New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Australia's Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen took a ride in an electric rickshaw during his official engagements in New Delhi.
Patna, Sep 25 (IANS) Amid protests in Patna demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the ongoing political controversy surrounding the Election Commission, Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan said the poll panel, as an independent constitutional institution, should address questions being raised against it.
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) V. Anantha Nageswaran on Friday hailed India’s ability to attract foreign capital with its broader manufacturing and overall reforms, stressing that the most important thing for the industry is global competitiveness.
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Commerce Ministry on Friday said the National Traders’ Welfare Board (NTWB) discussed GST-related matters, including rationalisation, refund delays, lengthy audits, amnesty schemes, ITC anomalies and resolution of pending appeals.
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) observes the month-long ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’, starting from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17, to mark 25 years of his public service and unmatched contribution to nation-building, the one aspect that has escaped larger public attention is how the gifts, souvenirs and memorabilia received by him have turned into ‘public good’.
Wayanad (Kerala), Sep 25 (IANS) Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its remarks that her party questions electoral validity when it is unable to win polls, saying that the latter should stop making "lame excuses".
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) India’s intelligence agencies have launched heightened surveillance on small, secret gatherings across South Indian states following reports that the Islamic State is deploying a micro-group strategy to radicalise local youth.
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) India continues to have the strongest growth outlook among the geographies covered in the latest World Economic Forum (WEF) outlook and among the chief economists surveyed, 98 per cent expect moderate or stronger growth over the next 12 months, including 74 per cent who anticipate strong or very strong growth for India, compared with 52 per cent in May.
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder, Abhijeet Dipke, on Friday said that the outfit will stage nationwide protests from October 2, that marks Gandhi Jayanti, if Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar does not resign by Saturday.
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has held that Medical Assessment Boards assessing candidates for admission to the MBBS course cannot interfere with or reduce the percentage of disability recorded in a valid Unique Disability Identity (UDID) card, and must confine themselves to assessing the candidate’s functional competency.
