Bihar cabinet expansion: BJP gets 15 berths, JD(U) 13; Nitish Kumar's son to debut as ministerBihar's political landscape has shifted with the recent expansion of its cabinet, where the Bharatiya Janata Party claims fifteen ministeri...
07 May, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
"No civilisation ends on one person's wish": Manoj Jha hits out at Trump while hailing Iran ceasefireA two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran has been welcomed. RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha stated this sends a message against regim...
08 Apr, 2026, 02.18 PM IST
BIS launches environment department, aims for global impactThe Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) launched a new Environment and Ecology Department (EED) on Monday to set global benchmarks in sustaina...
13 Aug, 2024, 12.40 PM IST
Congress appoints Ashok Chavan, M S Boseraju as special observers for Telangana pollsFormer Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan and party leader M S Boseraju have been appointed as special observers for the Telangana ass...
21 Oct, 2023, 07.47 PM IST
Quality standards for drones and EVs in works, says Piyush Goyal"New areas where we are looking at standards are areas like drones...Similarly we are working on standards for EVs and the charging infra o...
04 May, 2023, 12.54 AM IST
Govt plans to make hallmarking of gold bullion mandatory: BIS chiefGold bullion is used as a raw material for manufacturing of jewellery and its purity is paramount, considering the large volume of jeweller...
06 Mar, 2023, 09.00 PM IST
Govt plans to make hallmarking of gold bullion mandatory: BIS chiefGold bullion is used as a raw material for manufacturing of jewellery and its purity is paramount, considering the large volume of jeweller...
06 Mar, 2023, 08.38 PM IST
BIS for mandatory hallmarking of gold bullion from July 1Fineness is an indicator of the quantity of pure gold in the gold alloy in parts per thousand. A fineness of 995 indicates 995 parts of gol...
28 Feb, 2023, 12.18 AM IST
CCPA issues notices to Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal for alleged sale of toys without BIS quality markCentral Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) on Thursday issued notices to Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal for alleged sale of toys without B...
12 Jan, 2023, 06.45 PM IST
Kharge files nomination for Cong president pollHis candidature was proposed by party leaders Ashok Gehlot, Digvijaya Singh, Pramod Tiwari, PL Punia, AK Antony, Pawan Kumar Bansal and Muk...
30 Sep, 2022, 03.40 PM IST
Priyanka Gandhi meets UP leaders individually to discuss poll debacleThe Congress contested in all 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh but managed to win only two and garner a voteshare of 2.33 per cent, with...
17 Mar, 2022, 03.20 PM IST
Twitter user threatens to assassinate PM Modi, UP CM; probe startedOn the username of the Twitter account, DCP (crime) Pramod Kumar Tiwari said: "These accounts are generally fraud, and wrong names are used...
07 Nov, 2021, 11.02 PM IST
Government asks jewellers' body to reconsider August 23 strike over hallmarking goldMandatory gold hallmarking has come into force from June 16 in a phased manner. The government has identified 256 districts from 28 states ...
21 Aug, 2021, 05.00 PM IST
UP government increases stipend for Home Guards by around 33%Earlier, the insurance for the Home Guards covered only eight hours during which a volunteer used to be on duty
05 Feb, 2016, 12.35 PM IST
Assam plans to train 1.6 lakh persons in disaster managementThe Assam government has taken up an ambitious plan to train 1.6 lakh persons in disaster management across the state to handle any situati...
04 Dec, 2015, 07.53 PM IST
NDFB(S) serial attacks: nearly 18,000 refugees return homeASDMA CEO Pramod Kumar Tiwari said 1,64,790 persons were living in 96 relief camps in Kokrajhar, Sonitpur, Chirang & Udalguri districts at ...
04 Jan, 2015, 07.30 PM IST
- Video conferencing facility in UP prisons
A move is afoot to introduce the video conferencing facility in prisons across Uttar Pradesh in order to dispense with the system of physic...
05 Aug, 2007, 04.00 PM IST