Chandrababu Naidu under house arrest to foil protest march

Amaravati (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was placed under house arrest by the police on Wednesday to prevent him from leading a protest march by the TDP over alleged attacks on their cadres by the ruling YSRCP…

PM to launch farmers' pension scheme in Ranchi on Sept 12

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would launch three national level and two state level schemes from here on September 12.

"The Prime Minister will launch three national…

Murder charge dropped in Tabrez Ansari lynching case

Ranchi (IANS) The mob lynching case of Tabrez Ansari in Jharkhand has taken a new turn as the final post-mortem report has now indicated cardiac arrest as the reason for his death with murder charges dropped against the accused.

According to…

Shah-led GoM to take call on Air India reserve price, debt

New Delhi (IANS) Going whole hog to sell Air India this time after the Modi 1.0 government's failed bid, the group of ministers (GoM) led by Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to decide the reserve price of the national carrier and dealing…

PM Modi inaugurates historic Indo-Nepal petro pipeline

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the Motihari-Amlekhganj (Nepal) petroleum pipe line through video conferencing. It is the first ever cross border petroleum pipeline in South Asia.

Modi called the project…

FM set to list actions of 100-days amid low macro stats

Chennai (IANS) Amid the economic slowdown plunging August sales of automobiles to the lowest since 1997-98 indicating further worsening of demand and investment, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will elaborate on the decisions and initiatives taken…

Modi to launch Eklavya schools for tribals: Munda

Ranchi (IANS) Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda said here on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would launch Eklavya schools exclusively for the tribal students of the country on September 12.

“The central government…

RSS backs govt on Kashmir, NRC; supports reservation

New Delhi (IANS) The BJP got a huge pat on its back on Monday from the RSS, it's an ideological mentor for abrogating Article 370 and 35A of the constitution apart from getting an endorsement for the NRC.

The RSS lauded…

Trouble for Kamal Nath as MHA to reopen 1984 riot cases

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Home Ministry has cleared a proposal to reopen the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, Delhi's Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Monday.

"A…

Railways mulls privatising train services in coming years

New Delhi (IANS) Railway Board Chairman V.K. Yadav on Monday said the national transporter will offer more trains to private players in the coming years. He said on private basis, the first Tejas Express train operated by the Indian Railway Catering…