Category: India News

NICDIT: Various depts asked to speed up further actions

Thiruvananthapuram,Sep 21: With the Union government deciding to extend the Chennai-Bengaluru industrial corridor to Coimbatore and Kochi as part of NICDIT, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday asked various departments to speed up action related to the project. The National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust had recently […]

Union Minister calls for wiping out caste discrimination

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 21: Union minister of state R K Singh on Saturday said the development of the nation was possible only when the country wipes out discrimination in the name of caste. Singh was speaking after inaugurating the 92ndSamadhi day of spiritual leader and social reformer Sree Narayana Guru […]

Election machinery ready for polls: CEO Baldev Singh

Mumbai, Sep 21: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Maharashtra, Baldev Singh, on Saturday said the state election machinery is geared up to conduct Assembly polls in a “free, fair and transparent” manner. Assembly polls will be held in Maharashtra on October 21, the Election Commission of India announced earlier […]

Cong-NCP alliance will come to power: Thorat

Mumbai, Sep 21: The Congress-NCP alliance will form the next government in Maharashtra, state Congress president Balasaheb Thorat said on Saturday. Assembly polls will be held in Maharashtra on October 21, the Election Commission announced earlier in the day. “There is a lot of resentment among people about the […]

Gujarat: 70-year-old woman killed by leopard in Amreli

Ahmedabad, Sep 20: A 70-year-old woman was killed on Friday morning by a leopard in Khambha taluka of Gujarat’s Amreli district, a forest official said. The corpse of Nanuben Parmar was found in Munjiyasar village early in the morning after an hour long search, said Chief Conservator of Forests […]

Do not impose, oppose any language: VP Naidu

New Delhi, Sep 20: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday urged people neither to oppose nor impose any language and pitched for learning as many languages as possible. Naidu made these observations days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Hindi should be a common language, triggering a […]

Couple robbed at gunpoint in Connaught Place

New Delhi, Sep 20:  Two bike-borne assailants allegedly robbed a couple at gunpoint in Connaught Place here on Friday morning, police said. Vinod Singh and his wife, Amrita Bohra, were going to the New Delhi railway station on their scooter when the incident occurred around 5.30 am, the […]

BJP is anti-women party: AAP

New Delhi, Sep 20: A day after a BJP leader was seen slapping his wife at the party’s Delhi office, the AAP on Friday slammed the saffron party over the incident and termed it an anti-women party. AAP spokesperson Atishi was referring to the incident where Bharatiya Janata […]

Bru refugees place fresh demands on repatriation

Aizawl, Sep 20: The MBDPF, an umbrella organisation of the Bru refugees lodged in six relief camps in North Tripura, has made several fresh demands to return to Mizoram. The ninth and final repatriation process will begin from early October. Signed by its president A. Sawibunga and general secretary […]

Govt slashes corporate tax to 25.17 pc for domestic cos

Goa, Sep 20: In a major fiscal booster, the government on Friday slashed effective corporate tax to 25.17 per cent inclusive of all cess and surcharges for domestic companies. Making the announcement, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the new tax rate will be applicable from the current fiscal which […]

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