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New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The three Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Regions (PCPIRs) set up over the past 12 years at Dahej in Gujarat, Visakhapatnam–Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, and Paradeep in Odisha have attracted investments of Rs 3.4 lakh...
Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) The Sixth Joint Working Group meeting on defence cooperation between India and Uzbekistan was held in Tashkent on Wednesday, officials said. The meeting was co-chaired by Dinesh Kumar, Joint Secretary in India's Ministry of Defence and...
Guwahati/Aizawl, Aug 5 (IANS) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Wednesday underscored the importance of maintaining peace and cordial relations with neighbouring Assam, saying both he and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma are committed to strengthening mutual trust, understanding and...
Patna, Aug 5 (IANS) The 45th Battalion of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) at Birpur has achieved a major success in its ongoing campaign against smuggling and illegal activities along the India-Nepal border, officials said. In two separate operations, SSB...
Hyderabad, Aug 5 (IANS) The second meeting of the BRICS Anti-Corruption Working Group and the BRICS Expert Network on Asset Recovery, which concluded here on Wednesday, reached an in-principle agreement on the proposed BRICS Network of Law-Enforcement Practitioners for Enhancing...
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned for the day on Wednesday amid continuous noisy protests and disruptions by Opposition MPs demanding statehood for Jammu and Kashmir, a statement from the Home Minister on alleged police...
Srinagar, Aug 5 (IANS) J&K Police on Wednesday announced a reward of Rs 15 lakh for information leading to the arrest of a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist involved in the killing of a policeman on July 22 in Anantnag town.Police have...
Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday extended the interim stay on the demolition of the party office of Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party's Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee,...
Chandigarh, Aug 5 (IANS) The Bhagwant Mann Cabinet on Wednesday gave consent to the Punjab Protection of Trees Bill of 2026 to maintain green cover for ensuring ecological balance, prevent pollution of the environment, provide an institutional mechanism to compensate...
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the Union government on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the implementation of an automatic refund mechanism for excess Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) in...
Bengaluru, Aug 5 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday said the state government is ready to extend all necessary support for training priests serving in rural temples and urged priest associations and mutts to take the lead in...
Ranchi, Aug 5 (IANS) Efforts have finally begun to start a dialogue between the Jharkhand government and students who have been staging a satyagraha for the past 12 days at Ranchi's Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium over alleged irregularities in the...