Bhubaneshwar, March 17 (IANS) In a remarkable step, the coastal village of Kushunupur in Kendrapara district has been selected as 'Smart Village' under the initiative of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), evoking joy and excitement among the local residents.
Gandhinagar, March 17 (IANS) Travel time to several of South Gujarat’s interior forest, coastal and heritage destinations is set to be reduced following the Gujarat government’s approval of road works worth around Rs 1,185 crore under the Surat Economic Region (SER) Scheme (Phase 1).
Ranchi, March 17 (IANS) The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) has proved to be life-changing experience for many residents of Jharkhand's Palamu district because of the free and cashless medical treatment as provisioned under the Central welfare scheme.
Kolkata, March 17 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday announced 291 candidates for the two-phase April elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly, dropping almost all the leaders under the scanner of central agencies in various scams, while nearly a fifth of the nominees are women.
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump may have thought his tariff threats would make India blink, but a new paper by an IIM Udaipur professor says he got the country badly wrong.
Kolkata, March 17 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday released its list of candidates, containing 291 names, for the two-phase April elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly and set the scene for a "battle royale" in Bhabanipur constituency in south Kolkata, from where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will contest again.
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress after its leaders cited a US religious freedom panel’s report that criticised the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and India’s foreign intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
Gandhinagar, March 17 (IANS) Gujarat has allocated Rs 59.14 crore in the 2026-27 state budget for the construction of “pink toilets” for women across urban areas, as part of an expanded push under the 'Nirmal Gujarat 2.0' programme to strengthen sanitation infrastructure and public hygiene.
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan sharply attacked the opposition over the renaming of the rural job guarantee scheme as the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB—G RAM G) Act, 2025.
Islamabad, March 17 (IANS) A car worth Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 90 million has been bought for Pakistan's Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani from the Senate's budget even as a majority of the country's population battles rising inflation, the local media reported.
