Kolkata/New Delhi/Dhanbad, The story of absconding coal mafia kingpin Anup Majhi aka Lala, who is named in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR in an illegal coal smuggling case seems to be inspired from a Bollywood crime thriller where the role of Rs 20 note becomes instrumental in the safe passage of trucks laden

Chandigarh, The Punjab Water Resources Department on Wednesday signed an agreement for the construction of powerhouses of the Shahpurkandi dam project.

It was signed in the presence of Water Resources Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and Principal Secretary Water Resources Sarvjit Singh, by OMIL JV Executiv

Thiruvananthapuram, Veteran Congress leader and former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday arrived in Chennai for talks with DMK chief M.K. Stalin, ahead of Assembly polls in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, presently in Kerala attending to his Wayanad Lok Sa

New Delhi, Retired Army personnel came out in full support of the protesting farmers at Ghazipur on the Delhi-UP border on Wednesday.

IANS spoke to Anurag Lathwal, National Secretary, Veterans Association of India, and he said, "All demands of the farmers are genuine. The central government i

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed shock at the alleged murder of an undertrial inside Tihar jail.

The father of the victim Dilsher Azad moved the court seeking Rs five crore as compensation for the custodial death. "It is shocking," Justice Prathiba M. Singh sai

New Delhi,  India is now one of the world's top markets for solar energy, a new report by the International Solar Alliance (ISA) said on Wednesday.

The report, 'Ease of Doing Solar 2020', identified countries that were high solar energy performers in 2020.

The

New Delhi, BJP chief J.P. Nadda will visit poll-bound West Bengal to attend several programmes of the party.

Nadda will reach Kolkata late on Wednesday evening and participate in various programmes on Thursday. On Thursday, Nadda will launch the 'Lokkho Sonar Bangla' manifesto crowd sourcing campaign to se

New Delhi, Former Delhi Police Commissioner Bhim Sain Bassi is being considered for the post of Lt Governor of Puducherry but the government is "bit wary", sources said.

The post fell vacant after incumbent, former top cop Kiran Bedi was suddenly removed on February 16 this year. Bassi&#

Amaravati, After the Covid-19 vaccination drive was deferred for them by a few weeks owing to the rural local body elections in Andhra Pradesh, police personnel in a few districts started getting inoculated for coronavirus on Wednesday.

Senior police officers in West and East Godavari districts received the vaccin

New Delhi, Former union minister Vijay Sampla on Wednesday took over as Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) on Wednesday.

Talking to the media after assuming office, Sampla said he will work incessantly to safeguard the interests and the rights of the SC community. "The Commission