PM reviews progress of government projects through PRAGATI
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reviewed the progress of several projects and the implementation of government schemes through PRAGATI – the ICT-based, multi-modal platform for Pro-Active More...
Only 13% of world’s tiger conservation areas meet standards
New Delhi: Indicating the seriousness of the existential threat tigers face across 11 countries, a report said on Wednesday that only 13 per cent of tiger conservation areas meet global standards. As of 2016, the More...
New bill will address issue of illegal brothels: Maneka
New Delhi: Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday said that although she does not know how “illegal” brothels are running in the Capital and elsewhere in India, but a new More...
Must overcome challenges in agriculture, employment: Pranab
Kolkata: Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said the country has to overcome challenges in agriculture, employment and power to become a sustainable economy with a substantial growth rate. We must protect More...
CBI books Kolkata’s RP Info Systems for Rs 515-crore bank fraud
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday booked a city-based computer company RP Info Systems and its directors for allegedly defrauding a consortium of 10 banks of Rs 515.15 crore, an official More...
Anti-tank missile Nag successfully tested
New Delhi: The Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) Nag was successfully flight-tested in desert conditions against two tank targets at different ranges and timings, paving the way for its induction into the Army, official More...
PNB fraud: Blue Corner notice issued against Nirav Modi, Choksi
New Delhi: A Blue Corner notice was issued on Wednesday against diamond jeweller Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi of Gitanjali Group in connection with the Rs 12,600-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, More...
Karti Chidambaram arrested in INX Media case, sent to one-day CBI custody
Chennai/New Delhi: In a dramatic development in the INX Media case, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI from Chennai airport on his return from abroad, with More...
Milky Way stars kicked out by invading galaxies spotted
London: An international team of astronomers has discovered evidence to show that some stars located in the Galactic halo surrounding the Milky Way were original residents of our galaxy but were kicked out from More...
President, PM condole Kanchi Shankaracharya’s demise
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday condoled the demise of Jayendra Saraswathi, the 69th pontiff of the Sankara Mutt Kanchipuram in More...