At protest, Mamata Banerjee claims BJP using money, threats to Split TMCWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has strongly criticized the BJP government. She alleges that the ruling party is attempting to d...
03 Jun, 2026, 12.42 AM IST
Muslim population in India is nearly 20 crore in 2023: Govt in Lok SabhaThe Muslim population in India is estimated to be 19.7 crore by 2023, according to Smriti Irani, Union Minister of Minister of Minority Aff...
21 Jul, 2023, 03.17 PM IST
PM Modi to launch 'Asom Mala', lay foundation stone of two hospitals in Assam todayLater in the day, the Prime Minister will dedicate the LPG import terminal built by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited to the nation in H...
07 Feb, 2021, 08.30 AM IST
Modi in Bengal, Assam on Sunday to inaugurate, lay foundations of development projectsIn Bengal, Modi will inaugurate an LPG import terminal built by the state-run BPCL that has been constructed at an investment of around Rs ...
05 Feb, 2021, 08.58 PM IST
Expansion of roads: Assam government to go for land acquisition through Direct Purchase with landlordsAssam cabinet on Tuesday decided that land acquisition through Direct Purchase in way of negotiated settlement for improvement of State Hig...
22 Dec, 2020, 09.06 PM IST
Budget 2019: Operating ratio of Indian Railways likely to improveThe gross budget estimates under revenue for the year 2019-20 is Rs 2,72,705.68 crore, recording an increase of Rs 22,854.67 crore over the...
02 Feb, 2019, 08.10 AM IST
Sagarmala is a very ambitious project of the Indian Government: Rajive Kumar, Shipping SecretaryWe have almost 7500 km of coastline, about 14500 km of navigable waterways and we are situated at a place where most of the maritime routes...
23 Mar, 2017, 03.35 PM IST
Ministry proposes construction of 25,000 km of roads under Bharat Mala projectThe road transport and highways ministry has prepared a draft Cabinet note on the Rs 2.6-lakh crore Bharat Mala project that envisages cons...
09 Jan, 2016, 04.45 AM IST
Ajay Bhatt elected new Uttarakhand BJP chiefBhatt was elected unopposed as all three sets of nomination papers filed by the party leaders favoured him, Jabalpur MP Rakesh Singh said.
31 Dec, 2015, 04.14 PM IST
Government aims to raise Rs 3 lakh crore from fuel cess; to fund road schemesIf the current arrangement of Rs 6 cess of fuel continues, it will generate enough funds to meet this requirement (between 2016-17 and 2023...
13 Dec, 2015, 12.28 PM IST
Centre to unveil programme to develop new national highways under 'Bharat Mala'A programme to develop new national highways will be unveiled soon by the central government with focus likely to be on connecting border a...
14 Jul, 2015, 05.59 PM IST
Motilal Oswal Financial Sevices' new home loan division to cater to womenAspire is looking to provide housing loan assistance to 1,000 women customers in the current financial year under MALA programme.
03 Jul, 2015, 10.43 AM IST
Building & maintaining highways: 5 initiatives undertaken by the Modi governmentGovt is looking at awarding 10,000 km of highways in the current fiscal as it tries to meet the construction target of 30 km of roads per d...
20 May, 2015, 03.22 PM IST
Bharat Mala: PM Narendra Modi's planned Rs 14,000 crore road from Gujarat to MizoramThe govt hopes to finish it in five years. It will start from Gujarat & Rajasthan, move to Punjab & then cover entire string of Himalayan s...
29 Apr, 2015, 09.06 AM IST
Government unfolds steps to upgrade infrastructureHe promised that government would modernise existing ports on one hand and develop new world class ports on the other.
09 Jun, 2014, 04.42 PM IST
- IFC sets aside $300m for ultra-mega projects, in talks with Tata Power
Washington-based International Finance Corporation (IFC) is in talks with Tata Power for facilitating long-term debt arrangement, along wit...
26 Jan, 2007, 03.15 AM IST
- Cairn to get $150m IFC loan to develop Rajasthan oil find
International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, will lend $150m to Cairn Energy.
04 Jul, 2006, 12.40 AM IST