renewed focus on identifying every eligible beneficiary of government welfare schemes before delivering services through village- and ward-level camps later...
Indore, Aug 6 (IANS) Congress leader Anwar Qadri, popularly known as Anwar ‘Dacait’, was arrested by the Indore police on Thursday in connection with a fake arms licence case after remaining absconding for several months, officials said. Qadri, who has...
Kolkata, Aug 6 (IANS) Three minority Trinamool Congress-turned-National Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI) Lok Sabha members from minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal, on Thursday, sought Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s intervention on two crucial issues in West Bengal.While the...
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday stated that caste-based reservations in India must continue as long as social discrimination and inequality exist in society. He emphasised viewing the issue through the perspective of...
Gandhinagar, Aug 6 (IANS) Gujarat will organise more than 1,200 Tiranga Yatras and a series of patriotic events across the state between August 9 and 17 as part of the nationwide 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign, with the Tricolour expected to...
Kolkata, Aug 6 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday announced that an Amendment Bill proposing an increase in the number of wards in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) will be tabled...
Indore, Aug 6 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Police will host the Western Zone Police Coordination Committee meeting in Indore on August 7, bringing together Directors General of Police (DGPs) and senior police officers from seven states and Union Territories to...
Bhubaneswar, Aug 6 (IANS) Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management (R&DM) Minister Suresh Pujari on Thursday said the state government has prepared a blueprint to upgrade the early warning system to ensure timely alerts and enhance disaster preparedness. Speaking to media...
Chennai, Aug 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister S. Joseph Vijay has convened a consultative meeting of all Members of Parliament from the state on Saturday, August 8, to discuss the Centre’s proposed delimitation exercise and its possible implications for...