New Delhi: Gujarat has ranked number one for the second time in a row in the Export Preparedness Index- 2021 of NITI Aayog. Most of the coastal states are the best performers. NITI Aayog, in partnership with the Ins...

New Delhi: To enhance air connectivity for North East Region (NER), budgetary allocation of amount of approximately Rs 24 crores has been made in the Financial Year 2021-22 to support the airlines, Minister of State for Civil...

Chandigarh: Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday administered the oath of office and secrecy to 10 newly inducted Cabinet Ministers in the presence of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann here at Raj Bhawan. Chief Secretary...

New Delhi: The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, has released an amount of Rs 2,221.2 crore to Bihar, Karnataka and West Bengal for providing grants to the Rural Local Bodies (RLBs). Rs ...

Chandigarh: A Venu Prasad on Monday joined as Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister designate Bhagwant Mann. Prasad was welcomed by the outgoing Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Hussan Lal. Prasad is an IAS of...

New Delhi: As much as Rs 38455.57 crore has been spent under the 10 per cent gross budget support (GBS) norm in the north-eastern states including Assam till December 31, 2021. This information was given by Union Minister for...

New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated 19 National Highway (NH) projects worth Rs 1407 crore in Haryana and Rajasthan on Thursday. With the construction of these projects, tourism,...

Chandigarh: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who also holds the portfolio of Finance, on Tuesday presented a Rs 1.77 lakh crore Budget for 2022-23 with a focus on economic growth, ease of living for citizens and initiatives for...

Itanagar: Considering the importance of air connectivity to the capital city of Arunachal Pradesh, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) has undertaken the work of constructing a Greenfield airport in Hollongi, 15 km from Itan...

Itanagar: Bordumsa is a small hamlet in Changalang district of Arunachal Pradesh, where most people depend on agriculture and farm labour for a living. The Himalaya Self-Help Group was founded in this village in 2015 with the...

Belgavi (Karnataka): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated and laid foundation stone of 46 national highway projects with investment of Rs 19,930 crore in Karnataka. Addressing the gathe...

Chandigarh: In order to ensure every possible help to the distressed families in this hour of crisis, Punjab Chief Secretary Anirudh Tewari on Saturday reviewed the status of calls received on the state government’s ded...

New Delhi: In a bid to strengthen the delivery of basic services, the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, on Friday released an amount of Rs 1348.10 crore to six states for providing grants to the Urban Local Bodi...

New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has laid foundation stones for 11 National Highways projects with total length of 534 km worth Rs 5722 crore in Madhya Pradesh in the presence of Union M...

New Delhi: Delhi South CGST Commissionerate has unearthed a fake invoicing racket of Rs 611 crore and tax evasion of over Rs 38.5 crore, following searches and inspections conducted across locations spread across Delhi. ...

New Delhi: The Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Commissionerate – Faridabad of Panchkula CGST Zone, arrested two persons for running a fake billing racket, involving five dummy firms, dealing in trading of iron scr...

Chandigarh: The country’s first green energy plant which generates electricity from stubble has been set up at village Khurshid Nagar in Rewari district of Haryana. Moving towards environmental conservation, this plant ...

Srinagar: The J&K UT Government has promoted six IAS officers to various scales of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). As per an order, Sheetal Nanda and Saugat Biswas have been promoted to the Super Time Scale of IA...

New Delhi:  Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday called on Union Minister of State for PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh and discussed general administrative issues. Bom...

New Delhi: The North-Eastern Region of the country is fast emerging as a hub of Start-up ecosystem such as incubators, accelerators and other venture funds. As on 31st January, 2022, Department for Promotion of Industry ...

Raipur: With the integration of Chhattisgarh, the ONORC plan is now operational in 35 States/UTs covering almost 96.8 per cent NFSA population – about 77 crore NFSA beneficiaries – in the country. The migrant NFSA...

New Delhi: AK Singh, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), NHPC, has handed over payment intimation advice of rupees one crore to Jai Ram Thakur, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh as NHPC’s contribution towards the Chief Mi...

New Delhi: Assam is on track to become ‘Har Ghar Jal’ state by 2024. It has provided tap water supply to 9 lakh homes in the last six months. Secretary, Department of Drinking water and Sanitation (DDWS), Vini Mahajan ...

Chandigarh: With the Punjab Assembly elections around the corner, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab VK Bhawra has underlined the need for more synergy between the states police and intelligence agencies to prevent inflow of ...

Rourkela: Rourkela has won one million US dollars in the Bloomberg-2021 Global Mayors Challenge. The recognition has also made the city eligible for technical assistance to carry out the innovation over the next three years. ...

New Delhi: Recognising the dangers of the new variant the Kejriwal Government has taken the most stringent measures in the country to protect the public. Health Minister Satyendar Jain provided detailed information on Corona ...

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that lockdown will not be imposed in Delhi and the AAP government is fully prepared to deal with any situation posed by corona. “It is good that the number of corona pa...

Imphal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated 13 projects worth around Rs 1850 crore and laid the foundation stone of nine projects worth around Rs 2950 crore in Imphal, Manipur. These projects relate to diverse...

New Delhi: Delhi will undergo weekend lockdown from January 8 till further orders in view of rising Covid-19 cases. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has appealed to the residents to stay at home. “Leave houses only ...

Chandigarh: In line with the state government’s commitment to make Haryana a drug-free state, the police have intensified their efforts on peddlers, which have resulted in the seizure of a whopping 19.03 tonnes of narco...

Chandigarh: With an aim to give further impetus to entrepreneurship and innovation in the state, the Startup Punjab Cell has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Punjab State Council for Science & Technolog...

New Delhi: In an attempt to empower people of Nagaland holistically, Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Ministry of Electronics and IT have launched a pilot project for upskilling the cane and bamboo...