New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the doubling of the Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir–Tilaiya single railway line section, stretching across a distance of 104 kms in Bihar with a total investment of Rs 2,192 crore.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved a comprehensive package of Rs 69,725 crore to revitalise India’s shipbuilding and maritime ecosystem.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday mounted a blistering critique of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his claims of anomalies in India's electoral system, saying that he was "maligning" the country's constitutional institutions.
Greater Noida, Sep 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Greater Noida on Thursday morning to inaugurate the third edition of the Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show.
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) After a midnight cloudburst caused heavy rain and waterlogging in Kolkata on Tuesday, the BJP’s Information Technology Cell chief and the party’s special observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya on Wednesday, ridiculed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s blame-game over the 7 electrocution deaths in the city caused by submerged electrical wires.
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) Nawsad Siddique, the lone All India Secular Front (AISF) representative in the West Bengal Assembly, on Wednesday, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) at the Calcutta High Court on the multiple electrocution deaths in Kolkata on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The BJP launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached properties worth Rs 7.44 crore linked to companies allegedly controlled by former Delhi minister and senior AAP leader Satyendar Kumar Jain.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Bihar Minister and JD(U) leader Ashok Choudhary has strongly refuted allegations made by Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor, who accused him of amassing Rs 200 crore worth of "undisclosed properties" in just two years. Choudhary dismissed the claims as baseless, stating that allegations made during a press conference hold no merit unless backed by proper evidence.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh cabinet Minister and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad has opposed the state government’s decision to ban caste-based rallies and the use of references in official documents. Calling the move "not right", Nishad said he would write to the government, urging a review of the decision.
Raipur, Sep 24 (IANS) In a major breakthrough for peace and rehabilitation efforts in South Bastar, 71 Maoists, including 30 with bounties totalling Rs 64 lakh, on Wednesday laid down arms and surrendered to authorities under the Chhattisgarh government's flagship initiatives - Lon Varratu (Come Back Home) and Puna Margem (Rehabilitation and Regeneration).
