New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attended the Convocation Ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi as the Chief Guest, and congratulated the students, wishing them all the best for their futures, adding that they aren't just taking degrees but taking forward a dream of doing something for the country.
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that 18 metric tonnes of GI-tagged ‘Mithila Makhana’ was exported for the first time from Bihar to Australia via sea route.
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) After remaining absconding for a long time, Sumit Roy, the Personal Assistant of the Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, finally surfaced on Saturday morning and appeared at the office of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in South Kolkata to face interrogation.
Ranchi, Aug 8 (IANS) The second round of talks between the students of the JPSC-JSSC Aspirant Nyay Manch and the Jharkhand government is underway at the State Guest House in Ranchi.
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi has said that no country can achieve true progress or fulfil its potential if women are not able to express themselves freely, stressing the need to bring women's voices back into public discourse and create an environment where they can pursue what they want.
Dehradun, Aug 8 (IANS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has reacted to a plea by cricketer Rishanh Pantfor help in purchasing land to build a house in his home state and has issued instructions to officials concerned to tackle the issue as per the rules and assist the India wicketkeeper-batter.
Shimla, Aug 8 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 11 were injured on Saturday when a private public transport bus rolled into a 100-feet deep gorge on the Tissa-Bairagarh route in Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh, police said.
Ghaziabad, Aug 8 (IANS) Thousands of Kanwariyas were seen on Saturday at the Kanwar camps set up along the Ganga Canal in Muradnagar, popularly known as 'Mini-Haridwar’, as the annual Kanwar Yatra continued with great enthusiasm.
Srinagar, Aug 8 (IANS) The Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday raided multiple locations in the Valley in connection with an already registered FIR over online glorification of terrorism.
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Heavy rainfall is likely across several parts of India on Saturday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting widespread rain across northwest, central, east, northeast, west and peninsular regions.
