New Delhi, March 24 (PTI) The Railways will need to target a revenue of Rs 3.5 lakh crore and an investment of Rs 3-lakh crore every year to meet the country's aspirations, the government told Rajya Sabha T
New Delhi, March 24 (PTI) India's position on the Ukraine conflict has been "steadfast and consistent" as it has been seeking immediate cessation of violence and calling for ending the crisis thro
New Delhi, March 24 (PTI) The Centre on Thursday told the Rajya Sabha that it was not considering setting up of a media commission as recommended by a parliamentary panel to check "irregularities" in
Lucknow, March 24(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, top BJP leaders, leading industrialists and seers will participate in the mega ceremony in which Yogi Adityanath will take oath as Uttar Pradesh chief minist
Srinagar, March 24 (PTI) CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday condemned the killing of eight people in West Bengal's Birbhum district, saying this cult of violence "sponsored" by t
New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): Former Chief Justice of India Ramesh Chandra Lahoti died at a hospital here on Wednesday evening, family sources said.
He was 81 years old.
Justice Lahoti was appointed as the 3
New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): India on Wednesday rejected as uncalled for Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's comments referring to Jammu and Kashmir at a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC
New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): India should set up resident missions in the remaining 48 of the 193 UN member-nations in a time-bound manner in line with its aspiration to become a permanent member of the UN Securi
New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): State Legislatures have the power to tax lotteries organised by other states, the Supreme Court held on Wednesday.
A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna said a lottery co
New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): Air pollution is the second biggest factor affecting human health in India and its economic cost is estimated to exceed USD 150 billion annually, a latest report said.
The World Ai
Hyderabad, March 23 (PTI): It was a tragedy waiting to happen at the ill-fated scrap godown in Hyderabad's Bhoiguda as 12 migrant workers from Bihar were staying in a single room above the godown that had a
New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday urged the Centre to restart the mid-day meal scheme in schools which was discontinued during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Making a Zero Hour
New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): A group of senior journalists from all over India issued a collective appeal to constitutional institutions on Wednesday to step in and discharge their mandate in the wake of "at
New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): Child malnutrition, gender inequality, equitable access to safe water and environmental pollution are some of the factors hindering India's march to progress, Vice President M Ven
New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): Aiming to make comprehensive changes in criminal laws, the government has initiated the process of amendment to laws such as Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the
New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): The government has increased the budget on education, crossing Rs 1 lakh crore for the first time, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Replying to queries during the questio
London, March 22 (PTI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and discussed the "grave situation" as a result of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Russian
United Nations/Geneva, March 22 (PTI) Strongly hitting out at Pakistan, India said the UN Human Rights Council needs to denounce the continued support that Islamabad has been providing to UN-proscribed terroris
Chandigarh, March 22 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said his government will regularise the services of 35,000 contractual employees.
"A decision has been taken to regularise the s
Washington, March 22 (PTI) US President Joe Biden has said that India is being "somewhat shaky" in terms of showing support against the Russian invasion of Ukraine as he asserted that most of the frie