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Venezuela crisis: Nobel laureate Maria Machado praises Trump for toppling 'enemy' Maduro, vows to return

New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- Maria Corina Machado, the main opposition leader in Venezuela and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has praised United States President Donald Trump for toppling the government of Nichola... Read More


Builder need not refund GST to defaulting flat buyer: Tribunal

Kolkata, Jan. 6 -- The West Bengal Real Estate Appellate Tribunal has ruled that a real estate promoter is not required to refund Goods and Services Tax (GST) already paid to the government to a flat ... Read More


KMC to demolish unsafe buildings; 150 'high-risk' structures under scanner

Kolkata, Jan. 6 -- In the wake of the recent incident of roof collapse in the Karaya area, which killed one person and injured four others, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is preparing a city-... Read More


High-tech interview cubicles to ensure transparency in teacher hiring

Kolkata, Jan. 6 -- The West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) is setting up technology-enabled interview cubicles at its headquarters in Karunamoyee, Salt Lake, to strengthen transparency in t... Read More


Cyberattack unlikely in communications failure that grounded flights in Greece

New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- Greece's government on Monday said that a major radio communications failure that shut the country's airspace a day earlier is unlikely to have been a cyberattack, though the caus... Read More


State govt issues fresh fire safety guidelines for private, govt buses

Kolkata, Jan. 6 -- The state government has issued a detailed advisory, laying down fresh safety guidelines, to strengthen fire safety in state-run and private buses, following a series of bus fire in... Read More


ED files fresh charges against Sahiti Infratec executives in real estate fraud

Hyderabad, Jan. 6 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a supplementary prosecution complaint against two former senior executives of the Sahiti Infratec Ventures India Private Limited (SIVIPL... Read More


Chief Secretary Ashish Kundra chairs review meeting of IT Department

Leh, Jan. 6 -- Chief Secretary of the Union Territory of Ladakh, Shri Ashish Kundra, today chaired a departmental review meeting of the Information Technology (IT) Department to assess the status of d... Read More


New bureaucrats heading distts to get training on land acquisition

India, Jan. 6 -- All newly appointed district-heading bureaucrats will have to undergo training on land acquisition, according to a new plan being drawn up by a committee of secretaries, a move aimed ... Read More


State police to induct 12 armoured vehicles, 2 weaponry units

Kolkata, Jan. 6 -- West Bengal Police is upgrading its fleet with the induction of 12 Light Armoured Vehicles and two Weaponry Container Body Mounted Vehicles to support specialised forces, troop move... Read More