News: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced that the Lucknow Metro will begin running before the 2017 state assembly elections. He announced, the state government proposed to run metro rail in Kanpur, Agra, Varanasi and Meerut. Source: ET

News: The Prime Minister electronically unveiled a plaque commemorating the inauguration of the extreme high altitude test laboratory, Phase 2 of the Kyrgyz-India Mountain Biomedical Research Centre project and situated in the Syok Pass at an altitude of 4000 metres. Modi said that the research done at this Centre will ...

News: The Department of Personnel and Training has issued a notification asking all public servants, who have filed their annual property returns to file the revised declarations and information by October 15, 2015. All Group A, B and C employees are supposed to file a declaration under the new rules. ...

News: Haryana government will promote farmhouses during the annual Surajkund International Crafts Mela next year with a view to attracting Indians and foreigners to the concept of ‘Farm Tourism’. At present, 14 farmhouses, located mostly in the National Capital Region and a few along a National Highway, are registered with the ...

News: The Centre has collected Rs 57,357 crore from indirect taxes in June this year, up 37.4 per cent compared to Rs 43,025 crore a year earlier. This was aided by a 67.4 per cent increase in excise duty collections. Various additional measures played a role in the rise in ...

News: E-ballot system for Non Resident Indians (NRIs) is all set to get activated. The  e-ballot system will enable the NRIs to vote from their respective hometown and they won’t have to fly all the way to India for casting their vote. After e-voting is initiated, an average of 18,000 ...

Over 300 youths, hailing from different parts of the state, were today inducted as soldiers in Jammu-Kashmir Light Infantry of Army after successfully completing 42-week long training course. 323 youth from J&K were inducted into the Army at a passing out parade held at Bana Singh Parade Ground in the ...

News: To promote use of solar products, the Chhattisgarh government has decided to set up 270 shops across the state to sell such products. Under the scheme ‘Sour Mitra Akshay Urja Yoajan,’ 10 shops will be set up in each district of the state through Chhattisgarh State Renewable Energy Development Agency ...

News: PM’s trip to five countries in Central Asia in one go, as well as Russia, from July 6 to 13, have boosted India’s multi-directional strategy. They have strengthened India’s presence in a geopolitically vital region labelled historically as the ‘heartland’ determining the fate of the world. Beijing’s inroads in ...

News: Honda plans to make India an export hub for auto components by enhancing supply from here to its various international operations. Honda which exported auto components worth Rs 722 crore in 2014-15, is looking for over 50 per cent increase  by adding more countries such as the US, China ...