Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) In a significant boost to India’s horticultural exports, the Centre’s Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has facilitated the flagging off of the first consignment of one metric tonne of rose-scented litchi from Punjab’s Pathankot to Doha in Qatar, according to an … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Leh, June 22 (IANS) The Union Territory of Ladakh is set to spearhead green energy drive in the country by operating the country’s first hydrogen fuel cell buses. The Union Territory is gearing up for the formal roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell powered buses and the trail run for the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) In a first, two women were named as district presidents of Delhi BJP in an organisation revamp on Monday, a BJP leader said, announcing names of 14 new-elected district presidents and 105 members of the State Council. Mahendra Nagpal, the organisational election officer of Delhi … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kottayam (Kerala), April 25 (IANS) In another first for the country, an all-women advocates panel has been elected as the office-bearers of the Pala Bar Association in Kerala’s Kottayam district. When votes were counted to elect the new Bar Association at Pala, the all-women panel, led by advocate Usha Menon, … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Shimla, April 13 (IANS) For the first time in Himachal Pradesh’s history, the state-level Himachal Day celebrations will be held in the remote Pangi Valley of Chamba district on Monday. The event in Killar, the valley’s headquarters, has created a wave of excitement and festive spirit throughout the region. Locals … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Shimla, March 17 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur on Monday said state’s Budget was full of disappointment and far away from vision. Also for the first time state’s history, there was no increase in the Budget size. “There is some amount for the development of infrastructure … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Agartala, March 15 (IANS) For the first time, nine youths from Tripura have got jobs in Japan as nursing caregivers and 60 more candidates would go to the East Asian country in the next financial year (2025-26) for work, officials said here on Saturday. A Tripura government official said that … Read more
Guwahati, Feb 17 (IANS) In a first, a session of the Assam Assembly was conducted outside the state capital Dispur on Monday with the first sitting of the budget session being held at Kokrajhar, the headquarters of the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) autonomous council. The session began at noon with a speech by Governor Lakshman … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 17 (IANS) In a first, four German nationals presently holidaying in Kerala, cast their postal votes for their country’s federal elections, at the German Honorary Consulate in the city on Monday. Rainer Helbing, Uta Helbing, Evelyn Kirn and Veronika Zhuravleva cast their votes at the German Honorary Consulate in the city for the … Read more