Ramdas Athavale to launch Jail Bharo agitation over beef ban
AMN Republican Party of India (RPI) Chief Ramdas Athavale has threatened to launch a “Jail Bharo Andolan” in Maharashtra if the state government could not scrap the ban on slaughter…
Govt to go to any extent to passage of GST, Land Bills: Jaitley
AMN Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today assereted that the government could go to any extent to clear the passage of Goods and Service Tax and the Land Acquisition Bills in…
TN Governor invites Jayalalithaa to form govt
Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah has invited AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa to form a new government in the state. Earlier, the Governor accepted the resignation of Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam,…
Congress to start campaign to make Goa drug free
Goa Congress President Luizinho Faleiro today said, party will start the movement to make Goa a drug free state. Mr Faleiro while talking to media persons in Panaji today said…
US woman jailed for 24 years for pushing Indian to death
An American woman has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for pushing an Indian man to death in front of a subway train in an attack apparently motivated by…
Geelani’s passport application incomplete: MEA
The External Affairs Ministry has said that Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s passport application cannot be processed in its present form as it is incomplete. Responding to a media query MEA…
India relaxes FDI norms for NRIs, PIOs, OCI
AMN Union Cabinet also decided to amend Foreign Direct Investment,FDI norms for NRIs, Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) to increase capital flows into the…
Govt to invest Rs 10,500cr on urea plants in J’khand, Assam
Union Cabinet today approved the revival of closed urea unit of Fertilizer Corporation India Limited (FCIL) at Sindri in Jharkhand with an investment of Rs 6000 crore. A decision in…
Urdu Gets First Language Status in Telengana
AMN HYDERABAD: Telengana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Tuesday approved the long pending proposal for use of Urdu as first language for both school and higher education. Now students in…
EC for legal framework to allow proxy, e-voting for NRIs
The Election Commission has come out with a legal framework to allow NRIs to cast their franchise in Indian elections by proxy or e ballot. Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi…