Centre dispatches 35 tonne of petroleum products to Manipur
Blockade on national highway The Centre has dispatched 35 tonne of petroleum products to Manipur to tackle the crisis arising out of the blockade on a national highway which has…
US Senate committee approves Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State
A key US Senate committee has narrowly approved Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State after leading Republican Senator Marco Rubio dropped his opposition. Mr Rubio sparred with Mr Tillerson, the…
Russian & Turkish warplanes conduct new joint operation in Syria
Russian and Turkish warplanes conducted a new joint operation against Islamic State terror group in Al-Bab in Syria’s Aleppo province on January 21st. The Russian Defense Ministry said yesterday that…
Community Radio not allowed to broadcast news programme: Govt
Community Radio stations will not be allowed to broadcast any progammes, related to news and current affairs or political in nature. However, they can use All India Radio content, which…
Filing of Nomination for 1st phase of UP polls ends
Filing of nominations for the first phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh will end today. Filing of nominations for the third phase of polling will start today with the…
EC permits govt to present Union Budget on Feb 1
Directs no schemes to be announced for 5 poll bound states Election Commission, EC has given its nod to the Centre to present the Union Budget on 1st of February…
SC gives 2 weeks time to Centre to Verify mobile users
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it within two weeks about the steps which can be taken to scrutinise the existing and future mobile users in the…
SC directs Centre to appoint Director General in NHRC within a week
The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to appoint Director General in the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) within a week. A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar…
Congress releases names of 41 candidates for UP elections
Congress party has released its first list of 41 candidates for the first and second phase of the Uttar Pradesh election. The list was released yesterday. Former Union Minister Jitin…
Police evict pro-Jallikattu protesters from Marina Beach
Opposition stages walkout from the Assembly on the issue T N ASHOK / CHENNAI Scores of pro-Jallikattu protesters have been removed from Chennai Marina Beach by the police who were…