India to revive key China trade route at Lipulekh in June after six-year breakIndia will reopen the historic Lipulekh Pass for trade with China in June. This route has been closed since 2020. Improved road connectivit...
20 Mar, 2026, 02.34 PM IST
Reflects changing political climate in country: Congress on bypoll gainsThe Congress party's recent victories in the Himachal Pradesh and BJP-ruled Uttarakhand assembly bypolls indicate a changing political clim...
15 Jul, 2024, 01.18 PM IST
Ram Mandir Inauguration: Meat ban announced in these states; Here is the listAs India prepares for the Ram Temple inauguration on January 22, several states, including Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Assa...
21 Jan, 2024, 12.30 PM IST
Gujarat retains top position at NITI Aayog’s Export Preparedness Index 2021Among union territories, Delhi has topped the index followed by Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh and Puducheery while Uttarakhand, Himach...
25 Mar, 2022, 01.35 PM IST
Greater Noida authority appoints REPL to prepare Master Plan 2041The Master Plan 2041 aims to enhance the infrastructure of the city to meet the future requirements of the dwellers as well as to address t...
09 Jun, 2021, 03.18 PM IST
Centralised oxygen supply plan ready for 19 states, Union TerritoriesThe supply will come from Air Liquide Panipat, Linde Selaqui, Kalinganagar and Rourkela, SAIL Durgapur, Air Liquide Roorkee, India Glycols ...
23 Apr, 2021, 10.00 AM IST
Farmers' stir: Preparations on for January 26 tractor rallyJoginder Singh, the farmer leader of Punjab's Malwa region and President of the Bharatiya Kisan Union Ekta (Ugrahan), said more farmers wer...
24 Jan, 2021, 04.27 PM IST
- Agriculture ministry to assist 'mandis' for setting up waste management plants
As part of the Centre’s cleanliness mission, the agriculture ministry has decided to provide Rs 10 lakh each to 585 ‘mandis’ (wholesale agr...
02 Nov, 2016, 09.41 PM IST
- India, Nepal forest officials resolve to work in tandem to stop poaching, share resources
In a significant move to tackle the smuggling of gall bladders of bears -- which are used in many Chinese aphrodisiac drugs -- across the p...
05 Dec, 2015, 10.32 PM IST
Nepal trade corridor projects get PM Modi's pushPM Modi had asked the ministry to see whether multimodal hubs can be developed on the major stretches, such as Raxaul along NH-28A.
31 Aug, 2015, 10.48 AM IST
National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation aims to award Rs 48K crore highway projects next fiscalNHIDCL was incorporated a year ago to fast pace construction of National Highways and other infrastructure in the North East and strategic ...
21 Jul, 2015, 06.04 PM IST
India's exposure to Greece very limited; foreign exchange buffers reasonable: Raghuram RajanSeeking to allay fears of contagion, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday said that the direct exposure of India to Greece remains 'very...
02 Jul, 2015, 01.16 PM IST
New NE trade route: Lipulekh Pass opened for this year's India-China tradeThe 17,500-feet high Lipulekh Pass here has been opened for this year's India-China trade and Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, opening up a new NE...
01 Jun, 2015, 05.11 PM IST
Tourists can visit Kailash Mansarovar through Nathula in 2015Nathula route will augment capacity & and reduce hardship & journey time enabling more pilgrims, in particular aged pilgrims, to undertake ...
01 Dec, 2014, 05.26 PM IST
Telcos better prepared to tackle Cyclone NilofarThey have set up emergency helplines, wifi facilities in makeshift relief camps and even kept mobile base stations or 'cells-on-wheels' on ...
30 Oct, 2014, 09.27 AM IST
Indian envoy in China Ashok Kantha working for new Kailash yatra routeThe new route through Nathula Pass in Sikkim is expected to substantially reduce hardships for the pilgrims.
17 Oct, 2014, 07.11 PM IST
Food law an extension of existing welfare scheme: KV ThomasThomas today said the food law, which aims to give legal right to subsidised foodgrain to the poor, is an extension of existing welfare sch...
28 Nov, 2013, 05.21 PM IST