President Mukherjee on visit to Papua New Guinea and New Zealand
AMN / Pranab Mukherjee is embarking on a two-nation tour to Papua New Guinea and New Zealand today. A high level delegation including Minister of State for Agriculture Sanjeev Balyan…
Heart of Asia: Collective approach required to help Afghanistan, says India
India has reaffirmed its commitment to peace and stability of Afghanistan and said the war-ravaged country can emerge as a hub of trade and energy arteries. Addressing Senior officials Meeting…
AMU organises Seminar held on Plagiarism
AMN / ALIGARH Maulana Azad Library, Aligarh Muslim University, in collaboration with Turnitin, USA and iGroup Infotech, Noida jointly organized a seminar on “Academic Integrity and Plagiarism” at the Cultural…
EC reviews arrangements for 4th,5th phase polls in West Bengal
Our Correspondent The full bench of Election Commission today held a meeting, through video conferencing, with West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer, CEO and top administrative officials of the State to…
Electioneering picks up in Puducherry
Electioneering is gathering momentum in Puducherry with 11 more persons filing nominations today. This include five nominations in Karaikal and one in Yanam region. The ruling NR Congress (AINRC) has…
Wheat procurement in Punjab crosses 88 lakh tonnes
Over 88 lakh 72 thousand tons of wheat has been procured in Punjab till date. An official spokesman said in Chandigarh that out of the total procurement 87 lakh 36…
Rajya Sabha admits Sitaram Yechury’s privilege motion against Smriti Irani
Rajya Sabha has admitted CPI(M) MP Sitaram Yechury’s privilege motion against Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani for making some remarks during a debate on JNU row in the last…
Several parts of India under grips of intense heatwave
AMN / Several parts of India are facing intense heatwave for last few days. In Odisha, temperature at 8 places remained above 44 degrees Celsius today. Western Odisha town Sonepur…
IIT scholar wins international award on plant nutrition
A research scholar from IIT Kharagpur has won the prestigious International Plant Nutrition Scholar Award. K Ashok Kumar from the food engineering department of the Bengal-based IIT was recently awarded…
Naxals have close links with groups in Philippines, Europe: Govt
Our Correspondent / In a major disclosure, Government of India today said the Naxals have close links with Maoist organisations in the Philippines and Turkey and get support from several…