Govt employees to get full DA benefits from July

New Delhi (IANS) Central government employees and pensioners will get full benefits of dearness allowance starting July 1, with all the three pending installments being restored prospectively, Minister for State for Finance, Anurag Thakur said in…

PM launches Maitri Setu between Tripura and Bangladesh

Agartala (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the eastern and northeastern regions of India, along with Bangladesh, are being developed as a trade corridor.

Addressing a gathering virtually from Delhi via video-conferencing,…

Uzbek & Indian soldiers to start anti-terror drills on U'khand hills

New Delhi (IANS) Uzbek soldiers will carry out counter-terror operation drills along with their Indian counterparts to enhance capabilities starting Tuesday till March 21 in Chaubatia near Ranikhet in Uttarakhand.

As part of the joint exercise,…

SC agrees to re-examine 50% quota cap, issues notice to states/UTs

New Delhi (IANS) After nearly three-decades of the Indra Sawhney judgment, the Supreme Court on Monday said the 50 per cent cap on reservation laid down by a 9-judge bench in 1992, could be re-examined in view of subsequent constitutional amendments…

India turned world's pharmacy amid Covid: PM

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India has turned into world's pharmacy and many foreign nations have expressed confidence in the country's medicines during the Covid-19 crisis.

Modi made the remarks…

India orders Assam Rifles to prevent influx from Myanmar

Kolkata (IANS) The Union Home Ministry has asked the paramilitary Assam Rifles to prevent any Myanmar national from crossing into Indian territory and push back any found attempting to cross over.

The Assam Rifles guards the India-Myammar border…

Mithun Chakraborty joins BJP rally in Kolkata

Kolkata (IANS) National Award winning Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty on Sunday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s mega show at Kolkata's iconic brigade parade ground.

Chakraborty arrived at the ground at around 12 noon and…

Suvendu confident to defeat Mamata, urges people to have faith

Kolkata (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday challenged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying that he would defeat the Trinamool Congress supremo in East Midnapore's Nandigram in the Assembly elections.

Modi prepares development roadmap for Bengal

Kolkata (IANS) Preparing a roadmap for the upcoming state Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government has shattered the expectations of people in West Bengal.

"Bengal…

Govt unceremoniously removes envoy in Liberia

New Delhi (IANS) The Central government has unceremoniously removed Upjit Singh Sachdeva from his post as honorary Consul General of India in Liberia.

On February 5, the embassy of India in Abidjan, accredited to the Republic of Liberia, informed…