News: Defence Minister said that the elaborate functions that take place around foundation stone laying ceremonies are a wasteful expenditure of public money and should be curtailed. Taking a harsh view on public money being demanded by various departments to organise stone laying ceremonies, instructions have been sent out that ...

News Tourists visiting Taj Mahal will now be able to upload selfies or photographs clicked with their loved ones directly from the 17th century monument of love. BSNL has made special arrangements to introduce the facility with support from Quadgen, a Bengaluru-based company. Facility Half-an-hour free Wi-Fi Internet facility in ...

News: In a press conference addressed by Member Electrical, Railway Board Navin Tandon, said that in order to improve the Indian railways certain initiatives have been taken.  The initiatives are as follows: Electrification With a view to reduce its energy procurement cost as well as to make the Railway System more ...

News: India is finally launching its ambitious river interlinking project in December to irrigate parched farmlands and generate power. The 30-link project would start with the linking of Ken and Betwa rivers to provide irrigation facility to water-deficient Raisen and Vidisha districts of central Madhya Pradesh.  The project is estimated ...

News: The department of posts now delivers more than two lakh ecommerce parcels daily, double of what it used to be a year ago. Two years ago, the ecommerce revenue was below Rs 200 crore, and it was estimated to be about Rs 400-500 crore in the year ending March ...

News: The transport ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) have signed a motor vehicles agreement in a bid to boost trade and sub-regional connectivity among the four nations. The BBIN pact will also set the stage for a new connectivity paradigm in India’s north-east, which is looking for ...

News: Maharashtra cabinet has amended a provision of the Criminal Procedure Code to prevent filing of an FIR against a ‘public representative’ without the sanction of a competent authority. With the amendments to the CrPC (156) (3) and 190 provisions, police won’t be able to file an FIR against an MLA ...

News: NHIDCL, a government company mandated to fast-track road projects in tough terrain, including border areas, is set to award projects worth Rs 1.3 lakh crore over the next five years. The National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) will also be laying out 1,500 km of highways in various ...

News: India Post, which has started issuing personalised debit cards to its savings account holders, is planning to issue 5 lakh new debit cards over the next two months. The Department of Posts (DoP) started issuing the cards from last year and so far, it has reached close to 10,000. ...

News: In order to grant Indian nationality to nearly two lakh refugees from neighboring countries, the NDA government has given citizenship to around 4,300 Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan and Afghanistan. The citizenship to these refugees have been given at the initiative of Home Minister Raj Nath Singh, following BJP’s declared policy ...