CBI files coal scam FIR against RPG Industries, others after 10-year-long enquiry
New Delhi: The agency has booked RPG Group companies in connection with alleged irregularities in a 27-year-old allocation process of the Sarisatoli, Tara and Deocha Pachami blocks in West Bengal from 1993 to 1995
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
Advance estimates for kharif season 2022-23 crop year released; India’s rice production may fall by 6 %
New Delhi: About 85 per cent of India's total production comes from the kharif season, where sowing begins with the onset of the southwest monsoon from June and harvesting from October onwards
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
MotoGP commits long-term plan to India, first ‘Grand Prix of Bharat’ likely in 2023
New Delhi: Dorna Sports and Indian promoters Faristreet Sports signed an MoU that promises “Grand Prix of Bharat” for seven years
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
PPC reaffirms decision to abstain from Nagaland State General Election
Mokokchung: The decision was taken in support of the ENPO Resolution for separate statehood – Frontier Nagaland – made on 26 August 2022
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
Green nod for strategically-crucial Great Nicobar Island mega project, around 8.5 lakh trees to be felled
New Delhi: The project involves development of a military-civil, dual-use airport; international container trans-shipment terminal; a gas, diesel, and solar-based power plant, and a township
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
UNICEF regrets poor response to USD 39 million appeal for Pakistan’s flood-hit children
Islamabad: “The rains and floods have already claimed the lives of more than 550 children. Without a significant surge in support, we fear many more children will lose their lives," Unicef Pakistan chief field officer in Balochistan, Gerida Birukila,
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
India’s Radhika Batra and 3 others honoured with 2022 Goalkeepers Global Goals awards by Gates Foundation
New York: The recognises a leader who has driven progress on a global scale toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
Cong to notify for party president polls on Thursday: Likely to have first non-Gandhi president in over two decades
New Delhi: The new president would replace Sonia Gandhi, the longest-serving party president who has been at the helm since 1998, barring the two years between 2017 and 2019 when Rahul Gandhi took over
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
BJP threatens to block MP leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra of Congress over its leader’s ‘anti-Brahmin’ comments
Bhopal: The Congress MP claims the ruling party "twisted" his comments as they are rattled by the huge response Gandhi's mass contact drive was getting across the country
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
Alcohol prohibition to be partially lifted from Manipur
Imphal: A massive public movement had led the state government to enact prohibition through the Manipur Liquor Prohibition Act 1991, which was later amended in 2002
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
Talks to resume day after NSCN-IM tells Centre unification of Naga inhabited areas, separate flag non-negotiable
New Delhi: The talks with the NSCN-IM are currently going nowhere as the group has been insisting on a separate Naga flag and constitution, a demand rejected by the central government
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
Permanent saliva ban among changes to Playing Conditions announced by ICC
Dubai: The changes were announced after the CEC ratified recommendations made by the ICC Cricket Committee, led by former India captain and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly
PTI / 20 Sep, 2022
