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In the first phase, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will meet with the ambassadors and consulate generals. (Photo: File)

Ignoring Centre's advice, Andhra issues multi-crore tenders for...

Costing Rs 58,000 cr, this irrigation scheme is project on Godavari River, it's one of the most expensive ever...

18 Aug 2019 6:04 PM IST

OPDs were turned into emergency wards. There are more than 200 benches in the OPD area. So in quick time, we accommodated patients there, said Dr Shakti Gupta, Medical Superintendent of RPC at AIIMS. (Photo: ANI)

AIIMS fire incident: 90pc patients were shifted to RP Eye Centre,...

Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health, President, AIIMS, New Delhi is closely monitoring efforts on-site towards...

18 Aug 2019 5:36 PM IST

The sources said, Election Commission would also ask law ministry to take call on its demand to extend constitutional protection to 2 election commissioners on lines of CEC. (Photo: File)

EC wants legal backing to seek Aadhaar numbers to clean up voters list

Seeking to check multiple entries and to make them error-free, the EC wanted to link Aadhaar numbers with voters'...

18 Aug 2019 5:31 PM IST

Three CRPF personnel were killed Wednesday after a colleague allegedly fired at them after an altercation at their camp in Jammu and Kashmir.(Photo: ANI)

As J&K moves towards normalcy, govt plans to work around these 4 focus...

To avoid violent outbreaks in the valley, security will be made more stringent around these categories.

18 Aug 2019 5:29 PM IST

State Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim on Saturday welcomed 10 councillors of the Naihati Municipality back into the TMC fold and alleged that they could have joined the BJP under duress. (Photo: ANI)

10 councillors rejoin TMC; 'BJP scared them with central agencies,'...

The minister claimed that those who follow principles of Mamata Banerjee and fight communalism can never go to BJP.

18 Aug 2019 5:05 PM IST

The Central Public Works Department, the prime construction agency of the central government will install big LED screens for the live telecast of Ganga Aarti at all ghats and the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi. (Photo: File)

Govt to install LED screens at all Varanasi ghats for live telecast of...

In September last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched development projects worth over Rs 550 crore in his...

18 Aug 2019 4:56 PM IST

On October 3, Mondal set himself on fire in front of his factory to commit suicide in protest after he some club members allegedly threatened him for complaining to councillor of ward no 49 Subrata Polley.

Upset over not having kids, NIT professor, wife commit suicide in...

In a suicide note found by the police, the couple wrote that they were upset about not being able to have children.

18 Aug 2019 4:46 PM IST

BSP chief Mayawati had on Wednesday resigned from the House, accusing the BJP and the Chair of not allowing her to raise the issue of anti-Dalit violence in Uttar Pradesh in the House. (Photo: PTI)

Economic slowdown affecting SCs, STs: Mayawati

She urged the Centre and the state governments to provide employment to these sections by filling the vacant quota...

18 Aug 2019 4:44 PM IST

In future, same kind of political developments will take place, instability of government may continue even after the new government is invited by the Governor, Kumaraswamy said. (Photo: ANI)

Ready to face even international-level probe: Kumaraswamy on phone...

Earlier in the day, Yediyurappa said that the phone tapping case filed during Cong-JD(S) govt will be handed over to...

18 Aug 2019 4:33 PM IST

I hope the recent attack on me in Raichak should be an eye-opener to the administration..., Sovan Chatterjee stated. (Photo: ANI)

'TMC acting out of vindictiveness': Sovan Chatterjee seeks police...

Chatterjee, an MLA from Behala Purba Assembly constituency has held crucial ministries in TMC govt before resigning in...

18 Aug 2019 4:16 PM IST

Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar. (Photo: ANI)

Tamil Nadu govt to raise Aavin milk price by Rs 6 per litre from...

'The increase in the price was following a request from milk producers,' state government said in a statement.

18 Aug 2019 4:16 PM IST

AIIMS administration has initiated an internal enquiry to look into the cause of the fire and further strengthen preventive measure. (Photo: ANI)

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan takes stock of situation at AIIMS, meets...

The fire which is suspected to have started from the microbiology laboratory area has damaged some laboratories and...

18 Aug 2019 4:03 PM IST