New Delhi:  BJP today condemned the firing by Pakistan at Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) and said the defence forces have been tasked to give an appropriate reply.“We condemn this. Whatever is

New Delhi: Hitting back at Sonia Gandhi for criticising Modi dispensation's 100 days rule, BJP today said the party has given a working government to the country with a strong Prime Minister and that the

New Delhi: Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Ram Vilas Paswan today sought to blame Bihar government over the Patna stampede incident, saying it failed to learn from the past and put in place measures

New Delhi: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US, the union cabinet Wednesday approved a number of agreements between the two countries.Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that in a meeting chaired

New Delhi: Days ahead of its own deadline for the revision of natural gas prices, government today postponed a decision on it by another 45 days to November 15.The NDA government, after coming to power,

New Delhi:  Government today said Supreme Court's decision to cancel the allocation of 214 coal blocks was in accordance with its stand and will enable it to make a ‘fresh start'.“Basically, the judgment is in

New Delhi: Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is in Germany on an official visit, on Thursday met the German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabrial and urged the country to increase investments in

Srinagar: Mobile services were partially restored Saturday in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir as rescue and relief efforts continued on a war footing. The receding floodwaters revealed the death of 43 people, including 14 children in

New Delhi: Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said people in flood-hit Kashmir will get free telecom services for a week on BSNL network, and mobile networks have been substantially or partially restored

Chennai: Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today described the Prime Minister's Jan Dhan scheme as the “greatest inclusive programme” in the country to have been launched so far.In his address at the Tamil Nadu

New Delhi: The government Wednesday launched the .Bharat domain name in devanagari script covering eight languages including Hindi, Konkani and Marathi.With the launch, individuals of companies who are interested in owning a website with domain

New Delhi: In a relief to consumers, the Cabinet today lifted the restriction of supply of only one subsidised cooking gas LPG cylinder to a household in a month, saying consumers can avail their quota

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi has a unique quality of striking an instant chord with the masses as he delivers motivational speeches clubbed with satire and emotions. The entire nation was drawn to him during

New Delhi: The Election Commission has called a meeting with BSP, NCP and CPI next week to hear their views on a show cause notice to withdraw their ‘national party' status following their performance in

New Delhi: The government Monday withdrew The Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2013 in the Rajya Sabha and said two new bills will be brought soon.The bill provided for establishing a Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) to

New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Thursday said that the decision to sack Kamla Beniwal as Mizoram governor was taken in accordance with Constitution and there was "no politics in it"."Action against Kamla

New Delhi: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today assured the lawyers' community that he would take up the issue of alleged sexual harassment of a woman Additional District and Sessions judge by a judge of

New Delhi: The Centre today rushed in essential supplies, relief teams and other assistance to Bihar to deal with Kosi flood situation and put on standby several aircraft to deal with any emergency.Cabinet Secretary Ajit

New Delhi: A day after informing Parliament that the PMO under Manmohan Singh had pushed for extension to a judge facing corruption charges, the government today demanded that the former Prime Minister should make a

New Delhi: Amid furore created by AIADMK members in Parliament for the second day running, Government today admitted that a Supreme Court collegium during the UPA rule had recommended extension of a judge in Tamil