News: The government has assigned number of cities each state/union territory can nominate under the 100 Smart Cities project as well as those to be developed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation scheme (AMRUT). UP leads the pack as it has been given the opportunity to nominate ...

News: Ministry of external affairs decided to rely on Aadhaar card for identification of the applicant for passport and on the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) database for validation of his/her criminal antecedents with the simplified police verification system. The home and law ministries, and the Intelligence Bureau, the government, on the ...

News: Irrigation fee will be waived for farmers living in 563 villages of Rajasthan’s 12 districts, whose crop was lost above 50% due to untimely hailstorm and rainfall. The Calamity and Relief department had declared 563 villages of the state under scarcity hit, and this order would be effective till ...