Tirupati laddu row: Food safety regulator notice to ghee supplier

The country's food safety regulator has issued a show cause notice to a Tamil Nadu-based firm for allegedly supplying substandard ghee to temple authority Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam even as the......

Govt forms cabinet committees on security, economic affairs; includes allies

The Modi government on Wednesday constituted various cabinet committees, including the country's highest decision making bodies on security, economic and political affairs. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

Modi to move resolution to elect Birla as Speaker

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will move the motion today in the Lok Sabha to choose Om Birla as the Speaker of the lower house amid a tussle for the post with the opposition's Indian National......

INDIA bloc leaders protest in Parl with Constitution copies in hands

In a show of strength, the Opposition INDIA bloc members on Monday waved copies of the Constitution in Parliament as Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.......

Ministries draw plans to go cashless after PM's diktat

A senior finance ministry source said making the use of debit cards and e-wallets compulsory across the board is legally untenable, but banks have been asked to insist their account holders use......

Faced with bumper supplies, Centre may buy more onions to protect farmers

The Centre, along with the state governments, is planning to intervene in the market to purchase onions directly from farmers in Maharashtra and other places where prices have slumped sharply in......

What ministers are doing to control soaring food prices

Much of recent increase is seasonal, teams to look for more pulses abroad to push into market Government will increase the size of buffer stock of pulses to 0.80 million tonnes from the current......

Pulses at Rs 170/kg! What is Modi govt doing about it?

Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan sought to shift the blame on states saying they are equally responsible for keeping the prices of essential commodities under control With prices soaring to as high......

Bihar bicycle girl to attend trials but studies top priority

'We will surely send for the trials after the lockdown is lifted.' IMAGE: 15-year-old Jyoti Kumari cycled her ailing father from from Gurugram to her native village in Bihar’s Darbhanga......

Girl who cycled down 1200km gets Ivanka's praise

IMAGE: 'This beautiful feat of endurance & love has captured the imagination of the Indian people and the cycling federation'. US President Donald Trump's daughter and senior White House adviser......

Bihar girl, who cycled 1200km will be called for trials by cycling federation

In what could be a life-changing opportunity, the cycling federation will invite 15-year-old Jyoti Kumari to appear for a trial next month, impressed with her sheer doggedness with which she......