Rice procurement to rise by 22% to ₹1.4 lakh crore this year, says senior officialSeveral opposition leaders have alleged that recent reforms in agricultural marketing signal an end to official procurement, but the govern...
08 Oct, 2020, 08.14 AM IST
FCI operations hit in lockdown, seeks mention in exemption listPolice and local administration, specially in states of Punjab and Haryana from where surplus food grains have to be moved to other parts o...
25 Mar, 2020, 10.36 PM IST
India has enough food to feed poor if there’s a prolonged coronavirus shutdownThere are concerns that consumers may rush to hoard essential commodities and prices may surge.
24 Mar, 2020, 08.09 PM IST
Modi Cabinet: Here is a list of ministers who will be inducted in the new governmentMinisters selected for oath of office will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence at 4.30 today, shortly before the swearing-in...
30 May, 2019, 07.38 PM IST
International Justice mission releases research study on bonded labour in KarnatakaThe research study covered three districts – Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban and Ramanagara – in Karnataka.
20 Sep, 2018, 07.12 PM IST
LS polls: CPI-ML eyeing Yadav-dominated Patliputra seatCPI-ML is an important component of the combined Left force in Bihar and enjoys considerable amount of grassroot support particularly in ce...
16 Sep, 2018, 01.20 PM IST
Supreme Court grants time to Gujarat to apprise it on action against cops in Bilkis Bano caseBilkis Bano, who was gang-raped in March, 2002, while she was pregnant, lost seven of her family members in the aftermath of the Godhra tra...
24 Nov, 2017, 12.36 PM IST
Court grants bail to two 2008 Malegaon bomb blast accusedSudhakar Chaturvedi and Sudhakar Dwivedi alias Shankaracharya, facing conspiracy charges, were granted bail by NIA Court judge SD Tekale.
19 Sep, 2017, 03.22 PM IST
Yogi government transferred 36 IAS officers in Uttar PradeshRajnish Gupta has been shunted as member judicial, Revenue Board, Allahabad while CEO Noida Amit Mohan Prasad will be new Principal Secreta...
08 Sep, 2017, 12.17 PM IST
Regional connectivity: Airlines flag slot problemsThe Centre and the states are consulting airline operators and compiling their suggestions before going for the second round of bidding whi...
07 Jun, 2017, 10.52 AM IST
Second runway & more; that's what Watsa funds can do to BIALFairfax's entry does not mean infusion of any fresh funds as equity into airport development, officials clarified.
18 Jan, 2017, 11.37 AM IST
Bengaluru airport sees highest growth in India this yearIn passenger traffic, Bengaluru recorded a 22.4% growth while in passenger traffic, the city has recorded growth rate of 11.7%.
09 Nov, 2016, 03.47 PM IST
Smriti Irani, DV Sadananda Gowda and Rajiv Pratap Rudy no longer part of cabinet committeesAddition to special invitee list to the parliamentary affairs committee is PP Chaudhary, the new minister of state at the law ministry and ...
16 Jul, 2016, 01.01 AM IST
After FDI in railways, government mulls independent regulator to strengthen rail infrastructureThe government also wants a transparent model that will make such investments attractive to private investors with clear-cut clauses on rec...
14 Aug, 2014, 09.12 AM IST
The who’s who in Narendra Modi cabinetA Supreme Court lawyer, Ravi Shankar Prasad has been BJP general secretary and chief spokesperson. Currently serving his third term in the ...
27 May, 2014, 10.24 AM IST
- Yeddyurappa hospitalised after complaining of chest pain
The 68-year-old BJP leader is now undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit of Jayadeva Hospital in Bangalore.
17 Oct, 2011, 01.17 AM IST
- RIL independent directors may oversee RNRL talks
LV Merchant, part of chairman Mukesh Ambani’s office and senior vice-president (commercial), B Ganguly will be among the top executives who...
10 May, 2010, 01.04 AM IST