New Delhi: Plans to link the MNREGA scheme with the afforestation progamme could get a huge boost with Rural Development Ministry officials saying that the idea mooted by Union minister Nitin Gadkari has lot of

Mathura: BJP MP from Mathura Hema Malini today said her priorities would be to bring an end to the monkey menace in Vrindaban, clean the Yamuna river and to tap the region's tourism potential.The actor-turned-politician

Nagpur: Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari today ruled out the possibility of his return to Maharashtra politics in the wake of sudden demise of Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde.“Initially I

New Delhi: As part of plans for Ganga's rejuvenation, transport of passengers and goods between Varanasi and Hooghly on the Hindu holy river is being contemplated, an official statement said Friday.Road Transport, Highways and Shipping

New Delhi: As part of plans for Ganga's rejuvenation, transport of passengers and goods between Varanasi and Hooghly on the Hindu holy river is being contemplated, an official statement said on Friday.Road Transport, Highways and

New Delhi: As part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mission to clean up the Ganges, four ministries would work hand in hand to cleanse the polluted holy river and make it a hub of spiritual

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal was today put on trial by a Delhi court on charges of defamation on a complaint filed against him by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari.Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday introduced his council of ministers in the Lok Sabha.Beginning with Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the prime minister introduced all the ministers one by one in Hindi.The only minister

New Delhi: A Delhi court judge today requested Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari to shake hands and end the defamation case, but the AAP leader refused to

New Delhi: Can you visualise boats sailing on the almost dead Yamuna river in Delhi? The Narendra Modi government is exploring the possibility of making the river - and possibly other rivers as well -

New Delhi: Repeated violations of traffic rules will result in cancellation of driving license once the government overhauls the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill to enforce stricter adherence to norms.“If anyone violates the road rules more

New Delhi: India's Motor Vehicle Bill will be re-drafted within a month in line with advanced international practices to enhance road safety, Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said today.  His comments come

New Delhi: Amid demands for a CBI probe into the death of former Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde following a road accident, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will decide the

New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari was today given the additional charge of portfolios held by Gopinath Munde who died in a road accident here.A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said President Pranab Mukherjee, as advised by

New Delhi: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and two other AAP leaders were today granted bail by a Delhi court in a criminal defamation complaint filed against them by an advocate after they furnished

New Delhi: A doughty fighter, Union Minister Gopinath Munde's heart was always in Maharashtra and was seeing himself as the next Chief Minister after the Assembly polls due later this year.While 64-year-old Munde himself did

Mumbai/New Delhi: Union Minister for Rural Development Gopinath Munde was killed early Tuesday in a road accident in the national capital when he was on way to the airport to catch a flight to Mumbai.He

New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Road, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed with him certain organisational matters in view of the proposed changes in the

New Delhi: The situation outside Tihar jail, where AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal was lodged today, turned chaotic after his party workers clashed with police there in the evening.Several AAP workers, including senior party leader Yogendra

New Delhi: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today refused to furnish a bail bond in connection with a criminal defamation complaint filed against him by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari before a court here which