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New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) A businessman working as a financier and loan facilitator was arrested in East Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar area for his involvement in a Rs 3 crore property loan fraud against a finance company, an official of...
Guwahati, Aug 4 (IANS) Meghalaya government has contributed Rs 1 crore to the Assam Chief Minister's Relief Fund to support relief and rehabilitation measures in the flood-ravaged state, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Tuesday. The financial assistance...
Guwahati, Aug 4 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the state government will take up with the Centre concerns over mining activities in neighbouring Nagaland amid allegations that they have contributed to flooding in parts of...
Agartala, Aug 4 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Tuesday said that the state government has undertaken several initiatives to strengthen the school education system and improve the overall learning environment in government and government‑aided schools across the state....
Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that Metro projects across Maharashtra are progressing rapidly, providing a major boost to safe, modern, and high‑speed public transport in urban centres including Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, and the Mumbai...
Jammu, Aug 4 (IANS) The UMEED scheme, under the Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihood Mission has brought significant change in the lives of women attached with the Self-Help Groups (SHGs), by helping them financially and enhancing their means and modes...
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Centre has released Rs 16,172.95 crore for the Industrial Corridor Development Scheme under which 20 industrial cities have been approved through the Centre-State partnership model across the country, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday.The...
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday attended a sensitisation workshop for public representatives organised under the TB-Free India Campaign and urged citizens, corporates and social organisations to join the fight against the disease. The...
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) A delegation of the All India Kisan Coordination Committee (AIKCC) met the Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday and categorically said that ethanol is a big opportunity for the farm...
Amaravati, Aug 4 (IANS) YSR Congress Party president and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will visit Devarapalli tobacco auction centre in West Godavari district on Wednesday and interact with tobacco farmers who are facing severe distress...
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Some major initiatives have been undertaken by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) during the last five years to improve the flow of credit to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the...
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a fresh set of nationwide directions to strengthen the institutional response against the growing menace of "digital arrest" scams, directing the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to frame a...