Follow Us on Google News Guwahati, July 28 (IANS) In a significant push to foster a reading culture across the state, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Monday, announced 2025 as the “Year of Reading,” unveiling a series of initiatives aimed at encouraging literary engagement among youth and the wider public, government officials said. … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Imphal, July 23 (IANS) The Manipur government has announced a state mourning on Thursday as a mark of respect to India’s renowned theatre personality and Padma Shri awardee Ratan Thiyam, who died at a hospital in Imphal on Wednesday, leaving behind an extraordinary legacy that redefined contemporary Indian theatre. Manipur … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bhubaneswar, July 15 (IANS) Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday announced a compensation of Rs 20 lakh for the family members of the girl student at Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore who succumbed to her burns while undergoing treatment at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar. The Chief Minister expressed deep grief … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) HCL Technologies on Monday announced that it has reported a 10 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit for the first quarter (Q1) of FY26 at Rs 3,843 crore, compared to Rs 4,257 crore in the same quarter the previous year (Q1 FY25). Despite the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Vadodara, July 10 (IANS) A day after the Gambhira-Mujpur bridge collapsed in Padra taluka, claiming 15 lives, concerns mounted over the structural safety of other bridges across Gujarat’s Vadodara city. Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has assured the public that most bridges under its jurisdiction have been recently audited and declared … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari was on Saturday declared a fugitive economic offender by a Delhi Court, a development which comes within months of a British court’s refusal to extradite him to India. Bhandari, 62, who fled to the UK in 2016, was declared a … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, July 4 (IANS) In a major political announcement, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on Friday named its President, actor-turned-politician Vijay, as the party’s Chief Ministerial candidate for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The decision was made at the party’s executive committee meeting held at its headquarters in Panaiyur … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Itanagar, June 13 (IANS) The Arunachal Pradesh government on Friday declared the years 2025-35 as the “Decade of Hydro Power” to exploit the state’s hydropower potential estimated as 58,000 MW. A senior official said that during the ‘Decade of Hydro Power’, the government aims to undertake strategic policy and governance … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 (IANS) The Kerala government on Thursday declared the wreckage of the Liberian ship M/s ELSA 3 in the Arabian Sea 14.6 nautical miles off the Kerala coast as a state-specific disaster. A statement issued from the office of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the ship, M/s MSC … Read more