Mark A White sworn in as Mission Director to USAID/India
New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS): Mark A. White has joined the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in India as the new Mission Director.
Assam in turmoil after Silapathar incident
Guwahati, Mar 7 (UNI) : Amid a situation that put Assam on the boil, several organizations, including All Assam Students Union (AASU) and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) on Tuesday protested across the state against the Monday's incident in which activists of Nikhil Bharat Bangali Udbastu Samanvay Samiti (NIBBUSS) went on a rampage and ransacked an office of the AASU at Silapathar in northern Assam's Dhemaji district.
Madhya Pradesh : At least nine injured in blast in Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train
Indore, Mar 7 (IBNS) : At least nine people were injured when a blast took place in Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train at Jabari station of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday morning, The Times of India reported.
Meghalaya : Angry mob torch police station after police firing leaves three injured
Guwahati, Mar 7 (IBNS) : An angry mob on Monday night attacked and torched a police station and police vehicles in Meghalaya's North Garo Hills district after at least three people were critically injured in a police firing incident, officials said on Tuesday.
Kerala: Police detain five for molesting seven minors
Kochi, Mar 7 (IBNS): The Wayanad police have detained five persons in connection with an alleged molestation of seven minor girls, reports said.
Jayalalithaa didn't suffer trauma or underwent wrong medication: Apollo
Chennai, Mar 6 (IBNS): The Tamil Nadu government on Monday released a statement citing Apollo Hospitals' treatment summaries that former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had neither suffered trauma nor had she been given any wrong medication for a long period prior to her admission to the hospital.
Assam: Several people including police personnel injured in Dhemaji clash
Guwahati, Mar 6 (IBNS): Several people including police personnel were injured as clashes errupted between a mob and security personnel in Assam's Dhemaji district on Monday.
Cabinet approves revised cost estimate-I of Koteshwar Hydro Electric Project in Uttarakhand
New Delhi, Mar 6 (IBNS): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday approved the Revised Cost Estimate-I of 400 MW Koteshwar Hydro Electric Project (HEP) in Uttarakhand at an estimated completion cost of Rs.2,717.35 crore.
Cabinet approves MoU on renewable energy between India and Portugal
New Delhi, Mar 6 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Renewable Energy between India and Portugal. The MoU was signed on 6th January, 2017 in New Delhi.
New Delhi, Mar 6 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for signing of the Definitive Agreement on Oil Storage and Management between Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Ltd (ISPRL) and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) of UAE.
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DDCA row: Jaitley cross-examined in open court by Ram Jethmalani
New Delhi, Mar 6 (IBNS): Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Monday cross-examined Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in an open court in connection with the defamation case he had filed against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for implicating him in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) irregularities.
New Delhi, Mar 6 (IBNS): Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday approved the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and the United Nations Entity of Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women).
New Delhi, Mar 6 (IBNS): Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Productivity Council, an autonomous body under the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, and Al Etihad Energy Services UAE, to provide various services in the field of energy management and conservation.
Indian man assaulted in New Zealand
Auckland, Mar 6 (IBNS): An Indian national has claimed that he was assaulted and subjected to a racist tirade during a road rage incident in New Zealand's Auckland city recently, media reports said.
Railway employees held for bribery
New Delhi, Mar 6 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday said it has arrested a Chief Crew Controller, Central Railway, Solapur Division, Wadi, District Gulbarga (Karnataka) for demanding & accepting a bribe of Rs.20,000 from the complainant.