Congress President Rahul Gandhi has asked the Centre to provide adequate financial aid to Kerala to counter the unprecedented floods which ravaged the state. He said that the initial package offered by the Centre was inadequate and the new package should be announced. Talking to media persons at Kochi, he […]

The Cabinet today approved additional two per cent hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR), a move that will benefit about 1.1 crore central government employees and pensioners. The impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR would be six thousand one hundred and twelve […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval today for the umbrella scheme “Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources Modelling and Science – O-SMART. The scheme with an overall cost of 1623 crore encompasses a total of 16 sub-projects addressing ocean development […]

A High level delegation led by Minister of State for Finance Pon. Radhakrishnan is visiting Kerala today afternoon to review the relief and rehabilitation measures undertaken by the banks and insurance companies in view of the large-scale devastation caused by the recent floods.The review meeting is scheduled at 4PM today. […]

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Congress is running a false propaganda against the government related to the purchase of Rafale aircraft. In an interview to a news agency, Mr Jaitley said, Congress’ claim on the issue of pricing is factually false and Congress President Rahul Gandhi gave seven […]

Minister of Communications Manoj Sinha today said that  India Post Payment Banks-IPPB will be launched at 650 places.The Minister said that Savings accounts, current accounts, money transfer, enterprise and merchant payments will be highlights of India Post Payment Banks. Mr.Sinha also said that by December this year IPPBs  will provide […]

Historian Romila Thapar and four others today moved the Supreme Court against the arrest of five Left-wing activists by the Maharashtra Police yesterday in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence.  The five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra agreed to give an urgent hearing today at 3:45 PM. The […]

Prime Minister Narendra has said, the government is focussing on preventive health care, which helps the poor and middle-class people the most. Interacting with BJP workers in Varanasi through Video Conferencing, Mr Modi said, healthcare must be affordable. Prime Minister said, as a citizen, every eligible person should enrol his […]

Minister of State for External Affairs Gen V.K.Singh has emphasized India’s sincere and abiding commitment to work with Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation-BIMSTEC Member States. Addressing the Sixteenth BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting in Kathmandu this morning, Gen Singh said that India is dedicated to making the […]

Today is the National Sports Day. The Day is celebrated on 29th August every year to mark the birthday of legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand. Prime Minister Narendra has greeted all sports enthusiasts on this occasion.  In a tweet, Mr Modi also paid tributes to the phenomenal hockey player, Major […]