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September 27, 2016 6:09 PM

SC asks Karnataka to give 6,000 cusecs Cauvery water to TN till Friday

Supreme Court today directed Karnataka to discharge six thousand cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu till Friday despite its assembly resolution and the state expressing its inability to release Cauvery water. However the apex court called for a political solution to the impasse by convening of a meeting ...

September 27, 2016 6:08 PM

Ganesan to be BJP candidate for Rajya Sabha bypoll from MP

BJP leader La Ganesan will be the party's candidate for bye-election to Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. The bye election was necessitated after the resignation of Najma Heptullah who quit the membership after appointed as the Manipur Governor. Bye-poll to the seat is scheduled on 17th of next ...

September 27, 2016 6:02 PM

Govt to set up inter ministerial task force to review Indus Water Treaty

The Government will soon set up an inter ministerial task force to exploit the full potential of the rivers Indus, Chenab, Jhelum as per the Indus Water Treaty.<br/><br/>Official sources said, this was decided today at a high level meeting presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to...

September 27, 2016 5:59 PM

Cross-border trade resumes in Kashmir after two months

Cross-border trading resumed today between the divided parts of Kashmir along the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route. It remained suspended for nearly two months due to the unrest in the valley. Trade between the divided parts of Kashmir was suspended on August 4.<br/><br/>Twenty-one items, inc...

September 27, 2016 5:23 PM

EC committed to conduct free and fair UP assembly polls: CEC Nasim Zaidi

Chief election commissioner Nasim Zaidi has said that the Commission is committed to conduct free and fair Vidhan Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a press conference in Lucknow today he said the Commission met various political parties and other stake holders of the election process. Var...

September 27, 2016 5:17 PM

Centre grants approval, Gurgaon turns Gurugram

The Central Government has accorded its approval for change in the name of Gurgaon to Gurugram. <br/><br/>This was stated by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal while interacting with media persons at Panchkula, near Chandigarh today. <br/><br/>He said that now both the city a...

September 27, 2016 5:12 PM

Centre begins aggressive procurement of Kharif pulses to ensure MSP to farmers

Central agencies have started aggressive procurement to ensure minimum support prices to farmers after the arrival of crop of Kharif pulses in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. So far, 200 centres have been set up in pulses producing states and more will be added after arrival of...

September 27, 2016 5:04 PM

President Mukherjee arrives in Doon for a sojourn

President Parnab Mukherjee arrived Dehradun today on a three day visit to Uttarakhand. President today inaugurated recently renovated 'Rashtrapati Ashiana&apos; the bungalow of the Commandant of the President's Bodyguard and laid foundation stone of 12 residential unit of President Secreta...

September 27, 2016 4:17 PM

Over two dozen trains diverted due to derailment in Ghaziabad-Tundla sections

More than two dozen trains on Ghaziabad-Tundla sections are running on diverted routes due to derailment of four wagons of a goods train today between Barthan -Mitawali stations of Ghaziabad-Tundla sections of North Central Railway. The North Central Railway PRO said the incident was occurred in mor...

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