Rs 809 cr allocated to repair 4,861 railway bridges: Goyal

New Delhi (IANS) Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday informed the Rajya Sabha that railways has sanctioned 4,168 bridges for repair and strengthening this year at an estimated cost of Rs 809 crore.

In a written reply to a question…

Cong's J&K doublespeak? Anti-mobile in 2003, for net in 2019

New Delhi (IANS) In a major embarassment for the Congress, which has been demanding internet connections be restored in Jammu and Kashmir, its leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's 2003 parliamentary question where he had drawn a connection…

Sena, Congress, NCP pitch for Uddhav Thackeray as CM

Mumbai (IANS) After separate meetings of the Shiv Sena and the Congress, NCP and their smaller allies, a consensus has apparently emerged on Sena President Uddhav Thackeray's name for the post of Chief Minister, here on Friday.

The Sena…

After brief semblance of normalcy, Kashmir shutdown returns

Srinagar (IANS) Markets in Kashmir have closed again after resuming business for a few days for the first time since August 5. The closure has come in the wake of threats through posters.

Public transport which suffered most of the losses due…

Bizarre traffic rules, fines you must know

New Delhi (IANS) Traffic rules are made to ensure safety of commuters, but most people do not care to read them in detail and end up paying fines. Not only this, the fines imposed for violation of those rules defy all logic. IANS took a closer look…

Pawar, Thackeray, Raut in midnight rendezvous

Mumbai (IANS) Inching towards forming the Maharashtra government, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar had a midnight rendezvous meeting with Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray, here.

Thackeray was accompanied by his son…

Maharashtra deal gets CWC nod

New Delhi (IANS) The Congress Working Committee, the highest decision-making body of the party, met on Thursday to discuss the issue of Maharashtra alliance with Shiv Sena and sources say that the CWC has given its go-ahead to the deal.

After…

NRC will be implemented nationwide: Amit Shah

New Delhi (IANS) The National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be implemented nationwide, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, asserting that no person from any religion need to be afraid of it.

"The NRC exercise is…

Not a single person killed in police firing in J&K: Shah

New Delhi (IANS) Asserting that normalcy has returned in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday in the Rajya Sabha that not a single civilian was killed in police firing in the Kashmir Valley since abrogation of Article…

Sena CM-led Maha govt to be in place by Dec 1st week: Raut

New Delhi (IANS) Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said here on Wednesday that the clouds over the government formation efforts in Maharashtra shall clear within a couple of days or so.

"There are certain internal processes of the different parties…