Panaji,  Voting for the zilla panchayat (ZP) polls in Goa, which has 203 candidates in the fray contesting from 48 constituencies, began on Saturday morning.

The polling process began at 8 am and is scheduled to conclude at 5 pm.

The ZP poll is the first major polling exercise in the state sinc

New Delhi, Praja Trevedi, former economic adviser to the Indian government, has been named the Commonwealth Secretary-General's special envoy for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

He's among four designated by Secretary-General Patricia Scotland on Friday as special envoys and

Bhubaneswar, The Lokayukta of Odisha on Friday directed the state vigilance department to investigate the corruption charges made against expelled Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi.

The Lokayukta asked the vigilance department to submit its report within two months after the prel

Hyderabad, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in New Delhi.

Rao, who reached the national capital on a three-day visit on Friday, is understood to have discussed with the Central ministers various is

New Delhi, Contract farming has been going on in the country for a long time now, both in formal as well as informal manner, but the Central government has given it a legal basis through a law. A senior government official said that the agreement under the new law will define the quality, grade, price and conditions of services,

Bengaluru, New Year eve revelry on December 31 night would not be allowed in public places across Bengaluru, especially in the downtown, to contain coronavirus spread, a senior minister said on Friday.

"New Year eve celebrations in public places and high streets like M.G. Road and Brigade Road in the city cen

Bengaluru, Taiwanese companies expressed keenness to invest in Karnataka and strengthen economic and cultural relations between Taiwan and the southern state, said Karnataka Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar on Friday.

"A Taiwanese delegation led by Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre (TECC) director-

Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday asked senior bank employees to focus on doubling farmers' income, reducing investment costs, providing proper market facilities for crops and supporting them at the time of natural disasters.

Reddy was addressing the 213th State Level Ba

Srinagar, Night temperatures improved further in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Thursday due to a cloud cover as the weather office forecast another spell of snow and rain starting Saturday.

"Weather is likely to improve from today afternoon, but we are expecting another spell of snow/rain on December 12. Th

Bhopal, Tigress 'Sundari', who was sent to Odisha from her native state of Madhya Pradesh under the Tiger Conservation Programme, now awaits her return to her home in Kanha.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written a letter to his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik to return back the