Cabinet Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Goofs Up With Agricultural Produce...
On Sunday, Cabinet Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad -- who holds the important Law and Justice, and Information Technology portfolios -- took to Twitter to share the success of the e-NAM (National...
View ArticleNow, Indian Railways To Sell Branding Rights To Trains And Stations To Avoid...
Cash-strapped Indian Railways is all set to follow the Delhi Metro in branding its trains and stations in order to raise more revenues. According to the Times of India, the Indian Railways has prepared...
View ArticleNo Information Available On Officials Who Were Consulted On Demonetisation,...
NEW DELHI -- There is no information available about officials whose views were taken before the decision to demonetise high-value currency notes was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8...
View ArticleMaharastra Government Declares 500 WiFi Hotspots Open In Mumbai
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that under the "Mumbai WiFi" project, 500 hotspots are live from today across the city. Fadnavis tweeted the announcement claiming that this is...
View ArticleMumbai-Born Strategic Affairs Expert Ashley Tellis Could Be Next US...
Former White House official Ashley Tellis will likely be the next U.S. Ambassador to India, reported The Washington Post on Monday. The report quoted "transition sources" to claim that Donald Trump was...
View ArticleCongress Writes To EC, Demands Removal Of PM Modi's Hoardings And Posters In...
NEW DELHI -- The Congress Party on Monday wrote to the Election Commission requesting them to remove all the hoardings or posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the five poll bound states of Uttar...
View ArticleNo One Really Knows Yet How Much Demonetised Money Has Come Back To The Banks
Over the last few days, multiple news reports have appeared in the media estimating the amount of demonetised money that has been returned to the Reserve Bank of India and, as a result, the possible...
View ArticleTamil Nadu CM Writes To PM Modi To Promulgate Ordinance For Conduct Of...
NEW DELHI -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to promulgate an ordinance to resume the sport Jallikattu on Pongal this year....
View ArticleHow The Govt Has Conveniently Chosen To Ignore Demonetisation For Its Annual...
On Friday, a full month before schedule, the Indian government released its predictions for the economy's annual growth, without taking into account the biggest economic event in recent history –...
View ArticleRailway Ministry Used As Bargaining Tool By Earlier Governments, Says PM Modi
GANDHINAGAR -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said his government is focused on development of railways shedding earlier practices wherein the ministry was used as a "bargaining tool" by the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Allows Madras HC Judge Justice CS Karnan To Argue His Own...
NEW DELHI -- The Supreme Court has allowed controversial judge Justice C S Karnan of Calcutta High Court to argue a case relating to his own transfer from the Madras High Court, making him possibly the...
View ArticleFlipkart Names Kalyan Krishnamurthy As New CEO
Flipkart, India's top e-commerce group, appointed Kalyan Krishnamurthy as CEO, replacing co-founder Binny Bansal. Bansal will take over the newly created position of group CEO. Krishnamurthy, a former...
View ArticleNo Question Of SP Split, Akhilesh Will Be CM After Elections, Says Mulayam...
There is "no question" of a split in the Samajwadi Party, according to party president Mulayam Singh Yadav. "The party is one and will begin campaign shortly," he said to ANI on Monday. "Akhilesh will...
View ArticleBSF Jawan Shares Video Of Deplorable Conditions, Pleads PM Modi To Intervene
NEW DELHI -- Indian soldiers have time and again been used as a weapon in political battles, despite the weary conditions of jawans protecting the nation from unimaginable conditions taking a back...
View ArticleSourav Ganguly Says He's Receiving Anonymous Death Threats
KOLKATA/MIDNAPORE -- Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Monday revealed that he has received "death threat" warning him against attending an inter-college cricket meet at the Vidyasagar University...
View ArticleIn A High-Risk Gambit, BJP Is Hoping Demonetisation Can Be Its Main Election...
Although opinion polls give the BJP an edge in the upcoming state polls, with some even predicting clear victory, the party itself seems unsure about its prospects. The just-concluded National...
View ArticleAir India Alleges Survey Ranking It As Third Worst Airline To Be Fabricated
NEW DELHI -- Air India on Monday alleged that the reports published by flight data firm FlightStats listing it as the third worst performing airline in the world to be fabricated, assuring that the...
View ArticlePakistan Successfully Test-Fires First Nuclear-Capable Submarine Cruise...
Pakistan fired its first submarine-launched cruise missile on Monday, the military said, a show of force for a country that sees its missile development as a deterrent against arch-foe India. The...
View ArticleYahoo To Rename Itself Altaba With CEO Marissa Mayer Stepping Down
Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) said on Monday that it would rename itself Altaba Inc and Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer would step down from the board after the closing of its deal with Verizon...
View ArticleTrump Administration To Continue Using Special Hotline Established By Prez...
WASHINGTON -- The hotline established in 2015 between Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will continue to exist after the outgoing US President hands over the baton to his successor Donald...
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