Srinagar, 9/4/18; Indian Administrative Service (IAS) toppers of 2015 Tina Dabi and Athar Amir-ul-Shafi could not have had a more romantic setting than the picturesque Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir to tie the knot. The south Kashmir town has been buzzing with activity for the last four days as guests from Shafi’s ancestral village in Anantnag district and Dabi’s parents, relatives ...

Newdelhi:9/4/18;Marking the growing prominence of India in the global energy map, the 16th International Energy Forum Ministerial (IEF16) is being hosted by India and will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on Wednesday. IEF16 is the largest gathering of Energy Ministers from across the globe, industry leaders and heads of key international organizations who will debate the ...

Newdelhi:8/4/18;The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that ae must move beyond seeing women as beneficiaries of schemes and encourage them to be participants in designing and implementing their vision for the country. He was addressing the gathering after giving away Women Exemplar Awards to Smt. Munni Begum, Smt. Asha and Smt. Vechulou Kanuo and the ...

Newdelhi:8/4/18:In a message to the participants of the Eighth  Regional  3R  Forum  in  Asia  and  the  Pacific , Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi has said, “The mantra of 3R – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle- is at the heart of any vision towards the sustainable development of mankind. All stakeholders –producers, consumers and the State alike must adhere to this golden principle ...

Newdelhi:7/4/18;In order to prevent pollution and facilitate the healthy atmosphere in the families of poor people Pradhan MantriUjjwalaYojana was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi two years ago said Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development, Dharmendra Pradhan. On the side lines of inauguration of PM UjjwalaYojana at Delhi Shri Pradhan asked the rich families to sacrifice ...

Newdelhi7/4/18;Rt. Hon’ble Mr K. P. Sharma Oli, the Prime Minister of Nepal, called on the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (April 7, 2018).   Welcoming Mr Oli to India, the President said he was happy to note that this was his first visit abroad after his appointment as the Prime Minister of Nepal. The President ...

Bhubaneswar:7/4/18; With the proposal of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to construct around 450 kms of coastal highway along the coastline in Odisha, the draft alignment of the road was discussed in a high level meeting presided over by the chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi at the State Secretariat here on Saturday. Considering the draft proposal presented by ...

Newdelhi:6/4/18:The 9th National Board of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) met today in New Delhi. The Minister of State for MSME, Giriraj Singh chaired the meeting. The Minister launched a mobile phone application for locating 4,000 Khadi stores in the country. There are more than 8,000 Khadistores in India, the rest of stores will also be available on the store ...

Newdelhi:6/4/18:Both Houses of Parliament were today adjourned sine die, with unabated protests virtually washing out most of the second phase of the Budget session. The notices of no-confidence motion moved by the opposition against the government could not be taken up in the Lok Sabha that witnessed protests by various parties. While Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu asked the protestors not to ...

New Delhi:6/4/18; The CBI on Friday questioned the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) former Deputy Governor Harun Rashid Khan, born in Odisha, in connection with Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud involving diamantaire Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi, an official said. Informed sources said Khan was also questioned in connection with alleged benefits to diamond merchant ...