India

Trial runs for Metro rail operations in Indore will begin next month on a 5.9-km route covering five stations, said an official associated with the mass transit project.

Nine newly elected members of the Rajya Sabha including S Jaishankar will take oath at 11 am in the Rajya Sabha Chamber of Parliament House on August 21.

On Thursday, around 11 girls studying in a higher secondary at Bicholim in North Goa were hospitalised after some fellow students used pepper spray on them.

Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said the Jadavpur University campus needs to be freed of “anti-national elements.

NTPC is committed to achieving 60 GW of Renewable Energy capacity by 2032 and be a major player in green hydrogen technology and energy storage domain.

The BRS party had grown beyond that stage of infancy. It is a formidable force now with a membership of over 50 lakhs.

Cooperatives NCCF and NAFED will start selling tomatoes at a reduced rate of Rs 40 per kilogram from August 20 amid declining price of the kitchen staple in wholesale and retail markets.

Nine re-elected/newly elected members of the Rajya Sabha including Trinamool Congress member Derek O' Brien and Bharatiya Janata Party's S Jaishankar will take oath at 11 am in the Rajya Sabha Chamber of Parliament House on August 21.

The Congress government in Karnataka has ordered a judicial probe into the allegations of 40% commission paid on state contracts during the preceding Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP regime

State-owned NLC India (NLCIL) has inked a pact to supply 300 MW of solar power for 25 years to Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam under the CPSU scheme.

Rahul, who had been representing the Amethi Lok Sabha seat since 2004, suffered a shocking defeat in the Gandhi bastion in 2019 when he lost to BJP's Smriti Irani

The decision of a caste census was taken by the Bihar cabinet on June 2 last year, months after the Centre ruled out such an exercise in the Census.

Manipur BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh, son-in-law of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, in a video message, also demanded to take strict action against the Kuki militants for violations of the ground rules

Congress General Secretary in-charge Organisation KC Venugopal said that the Election Manifesto Committee will be headed by Mohd Akbar.

An offence has been registered against a man for allegedly threatening a group of porters at gunpoint and preventing them from working at a construction site in Maharashtra's Thane city.

As many as 1,565 farmer suicides have taken place in Vidarbha (eastern Maharashtra) so far this year, claimed activist Kishore Tiwari, a former chairman of the state government's Vasantrao Naik Shetkari Swavlambi Mission for farmers' welfare.

Delhi High Court directed Bharat Prakashan Ltd and the magazine 'Organiser Weekly - Voice of the Nation' to remove the offending article from their website and issued summons to them

Notably, the caste-based survey in Bihar has been completed and its results are expected to be out soon in the public domain.

Locals said Abraham was taken to a nearby hospital after a portion of the concrete shade of the nearby building where a bar hotel is functioning fell on him.

Solar Energy Corporation of India will be setting up an Inter State Transmission System Projects connected wind power projects in Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh with a total capacity of 1300 MW.

The Ayodhya Development Authority will spearhead this project to turn the religious town into a tourist destination.

During his inaugural speech, the Union Minister stated that the establishment of the 3D-printed post office reflects the current spirit of progress within the country.

Journalist Vimal Kumar Yadav was shot dead by unidentified people in Araria district of Bihar early on Friday, police said.

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd on Friday said it has been imposed a penalty of over Rs 14.3 lakh for incorrect input tax credit availed during the transition from the excise regime to the GST regime.