The 13 cities selected in the Fast Track Smart City Competition have proposed a total investment of Rs 30,229 crore
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Jet Airways will not operate some of its flights to and from West Bengal and Kerala on Tuesday following a strike call by major central trade unions.
Fixtures for the 2013-14 season.
Railways proposes to complete over 550 kms of new lines in eight sections, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav announced on Friday.
A total of 27 out of the 35 non-metro airports that have been taken up for development suffered a total loss of Rs 172.64 crore in 2006-07. Six of these made a loss of more than Rs 10 crore (Rs 100 million) each.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
The government also sought approval from Parliament for equity infusion worth Rs 2,345 crore into struggling Air India and another Rs 1,300 crore for Air India Asset Holding.
Earlier, the Bangladesh soldiers had killed two villagers.
Ahead of his two-day maiden visit to Bangladesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he was looking forward to it with a great sense of "enthusiasm and delight" as the two sides readied a host of pacts to be signed including one on enhancing connectivity.
The retreating Pakistani troops were heading towards Dacca and they had to be stopped at all costs. The Eastern Army Commander, in his orders to General Sagat Singh, had reiterated that he did not want the troops of 4 Corps to cross the Meghna river. But General Sagat had other plans to threaten Dacca and ensure that the pressure would make the Pakistani commanders capitulate. This is where the IAF helicopters came in.
Around 7,000 CFA students await the Delhi high court's verdict on whether or not the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute will be allowed to conduct the exam as per schedule on June 3.
Of the 11, one is an electronic engineer who studied in Texas of the United States, another is a textile engineer and another one is a mechanical engineer and the rest are just literate. They had been staying in Tripura from June 26.
Tripura: Militants kill man and daughter; injure three
Olympics-bound gymnast Dipa Karmakar's coach, Bisweshwar Nandi said that the Indian gymnast's best is yet to come and her hunger for perfection would take her to places.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said India and Bangladesh would soon approve the Teesta water sharing agreement.
The situation had led to a blame game between the Border Security Force and its counterpart -- Border Guards Bangladesh -- with the two sides accusing each other of pushing them into their territories.
The wheels turn for bicycles, as manufacturers go back to the basics. After motorised two-wheelers overtook cycle sales in the country, manufacturers are focusing on commuter segment again and reviving entry-level cycles.
Dipa Karmakar, who became the first Indian to make the cut for the individual vault finals in her debut Olympic Games after finishing eighth in the qualifying round, will compete for a historic medal in the finals on August 14.
Employed with a private construction company, they were engaged in laying a railway track in Dhalai district.
'Amit Shah needs to understand that we are not against Hindus. But we need to preserve our ethnic character.'
No-frills airline SpiceJet on Wednesday launched yet another round of limited-period low fare offers to fill its seats for travel between July and September when air travel generally slumps.
They belonged to different outfits of the Northeast and were killed in simultaneous attacks by unidentified gunmen on four hideouts.
Former India players Pragyan Ojha and Ashok Dinda were on Saturday involved in an ugly feud ahead of Bengal's Ranji Trophy group league encounter against Tamil Nadu in Rajkot and both nearly came to exchanging blows during the training session. Both players are important in Bengal's scheme of things and the team management, which includes skipper Manoj Tiwary, coach Sairaj Bahutule and manager Sameer Dasgupta, spoke to them and conveyed that this behaviour was unexpected.
India and Bangladesh had decided to start the service during the Joint Economic Commission meeting in Dhaka.
Ranji Trophy: Birla scion Aryaman hits maiden first-class ton, MP salvage draw against Bengal
The official GDP data for the September quarter will be released on Friday.
In a row over the re-naming of Ujjayanta Palace, the home of erstwhile Royal family of Tripura, the Left Front government has apparently given in to the massive public protests orchestrated by Tripura Students' Federation.
The BJP's strong showing came as a surprise for many as the party did not even have a councillor in Tripura.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Tuesday
Chetan Sharma, Ishan Ganda and Joginder Sharma hit centuries as Tripura claimed two points from the Plate group match against Haryana.
Suspected All Tripura Tiger Force insurgents had planted the landmine which exploded at about 1130 IST when a team from the Sidhai police station was on its way to the Barkathal marketplace on routine duty.
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Out of 98 cities selected for the Rs 48,000 crore Smart Cities project, 24 are capital cities.
'You have been surrounded from all directions, if you want the safety of your troops and your personal safety, we will give you eight hours to make up your mind to surrender.'
A round-up of Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday
As part of a 'Green Mission', the Border Security Force has taken a massive plantation drive all over the country to set a record in the Limca Book of Records, a BSF officer said on Sunday.
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