Bengal announces complete lockdown from May 16-30 to curb Covid spread

West Bengal will go under a complete lockdown from Sunday till May 30, the state government announced, as it put in place a host of stringent measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, including......

Assam boat tragedy: 84 found alive, 2 missing

Overnight search and rescue operations established contacts with 84 persons, who were travelling on the ill-fated boat that capsized in the Brahmaputra river in Assam, but two persons are still......

K'taka portfolios: Siddaramaiah keeps finance, Shivakumar gets irrigation

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has allocated portfolios to ministers in his Cabinet, keeping the Finance department with himself while assigning the Irrigation and Bengaluru City Development......

Assam flood worsens; nearly 9.3 lakh people hit

The flood situation in Assam worsened further on Sunday with two more persons losing their lives in the deluge which affected nearly 9.3 lakh people in 23 districts, the State Disaster Management......

RITES spots 5 sites for inland water transport

RITES Limited, a Government of India-owned consultancy firm in the field of transport, infrastructure and related technologies, has identified 5 river stretches for development of inland water......

Cabinet okays winding up sick PSU

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the dissolution of the Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited as part of the government's move to identify and close down "irretrievable"......

Sagarmala project in muddy waters

The much-hyped Sagarmala project, which envisages integrated development of ports, shipping and inland water transport, appears to be losing steam. While a formal Cabinet approval is still......

Govt to revive 7 ailing central PSUs: FinMin

The government has approved revival of seven sick central PSUs, including HMT Machine Tools and Tyre Corporation, through disinvestment or joint venture route. The other sick CPSEs which will be......