India pledges $2B philanthropy for Covid care

New Delhi (IANS) India pledged $2 billion out of $20.6 billion philanthropy funds for 2020-2021 to strengthen all levels of care in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and to ensure essential public health functions with an enhanced focus on women,…

K'taka iPhone plant vandalised by employees over salary dues

Kolar (IANS) An iPhone manufacturing plant run by Taiwanese tech giant Wistron Corporation at Narsapura came under attack on Saturday from its employees over salary dues, the police said.

The iPhone plant established at 43 acres at Narasapura…

Agri reforms to usher in new investments, farmers to gain: Modi

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that agricultural reforms will usher in new investments into the sector.

Modi said this at the 93rd 'Annual General Meeting' of the industry body Ficci. The event was organised…

Madras HC orders probe into missing 103 kg gold seized by CBI

Chennai (IANS) The Madras High Court has ordered a probe by the Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) into the missing 103.864 kg gold out of 400.47 kg seized by the Central Bureau of Investigation from Surana Corporation Ltd and kept…

Voting begins for Goa zilla panchayat polls

Panaji (IANS) Voting for the zilla panchayat (ZP) polls in Goa, which has 203 candidates in the fray contesting from 48 constituencies, began on Saturday morning.

The polling process began at 8 am and is scheduled to conclude at 5 pm.

The…

Home Minister Shah may visit Bengal for 2nd time in 90 days

New Delhi (IANS) Home Minister Amit Shah is set to visit West Bengal once again. Shah is likely to visit West Bengal on December 19 and 20, revealed sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This will be Home Minister Shah's second visit to…

BJP gears up for countering opposition to farm laws

New Delhi (IANS) Amid the ongoing protests against the three farm laws introduced by the Narendra Modi government, the Bharatiya Janata Party is now gearing up to combat the opposition to them. The BJP will launch a massive awareness campaign and…

Rs 20L-Cr pandemic package: Barely 10% disbursed, says RTI

Mumbai (IANS) In May, when the Centre announced a massive Rs 20 lakh-crore economic stimulus package, it was enthusiastically applauded by the Covid-ravaged country, at the height of the pandemic lockdown.

As it turned out later, the celebrations…

Skirmish at LoC, 5 Pak soldiers dead

Jammu (IANS) Five Pakistani soldiers were killed and three injured in an overnight retaliatory action by the Indian army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, Defence sources said.

"Pakistan initiated unprovoked…

India sends senior BJP leader to Nepal

Kathmandu (IANS) After three back-to-back high-level visits from New Delhi in the last two months, India's ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has sent its foreign affairs department chief, Vijay Chauthaiwale to Kathmandu in an effort to mend ties…