New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Increasing trend in overall Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) for persons of age 15 years and above, indicating an increase in employment, continued for the fourth month in a row to touch 6-month high level of 55.4 per cent in October, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Statistics on Monday.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Encrypted conversations and the movement of weapons have revealed a tightly organised inner circle within the terror module linked to Dr Umar Muhammad, the driver of the i20 car that exploded near Delhi's Red Fort, killing at least 13 and injuring over a dozen people, investigators have found.
Mumbai, Nov 17 (IANS) Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena received a major setback ahead of the Mumbai civic body polls after the state government re-appointed Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray chief and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray as the chairman of the Balasaheb Thackeray National Memorial Trust.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, on Monday held a roundtable in Tokyo with industry leaders of Japan on opportunities for Indo-Japanese collaboration across the energy value chain.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Investigators are not ruling out the possibility of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) assisting the Faridabad module to execute the Delhi Red Fort blasts. This stems from the fact that the explosives that were used are the most preferred choice of the Islamic State which has executed blasts across the world. Forensic experts probing the case have found that Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP) was mixed with Ammonium Nitrate.
New Delhi/Tehran, Nov 17 (IANS) The Iranian Embassy in New Delhi on Monday expressed deep sorrow over death of Indian pilgrims in a bus accident in Saudi Arabia's Madina, extending condolences to the people of India.
Hyderabad, Nov 17 (IANS) As many as 45 Umrah pilgrims from Hyderabad died when a bus carrying them caught fire after a collision with an oil tanker near Madina in Saudi Arabia.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The government is fully committed to strengthening India’s deep-tech ecosystem, improving ease of doing business, reducing compliance burdens and promoting innovation and entrepreneurship, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The Central government has approved a new tranche of applications under the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), with a total investment commitment of Rs 7,712 crore, IT Secretary S. Krishnan said on Monday.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Chief of the Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday said that the situation in Manipur has undergone a major transformation, with a marked decline in violent incidents since early this year.
