Urban toilet mission falls way short of target at just 54%
NEW DELHI: In what should come as a wake-up call for the government, construction of household toilets in urban areas in ...
Centre must grant special category status to Andhra Pradesh: Naidu
VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday demanded that the Centre must grant special category status ...
Free will could all be an illusion, scientists suggest
A work published in the journal Psychological Science suggests that free will might be an illusion created by our ...
PM launches Ujjwala Yojana : 5 crore families to get free LPG
Ballia(Uttar Pradesh): May 1, 2016 : Modi’s announcement of the ‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana’ ...
Uttarakhand forest fire : Around 19,000 hectares of forest gutted
Dehradun : With major fires blighting around 1,900 hectares of forests in Uttarakhand, the government on Saturday decided ...
Remove wires twined around trees in Delhi : NGT
New Delhi, May 1 ,2016 : The National Green Tribunal has taken strong objection to high tension cables encircling around trees ...
China completes implementation of VAT scheme
Beijing, May 1 ,2016 : China on Sunday replaced all business tax with a value-added tax (VAT) after extending the policy to ...
Ban on diesel-run taxis comes into effect in Delhi
New Delhi, May 1 ,2016 : The ban on plying of 27,000 diesel-run taxis came into effect today even as its real impact is likely ...
India win one silver, 2 bronze in Archery World Cup
Shanghai, May 1 ,2016 : Indian women’s team settled for the silver after losing to Chinese Taipei in the final, while ...
India’s Kalvari stealth submarine starts sea trials
Mumbai, May 1 ,2016 : Kalvari, Indian Navy’s first indigenous Scorpene-class stealth submarine, today sailed out of ...