Modi stakes claim to form govt, says NDA-3 will put in even more efforts for the development of IndiaAfter meeting with President Droupadi Murmu to stake a claim for the formation of the new government, Narendra Modi announced that NDA-3 wo...
08 Jun, 2024, 10.45 AM IST
Ex-Hurriyat chief Moulana Ansari deadAnsari, who served jail terms several times, strived for the resolution of the Kashmir issue under the banner of Ittehad ul Muslimeen, whic...
26 Oct, 2022, 12.41 AM IST
Need political consensus to avoid ordinance route: Venkaiah NaiduThe chairman said the "spirit of democracy" in the context of the ordinance mechanism should be understood and to the extent possible, the ...
09 Feb, 2021, 05.35 PM IST
COVID-19: UPSC chairman, members to forego 30 per cent of basic pay for 1 year"Recognising the need to conserve financial resources at the national level, the chairman and members of the UPSC have decided to voluntari...
15 Apr, 2020, 03.56 PM IST
Government asks SC collegium to rethink its pick to head Andhra HCWhile returning the file of Justice Vikram Nath last month, the government did not cite any reason.
21 Jul, 2019, 06.23 PM IST
PM Modi reconstitutes Niti Aayog; Amit Shah ex-officio memberModi on June 15 will chair the fifth meeting of NITI Aayog's Governing Council to discuss a host of issues.
06 Jun, 2019, 08.43 PM IST
Delhi smog: NHAI tells staff to take pollution control measuresNHAI has issued instructions to the field officials to take all possible steps to reduce contribution of the highways sector towards air po...
08 Nov, 2017, 08.47 PM IST
'Bleeding money', ICHR special projects face early closure“These projects have been running for long without any outcome so far and have been bleeding the Council’s money,” ICHR member-secretary Ra...
01 Nov, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
Govt to revive divestment panel to push strategic stake sales in state-run cosA strategic sale is the transfer of shares to an institution with management control. QIP is a fund-raising process through issue of securi...
10 Feb, 2016, 01.37 PM IST
National highways to grow by 50,000km in 6 monthsThis addition will be more than twice the length NDA-I had added in its 6 years and over three times of what UPA added in its 10-year rule.
12 Sep, 2015, 03.14 PM IST
Vajpayee-era autonomy can revitalize NHAI, suggests government panelModi government may have to bring back the days of Vajpayee to push highway construction and revitalize the sector, a panel appointed has r...
05 Jun, 2015, 11.57 AM IST
No plans for talks with Kashmiri separatists: Rajnath SinghThe central government has no plans "as of now" to hold talks with separatist groups of Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Rajnath Sing...
29 May, 2015, 07.45 PM IST
Economy will turnaround, give govt more time: Arvind Panagariya“Turnaround is certainly there but it is just 10 months old. Give more time because lot of indicators is improving,” Panagariya said.
07 Apr, 2015, 04.16 PM IST
NDA govt engaging political parties on law for appointing judgesThe NDA government has approached the major political parties on the need to bring a bill for appointment of senior judges.
24 Jul, 2014, 06.38 PM IST
Budget 2014 allocates Rs 33,364 crore for MNREGAIn his budget speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, "The Government is committed to providing wage and self-employment opportunities ...
10 Jul, 2014, 08.01 PM IST
Chopper deal: Quizzing of ex-guvs may take CBI to NDA-I doorWanchoo informed CBI about a meeting held by top officials of PMO in 2003 in which it was decided in principle to have a "realistic operati...
06 Jul, 2014, 04.00 PM IST
- Chhedi Paswan slams JD(U) leadership over his suspension
On his future course of action, Paswan said he definitely intended to contest the forthcoming general elections, but has not given a though...
29 Sep, 2013, 06.41 PM IST