New Delhi : As many as 16,850 villages of 484 dictricts across the country are getting benefits of seven flagship welfare schemes, including Ujjwala and Saubhagya, of the BJP-led NDA government, BJP President Amit Shah said here on Tuesday. Addressing a press...
Bhubaneswar : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to establish a dedicated Defence Industry Corridor and Aeronautical University in the state. In a letter to Modi, Patnaik said Odisha provides a comprehensive ecosystem...
Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government said on Thursday Rs 75,000 crore will be spent in the next five years for developing the state's water resources. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed the Water Resources department to prepare a comprehensive river policy in...
Kolkata : NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Thursday said the development agenda of 2022, "New India 2022", will be prepared by June and given to Chief Ministers. "Development agenda of 2022 will be prepared by June and given to Chief Ministers. A number of other issues...
Bengaluru : Within hours of taking oath, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Thursday said he will soon waive off crop loans of farmers across the state in line with BJP election pledge. "I had promised the farmers that I would waive off crop loans up to Rs 1...
Kolkata : The Kolkata branch of Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC) passed 250 orders in the last four years, out of 338 new applications filed before the bench, an official said here on Tuesday. "We have passed 250 orders in the last four years starting from...
By Nishant Arora, Seattle (Washington) : While the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is making its presence felt across the spectrum globally, India needs to prioritise AI-based predictive analysis to improve outcomes in three core areas -- agriculture,...
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday effected a reshuffle in his Cabinet by replacing Smriti Irani as Information and Broadcasting Minister with Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who was a Minister of State in the ministry. In other changes, portfolios of...
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday sought Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry's response to the scheme formulated by the Central government for the implementation of 2007 Cauvery Water Tribunal award which was marginally modified and reaffirmed by the...
By Nikhil M. Babu, New Delhi : Ninety-two per cent of the total number of RTI requests filed with different departments of the Delhi government were filed online after the system was introduced 10 months ago, according to government data. Of the total 20,276 Right to...