Thackeray trains guns on Bullet Train project

Mumbai (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said the state government will "review" the Rs 1.10 lakh crore Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project, considered as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream offering to the nation.
…

Railways operating ratio in 2017-18 worst in 10 years: CAG

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Railways' operating ratio at 98.44 per cent in 2017-18 was the worst in the last 10 years, the national auditor, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), said in a report tabled in Parliament on Monday.

A measure…

Bengal netas jittery as ED inches closer to actress Subhra in Rose Valley scam

New Delhi (IANS) As fresh inputs keep pouring into the multi-billion Rose Valley chit fund scam probe, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has finally tightened the noose around actress Subhra Kundu, the wife of Rose Valley Chairman and kingpin Gautam…

Ram corridor, cruise on Saryu in 'New Ayodhya'

Lucknow (IANS) With the Supreme Court clearing the decks for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is preparing to turn the holy city into the biggest religious destination for Hindus and a…

MVA's Patole, BJP's Kathore in race for Maha Speaker's post

Mumbai (IANS) The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday said it will contest the Speaker's post and nominated legislator Kisan S. Kathore as its candidate against the Maha Vikas Aghadi's nominee, legislator Nana F. Patole.

While…

Amid BJP boycott and Ajit Pawar's vote, Thackeray wins

Mumbai (IANS) The Maha Vikas Aghadi led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday decisively won the vote of confidence securing 169 votes, considerably higher than the minimum of 145 required in the 288-member Maharashtra assembly.

Against…

1 litre milk for 81 kids in UP school

Sonebhadra (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Children in a government primary school in Uttar Pradesh are being given "highly" diluted milk -- one litre of milk to 81 children -- after it has been diluted, and then diluted some more with water.

Gram Panchayat…

Raut hints at another 'miracle' in Goa

Mumbai/Panaji (IANS) Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Friday predicted that after Maharashtra, there could be a "miracle" and a potential political earthquake in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Goa soon.

The ruling BJP has dismissed Raut's claim…

LS: Pragya apologises for Godse remark

New Delhi (IANS) BJP MP Pragya Thakur on Friday tendered an apology in the Lok Sabha on her remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, saying she "regrets and apologises" if her statement had hurt anybody and clarified that her remarks…

India offers $450 mn development, anti-terror aid to Lanka

New Delhi (IANS) India on Friday announced lines of credit amounting to $450 million to Sri Lanka as its newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on ways to push the bilateral relations and undertake…