Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also thanked PM Modi and Piyush Goyal for their work aimed at Bihar's development. Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi said that these rail lines will connect Jain and Buddhist pilgrimage sites

The strategic Atal Tunnel, connecting Rohtang to Leh border is now ready amid the ongoing India-China standoff at Ladakh border. Among the civic works that began almost a decade ago, the Atal Tunnel, named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is the world's longest motorable road at an altitude of over 3,000 metres or 10,000 feet. The 9 kilometre-long tunnel will ensure all-weather connectivity and reduce the distance between Manali and Leh by 46 kilometres. Watch the video for more.Also Read: Dr Reddy's settles patent suit with Celgene for Revlimid capsules

The SS Kalpana Chawla is tentatively scheduled to launch from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Wallop Flight Facility on September 29. It will deliver 3,639 kilos of cargo to the ISS

Recalling that he as Finance Minister in the Narasimha Rao cabinet had dedicated his first budget to the memory of Rajiv Gandhi, Dr Singh said the 1991 budget changed India in many ways as it ushered in economic reforms and liberalisation

Chandrakanta Goyal was a corporator in Mumbai for one term after the Emergency

Protests against the custodial killing of Floyd turned violent in some places in the US and prestigious monuments were damaged

Bejan Daruwalla, who was on ventilator support, breathed his last at Apollo Hospital in Ahmedabad

National Technology Day: PM Modi pays tribute to coronavirus researchers, hails 1998 Pokhran nuclear testsPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took to social media to pay tribute to researchers and innovators on National Technology Day. He also hailed the Pokhran nuclear tests that were conducted on this day in 1998 when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the prime minister. PM Modi paid tribute to the \"exceptional achievement of our scientists\" on this day in 1998. The Prime Minister c...

National Technology Day: PM Modi said that the Pokhran nuclear tests -- that were conducted 22 years ago -- showed the difference strong political leadership can make

AIIMS RDA last week wrote to its hospital administration, demandingdonations to PM-CARES Fund be made a voluntary exercise or opt-in but demand was rejected

Coronavirus cases in India, lockdown news live updates: \"These activities are essential to improve the economic activity and provide liquidity in hands od people,\" DPIIT said in its letter to Ministry of Home Affairs

The government's decision to name the two institutions after Swaraj came a day before her 68th birth anniversary

The Indian economy is going through one of its longest spells of slowdown - six quarters and counting

The districts where internet services have been affected include Meerut, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, Bulandshahr, and Shamli. Authorities have said the services will be resumed on Friday evening

The International Monetary Fund in its annual staff report on India released Monday, raised doubts over India's methodology to calculate gross domestic product (GDP) numbers, saying certain changes to historical series and discrepancies between GDP by activity and GDP by expenditure have made the growth calculation process complex; Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the Atal Bhujal Yojana, a scheme aimed at improving groundwater management, on the occasion of 95th birth anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee; Housing sales in the national capital region went up by 6 per cent to 46,920 units during 2019 on higher demand for affordable homes and completed flats, according to property consultant Anarock and more on News Blast.

IMF flags issues with India's GDP calculation method; says it's complexThe International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its annual staff report on India released Monday, raised doubts over India's methodology to calculate gross domestic product (GDP) numbers, saying certain changes to historical series and discrepancies between GDP by activity and GDP by expenditure have made the growth calculation process complex. The IMF in its latest report has pointed out discrepancies in calculating...

On Tuesday, the Union Cabinet had approved Rs 6,000 crore for the implementation of the Atal Bhujal Yojana over a period of 5 years (2020-21 to 2024-25)

'If the British Parliament can have 650 members, the Canadian Parliament can have 443 members and the US Congress can accommodate 535 members, why can't the Indian Parliament do so,' Mukherjee said.

The transfer orders of these 50 officials were issued on Monday, sources said

'Every one has accepted the verdict given by the Supreme Court. I appeal to shiv sainiks to celebrate the verdict without hurting anybody's sentiments,' Thackeray said