The Uttar Pradesh government has deployed two senior IAS officers, who were part of the team that successfully conducted the 2019 Ardh Kumbh, to oversee the smooth conduct of the Maha Kumbh Mela in......
A young Indian man crossed over illegally into Pakistan to meet a Facebook friend he wanted to marry, but instead found himself behind bars. And the woman told the local the police she did not want......
For Yogi Adityanath the successful management of the Kumbh Mela is a crucial part of building 'Brand UP' and making the state a $1 trillion economy. IMAGE: Members of the Panchdashnaam Avahan......
Torrential downpour in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh left 31 persons dead, battered roads and rail tracks snapping connectivity, submerged thousands of acres of agricultural crops and left people......
A panel of Union ministers held a fourth round of talks with farmer leaders in Chandigarh on Sunday over their demands, including a legal guarantee of MSP, as thousands of protesting farmers camped......
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced six new schemes and increased the subsidised Kisan Credit Card (KCC) loan limit to Rs 7 lakh from Rs 5 lakh, targeting everything from......
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the implementation of the national policy on biofuels. It also approved setting up a national biofuel coordination committee, to be headed by the prime......
The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank have agreed to provide about $800 million (approximately Rs 3,500 crore) for the development of rural roads. Of this, the World Bank will give $300......
The Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) backing for bank loans to microfinance companies in India will come with a rider.The Manila-based development finance institution has decided not to guarantee......
The government said on Tuesday it is not mulling a regulator for microfinance institutions, but wanted them to evolve a code for themselves, even as these lenders draw criticism over their......