PM firm on Land Act, orders MPs to 'bust the myths'

Amid stiff opposition to government’s move to amend land acquisition Act, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made it clear that there was no going back.The Bharatiya Janata Party......

PM Modi calls on Saudi King Salman, meets top ministers to deepen bilateral ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called on Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the two leaders exchanged views on working closely together to strengthen the bilateral ties. IMAGE:......

Modi, Oli inaugurate South Asia's first cross-border oil pipeline

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart K P Oli on Tuesday jointly inaugurated the first ever cross-border petroleum pipeline in South Asia that will ensure uninterrupted fuel......

BJP's strategy for 2019 will target women voters

Victory in the Uttar Pradesh polls has emboldened the party leadership to pursue a pro-woman agenda, say Sanjeeb Mukherjee and Archis Mohan. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Narendra Modi led the......

Ration shops to double up as financial service providers in Chhattisgarh

The Chhattisgarh government has decided to set up model fair-price shops (FPS) in each district and encourage owners to act as banking correspondents for providing financial services. Photograph:......

Direct cash transfer of LPG kicks off in 18 districts

Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily today formally launched the direct benefit transfer scheme for liquefied petroleum gas at Tumkur in Karnataka. It was launched simultaneously in......

President to host PM's LPG panchayat on Tuesday

Over 100 beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana from 20 states will share with the LPG panchayat their experiences of how clean cooking fuel has changed their lives, in the presence of......

LPG now costs Rs 942.50 after hike in dealers' commission

Domestic cooking gas prices have been hiked by over Rs 2 per cylinder after the government increased the commission paid to dealers.  A 14.2-kg subsidised liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder......