Chennai, Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan' Makkal Neethi Maiam (MNM) party and the fishing community in Tamil Nadu are demanding the state government to increase the compensation to fishermen during the annual fishing ban season.

The 61-day annual fishing ban season began on April 15.

The MN

Chennai,  Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and AIADMK Coordinator O.Panneerselvam on Saturday said the DMK government, which was looking at the laying of gas pipelines on the farm lands, was cheating the farmers.

Panneerselvam urged Chief Minister M.K.Stalin to discuss with GAIL (India) Ltd to lay its

New Delhi,  The country is likely to face a power crisis due to the shortage of coal, the Congress said on Friday.

Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh said, "The country has 173 thermal power plants of which 96 have critical coal reserve, which means about 60 per cent power plants are facing coal s

New Delhi,  As many states reported violence recently, the Congress has started a social media campaign to counter the atmosphere, with a hashtag #IndiaAgainstHate.

Social media head of the party, Rohan Gupta said: "The real problem of the country is ignored with vicious atmosphere created by the BJ

New Delhi,  The lack of approval of genetically modified (GM) crops since the introduction of Bt cotton in 2002 signals a dormant regulatory environment that fails to consider the benefits reaped by modern technologies to enhance India's agriculture sector, said a report released on Friday.

The traje

New Delhi,  The Congress on Friday compared the price of petrol in India with its neighbouring countries, and alleged that the cost of the auto fuel in the country is far higher than even in Nepal.

Putting out a chart, the Congress claimed that Nepal sells petrol at Rs 100 a litre, while the price in Ban

New Delhi,  The newly appointed Vice Chancellor of Jammu University, Umesh Rai on Friday sought integration of science curriculum by engaging and enrolling students of the University in various new student and youth related start-ups and other projects, scholarships and fellowships initiated by the Union Ministry of Sc

New Delhi, On the last day of the digital membership drive of the Congress, the party's interim President Sonia Gandhi enrolled herself on Friday and was issued a digital membership card.

Through the digital membership drive, Congress has added 2.6 crore members across all booths in all the Assembly segme

New Delhi, The Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government is likely to announce 300 units of free electricity for households in Punjab on Saturday, sources said.

Earlier on April 11, Mann had met Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

He had discussed the 300 units free

Bhopal,  Three persons who are accused in an alleged attempt to murder case and currently in jail are included in the list of rioters for their alleged involvement in communal violence which occurred in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh.

Communal violence occurred in Sendhwa town of Barwani district on