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Exports up about 15 pc in Apr-Jul despite global uncertainties: Goyal

India, Aug. 12 -- The country's exports increased by about 15 per cent during April-July this fiscal year despite global uncertainties, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. H... Read More


How India can get its BESS projects right

India, Aug. 12 -- On paper, India does not have a battery storage shortage. It has an execution challenge. Every summer, our country is presented with a paradox. Demand for power rises, but so does ge... Read More


PM urges people to celebrate I-Day with honour and pride

India, Aug. 12 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged citizens to celebrate the Independence Day with honour, pride and glory, and take a pledge for a developed India. Modi said this in a po... Read More


Ruling NDA and INDIA Bloc MPs face-off outside Parliament House

India, Aug. 12 -- Ruling NDA and Opposition INDIA Bloc MPs came face-to-face at Parliament's main gate on Tuesday -- with security personnel forming a cordon between them -- as they staged protests an... Read More


Senior IAF officer Deepti Gaur Mukerjee named new Higher Education Secy

India, Aug. 12 -- Senior bureaucrat Deepti Gaur Mukerjee has been appointed as the new Higher Education Secretary, as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Monday. She s... Read More


Two killed, six injured in fire at multi-storey building in Mumbai

India, Aug. 12 -- A child and a woman were killed and six others injured after a fire broke out in a 12-storey residential building in Mumbai's Vile Parle area, civic officials said on Wednesday. The ... Read More


Award given for land acquisition as per court direction cannot be challenged: Allahabad HC

India, Aug. 12 -- The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a bunch of pleas seeking computation of market value of the petitioners' lands under the Land Acquisition Act of 2013 instead of the 1894 law. ... Read More


Assam flood situation remains serious, more rain in forecast

India, Aug. 12 -- The flood situation in Assam remained serious on Wednesday, with more than 1.12 lakh people affected across four districts amid the forecast of more rain in several areas already ree... Read More


CM Vijay moves resolution in TN Assembly against Delimitation; seeks to freeze Lok Sabha seats at 543

India, Aug. 12 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday introduced a resolution in the Assembly urging the Centre to permanently fix the strength of Lok Sabha at 543. Batting for the i... Read More


Tech snag delays Air India Express flight for 6 hours at Kolkata airport, passengers protest

India, Aug. 12 -- Passengers at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport in Kolkata protested on Wednesday morning after an Air India Express flight to Chennai was delayed for around s... Read More