Over 10 million farmers have received Rs 2,000 crore under the flagship scheme says Virendra Singh Rawat.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was fined 75 per cent of his match fees for allegedly shoving young Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman.
Pakistani authorities have arrested nine Indian fishermen and seized five boats on charges of illegally fishing in the country's waters, officials said on Thursday.
A 1956-grounded streamer, built by the makers of the Titanic, has been transformed by graffitists from an old, rusting wreck into funky floating art gallery.
Warship building projects worth at least Rs 630 billion have ground to a standstill. The defence ministry has halted tendering in wait for a government decision on whether to allow, or to exclude, Anil Ambani's shipbuilding firm from those contracts.
Ethiopia, Togo and Equatorial Guinea are facing disciplinary proceedings for allegedly fielding ineligible players in the World Cup qualifiers, FIFA said on Sunday.
Addressing an election rally in Dwarka three days before the February 8 assembly elections, the prime minister said the national capital also needs a government that will give direction and not resort to blame games.
Rohan Marley, son of one of music's great legends Bob Marley, talks about his new brand of audio products, his trip to India and the Marley legacy.
Manchester City will give volatile Italian striker Mario Balotelli another chance, manager Roberto Mancini said on Friday.
Mario Balotelli is reportedly taking Manchester City to a Premier League tribunal to overturn a 340,000 club fine.
Russia will hand over the much-delayed INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier to India in November, giving the country's navy a strategic advantage in the Indian Ocean region.
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Designed and built by the Mazgaon Dock, the three floating outposts are: Seema Prahari Dwarka, Seema Prahari Sagar and Seema Prahari Kamakhya.
They claimed that the 'harsh reality' in the backdrop of Goswami's statement is that the 'fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three other accomplices was ordered by the then chief minister and present Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the then MoS, Gujarat Amit Shah'.
The Kolkata-class warship, the first of P15-B stealth destroyers, was launched by Minu Dhowan, wife of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R K Dhowan, at Mazagaon Docks Ltd.
To curb pollution, the Mysuru corporation has launched a bicycle-sharing initiative, reports Apurva Venkat.
Speaking to Rajdeep Sardesai, Tytler denies political interference in the case and says he will wait for a clean chit before accepting any responsibility in the government.
The government has decided to construct cruise terminals at Mumbai, Goa, Mangalore, Kochi and Chennai.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Opposition Communist Party of India-Marxist and a section of media of running a misleading campaign on the deadlock at the Haldia dock.
Labour unions bent on preserving jobs, with active help from the political class, is an old story in West Bengal.
Researchers at Georgia Technology developed the gyrating Robotic dock that looks like a bizarre futuristic table lamp, but in fact is a fully featured dancing robot called 'Shimi'
China on Saturday fired its longest and heaviest rocket, successfully sending its first woman astronaut along with two male colleagues into space to conduct the maiden manned docking of its space lab being built to rival Russia's Mir International Space Station.
The government has planned to put opposition Bharatiya Janata Party in the dock by bringing in a constitutional amendment providing for reservation in promotions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in government service in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Soccer club owners should be allowed to spend as much money as they want, Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini said as he gave new financial fair play rules a big thumbs down.
Shanaka was seen trying to pick the seam of the ball in the 50th over of India's first innings, for which he was docked 75 per cent of his match fees by ICC Match Referee David Boon.
The state-of-the-art features of this Scorpene class submarine include superior stealth and the ability to launch a crippling attack on the enemy using precision guided weapon.
In open defiance of the city's police machinery, Pramod Shantaram Tawde, a Mumbai cop with Byculla's wireless division, on Tuesday alleged that the central government and former Union Home Minister P Chidambaram were pressurising the state government to dismiss a police case filed by him against 15 CISF personnel.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump talked by phone for about 50 minutes Friday morning and agreed to 'strengthen cooperation' on fighting the novel coronavirus, but did not discuss postponing the Olympics or holding them without spectators, Japanese officials said.
Reacting to the Unnao case, which has grabbed national headlines, it has been decided that the state prosecution wpuld apprise the govt every month of the prospective hearing dates in such cases.
England pair Jason Roy and David Willey have been fined by the International Cricket Council following their close win over Sri Lanka on Saturday which sealed their place in the 2016 World T20 semi-final. Opening batsman Roy has been fined 30 per cent of his match fee for displaying dissent twice during his 42-run knock at New Delhi. Roy was fined for using obscene language when he was given out lbw in the 13th over, and again when he threw his bat and helmet as he exited the playing arena. Roy breached Article 2.1.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "showing dissent at an umpire's decision during an international match".
China's first woman cosmonaut and two of her colleagues returned to Earth on Friday after successfully accomplishing the country's first-ever manual space docking during a two-week mission, giving a boost to Beijing's efforts to build a space station by 2020.
United States dock workers on Thursday thoroughly searched containers aboard a cargo ship at a New Jersey port where the vessel arrived after loading freight in India, Pakistan and Egypt, fearing that one of the boxes might be carrying stowaways.
Former Arsenal and Manchester City midfielder Patrick Vieira has said clubs should be docked points or kicked out of European competitions if their fans or players are found guilty of racism.
Launching a month-long campaign ahead of assembly elections, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday raised the coal issue, accusing the Congress of whipping up an atmosphere of anger against the CAG like it did against the Supreme Court in the 2G case.
Russia will appeal UEFA's decision to dock the team six points in qualifying for the next European Championship if their fans misbehave again, the Russian soccer federation said on Thursday.
Four Indian naval warships, on a goodwill tour to China, docked at the Shanghai port on Wednesday to a warm reception by the Chinese navy.Chinese naval officials headed by Rear Admiral Shen Hao, commander of the Shanghai Maritime Garrison, welcomed the ships and the crew.
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The Telugu Desam Party and other opposition parties have gone for the jugular as the ministers in the dock were all key portfolio holders under YS Rajashekhar Reddy regime. Mohammed Siddique reports.
The trial of Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, for killing a British businessman ended with suspended death sentence, but pictures from court showing her plumper than before sparked off speculation in microblogs whether the woman in the dock was a body double.
