Author: IANS

New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) India’s steel industry has sought an increase in basic customs duty for certain steel materials from the government in the upcoming full-budget 2019-20. According to Indian Steel Association’s budget recommendations made to the government, India should discourage imports of non-essential steel items such as ‘hot[Read More…]

Kohima, June 24 (IANS) The Janata Dal (United) on Monday suffered a major setback when its lone legislator in Nagaland merged with the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDDP). G. Kaito Aye, the Agriculture and Cooperation Minister in the Neiphiu Rio ministry, along with the State Executive Members, office-bearers and[Read More…]

Jaipur, June 24 (IANS) The toll in the tent collapse at a religious gathering in Rajasthan’s Barmer on Sunday in a storm went up to 15 while the number of injured has gone up to 70, police said. Around 1,000 people, a large number of whom were senior citizens, had[Read More…]

Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) Calcutta University on Monday opted for the online entrance examination for all Post Graduation (PG) courses. “The way the admission process has been made online, Calcutta University will conduct the PG entrance examinations online likewise. The decision has been made for the sake of modernisation, transparency[Read More…]

New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has replied to an 11-year-old girl from Harayana’s Gurugram, who congratulated him on BJP’s victory in the Lok Sabha elections and urged him to encourage people to keep their surroundings clean. The news of the Prime Minister writing back to the[Read More…]

Kochi, June 24 (IANS) Over five months after around 240 people sailed off on a boat from Munambam near here, in what is suspected to be an illegal immigration bid, and are yet to be traced, ‘blue corner notices’ for 100 of them have been issued with the help of[Read More…]

Ahmedabad, June 24 (IANS) The rare Asiatic lions in Gujarat’s Gir forests and surrounding regions will have radio collars fitted around their necks this month, similar to the lions of the African savannah and the Serengeti. According to Chief Conservator of Forests in Junagadh D.T. Vasavada, since June 11 up[Read More…]

Jaipur, June 24 (IANS) Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal, a farmer leader, on Monday, demanded that a criminal case should be registered against the Congress for making fake promises of loan waivers in their manifesto due to which farmers are committing suicide in Rajasthan. He also demanded booking the entire Congress[Read More…]

New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary courted controversy by making objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and later claimed he was misunderstood because if his poor Hindi. The leader said he had no intention to hurt the Prime Minister. “If PM is upset with it,[Read More…]

New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his government is aiming to provide clean and potable piped water 24×7 to every single household of Delhi by 2024 and urged the Central government to increase Delhi’s share of water which has remained unchanged since 1994.[Read More…]

New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Delhi Cabinet Minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain on Monday said sealing cannot be done in Delhi without the permission from the Supreme Court, as per Special Provisions Act. His reaction came after reports about sealing drive in Amar Colony. “Some newspapers[Read More…]

Agra, June 24 (IANS) The inordinate delay in granting permission for construction of a barrage on the Yamuna in Agra, about one-and-a half km from the Taj Mahal, could end up endangering the monument of love. According to experts, the Taj Mahal is built on massive wooden slippers that have[Read More…]

By Simran Sethi Tokyo, June 24 (IANS) After a gap of almost two years, the cast of “Stranger Things” is back in action to woo the audience with the upcoming third season of the science-fiction horror drama. Without revealing any spoilers, actor Gaten Matarazzo, best known for his role as[Read More…]

New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) The Delhi government on Monday gave its nod to the Centre’s request to convert the state’s government school at in the Presidential estate into a Kendriya Vidyalaya. It is the same school where then President Pranab Mukherjee appeared as a teacher on Teacher’s Day for[Read More…]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 24 (IANS) Even as Kerala’s ruling CPI-M is trying to come to terms with one of its worst ever poll performances, its party membership has crossed five lakh, a senior leader said on Monday. State CPI-M Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said the total party membership has crossed five lakh.[Read More…]

London, June 24 (IANS) England opener Jason Roy has been ruled out for their highly anticipated World Cup clash against Australia here on Tuesday. “I think to put one game on it, I don’t think it’s sensible,” said Morgan at his pre-match press conference. “Let’s just see how it goes.”[Read More…]

New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) The All India Football Federation on Monday said the I-League clubs were drawing conclusions prematurely about the Indian Super League (ISL) being made the top league of the country, adding they pulled out of the Super Cup despite assurances that president Praful Patel would meet[Read More…]