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Bill to bar state levies on minerals tabled

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The government on Monday introduced an amendment bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks to bar state governments from imposing taxes, cesses or levies on mineral rights and mineral-bea... Read More


Nadda lashes out at Rahul for 'disrupting' parl

NEW DELHI, Aug. 11 -- Union health minister JP Nadda on Monday lashed out at Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for "being silent" on the ongoing students' protest in Jharkhand and... Read More


Birla urges Oppn to end logjam

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday appealed to the Opposition to cooperate in the smooth conduct of proceedings after the government announced that Union home minister Amit Sha... Read More


rss, offshoots to host 3-day meet from august 19

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- A key meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) - the Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak or the All India Coordination Meeting - and its various offshoots will be held from ... Read More


parl Panel flags poor delivery of SC, OBC schemes

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- A parliamentary standing committee has flagged persistent delays in scholarships for Scheduled Caste (SC) students, poor utilisation of a free coaching scheme for SC and Other Ba... Read More


SC to hear TN's plea on cauvery issue on Aug 13

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear Tamil Nadu's plea seeking directions to Karnataka to comply with the Cauvery Water Management Authority's (CWMA) decision to release 3,500... Read More


Resolution on state anthem passed unanimously in TN

CHENNAI, Aug. 11 -- Tamil Nadu Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution that the Tamil invocation song "Thamizh Thaai Vaazthu" penned by the late poet, scholar Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai, s... Read More


Delhi Tourism Department Organises Two-Day Teej Festival at Dilli Haat INA and Pitampura

India, Aug. 10 -- justify;">The Delhi Tourism Department is organising a two-day Teej Festival at Dilli Haat INA and Pitampura on August 8 and 9, bringing together cultural programmes, traditional act... Read More


Punjab Police conducts over 1.09 lakh raids in 200 day anti gang operation

India, Aug. 10 -- justify;">Punjab Police has completed 200 days of its anti-gangster campaign Gangstran Te Vaar, conducting 1,09,087 raids across the state and arresting 1,532 proclaimed offenders, a... Read More


Uttarakhand transfers rRs.r146 crore pension to 9.87 lakh beneficiaries

India, Aug. 10 -- justify;">Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday transferred Rs.146.32 crore through direct benefit transfer (DBT) to 9,87,017 beneficiaries covered under various... Read More