Tag: DR
About 42 Per Cent Of India Abnormally Dry
About 42 per cent of India is 'abnormally dry' which is around 6 per cent more than last year, according to the Drought Early Warning System (DEWS).....
ED Questions Vadra Over Six Hours In Money Laundering Case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday questioned Congress President Rahul Gandhi's brother-in-law Robert Vadra for over six hours in connection with a money laundering case involving assets allegedly held abroad.....
Government Forms Two Cabinet Panels To Check Falling Growth, Employment
Hit hard by the 5-year low GDP growth and a 45-year high unemployment rate of 6.1 per cent, the newly formed Modi government swung into action and on Wednesday, as it formed two new cabinet committees to check the declining trend in growth and employment and spur demand as well as consumption.....
Modi, Xi To Meet Next Week At SCO Summit
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meet in Bishkek, India's envoy to China Vikram Misri said on Thursday.....
BCCI Asks ICC To Approve Dhoni's Gloves With Army Insignia
With Indians across all paths of life coming out in support of former India skipper M.S. Dhoni after the International Cricket Council (ICC) asked him to remove the 'Balidaan Badge from his wicketkeeping gloves, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) running Indian cricket have sent in a request to the ICC asking them to allow Dhoni to have the logo on his gloves.....
Modi Prays For India's 'progress, Prosperity' At Kerala Temple
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited the famed Sri Krishna Temple here on Saturday, said he prayed at the shrine for the progress and prosperity of India.....
Child Retrieved From Punjab Borewell Is Dead, Claims Family
The two-year-old boy who was retrieved Tuesday morning from a 150-foot-deep abandoned borewell in a village in Punjab's Sangrur district after five days of rescue operation was no more, claimed victim's grandfather.....
India Snubs Pakistan: PM's Plane Not To Use Its Airspace
In a snub to Islamabad, India on Wednesday made it clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's special plane will bypass Pakistan en route to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan where he is going to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit on Thursday.....
Modi Asks Ministers To Reach Office On Time, Avoid Working From Home
In his first meeting with the new Council of Ministers on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi instructed all the ministers to reach office on time every morning and avoid working from home.....
Cyclone Vayu Won't Make Landfall In Gujarat: IMD
Cyclone Vayu will not make landfall on the Gujarat coast on Thursday as it was expected, and will pass by the Saurashtra region later in the day, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.....
