New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Condemning an "attack" on Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to him and appreciated the calm shown by the country's senior-most judge after an object-throwing attempt in his court.
Doha, Oct 6 (IANS) India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held a “fruitful” meeting with his Qatar counterpart Sheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al Thani, in Doha on Monday, to further strengthen bilateral trade and investment ties between the two countries.
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Two groups of Indian parliamentarians will head to New York in the coming days as part of the country's Non-Official Delegation to the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). This follows the decision taken by the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revive the longstanding tradition of sending parliamentary delegations to the UNGA, allowing Members of Parliament (MPs) to contribute to international discourse.
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) "Misery", wrote the celebrated playwright William Shakespeare, "acquaints a man with strange bedfellows."
Patna, Oct 6 (IANS) Following the announcement of Bihar’s election dates by the Election Commission of India (ECI), Leader of the Opposition and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday said that if given the opportunity, he would accomplish in 20 months what the NDA government could not achieve in 20 years.
Patna, Oct 6 (IANS) The Election Commission of India has announced that polling for the Bihar Assembly elections will be held in two phases — on November 6 and November 11.
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) In a major success for security forces battling Naxalite insurgency in South Bastar Dantewada, three suspected Maoists were detained and a live pressure IED was recovered during a joint operation conducted by Malewahi Police Station and CRPF personnel on Monday.
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that two children, aged 8 and 10 years, died due to electrocution while playing inside a Durga Puja pandal in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur.
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Election Commission (ECI) has launched a series of initiatives to streamline the polling procedure and also enhance the voters’ convenience. These initiatives will be rolled out in the Bihar Assembly elections and will be followed in other elections, pan-India, as well.
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The total area sown under kharif crops in the current season has increased by 6.51 lakh hectares to 1,121.46 lakh hectares, as on October 3 this year, compared with the corresponding figure of 1114.95 lakh hectares in the same period last year, data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare showed on Monday.
