CBI carrying out surprise checks at 150 govt departments

New Delhi (IANS) The CBI is conducting "surprise checks" at 150 government departments in association with the Vigilance Department, an agency official said on Friday.

The checks are being conducted since morning at the departments…

Mega PSB merger: 10 banks amalgamated into 4-entities

New Delhi (IANS) In a major reform measure, the Central government on Friday announced the merger of 10 public sector banks (PSBs) into four entities, which includes the amalgamation of Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India with Punjab…

Roadmap to promote tourism in J&K, Ladakh soon

New Delhi (IANS) With an eye on developing manpower and promote exchanges between the tourist and the locals in the newly created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a special roadmap had been prepared, Union minister of Tourism and Culture…

No decision yet on airspace closure to India: Pakistan

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has made it clear that no decision has yet been taken to close the country's airspace to India, Dawn news reported.

Talking to reporters during a visit to the National…

Yechury reaches Kashmir, whisked away amid tight security

Srinagar (IANS) In the first visit by any opposition leader to Kashmir after the revocation of Article 370, CPM leader Sitaram Yechury on Thursday reached the valley to meet ailing party MLA Yousuf Tarigami.

Armed with the Supreme…

Centre studying draft report on single use plastics

Chennai (IANS) The Central government is studying the draft report of the expert committee set up to study the various utilities of single-use plastics (SUP), Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilisers D.V. Sadananda Gowda said on Thursday.

Child-lifting rumours fuel mob hysteria across states

New Delhi (IANS) Close on the heels of a mob frenzy over bovine love that saw many lives lost due to lynching by cow vigilantes, a new trend has emerged across states over the last few months, where mass hysteria is created over rumours…

Konar Irrigation Project fiasco: Department blames ‘Rat Holes

Ranchi: To save their skins after the canal of the much-hyped Konar Irrigation Project broke down in less than 24 hours after being inaugurated by Chief Minister Raghubar Das the department and its engineers have…

Jharkhand gets two new trains, Raghubar says state making rapid progress under PM

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that the people were getting the advantage of double engine government as the state was making rapid progress under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Flagging off couple…

BSF crushes crime syndicates; cattle smuggling drops by 96%

New Delhi (IANS) Unprecedented vigil and action against "unscrupulous" personnel of Border Security Force (BSF) deployed along the Indo-Bangla border resulted in a "96 per cent" drop in cattle smuggling. Over 500 cross-border…