The Centre on Tuesday assured flood-ravaged Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh that funds will not be a constraint for relief and rehabilitation and asked them to focus on providing succour to the......
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday announced Rs 500 crore as a special package for the rehabilitation of rain-affected victims in Maharashtra in addition to the Rs 200 crore from the......
States have been told to prepare in advance to counter any impact of an adverse southwest monsoon. IMAGE: An elderly lady carries a filled container after collecting water from a tanker at......
'Other countries go out on a limb to save even a single life. What to talk of civilian accidents and disasters, even our military does not have a priority for Combat Search and Rescue...''It is an......
Many senior officers believe the chief should have taken a stronger stand against using army resources to help what one officer calls “a government-friendly godman,” reports Ajai......
The Centre has provided relief worth Rs 11,157 crore (Rs 111.57 billion) to 17 drought-hit states since last year. This includes Rs 3,240 crore (Rs 32.40 billion) in cash and Rs 7,917 crore (Rs......
With different agencies showing divergent predictions regarding the southwest monsoon, the central government and states are gearing up to face adversity with various line ministries reportedly......
Petrol price will be hiked by over Rs 2.5 per litre and diesel by more than Rs 2.3 after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday raised taxes on the fuels to part-fund her Budget for......
The move will increase working capital requirement for brokers, raise the work load on the system and will leave little room for contingencies. Close on the heels of the overseas investors group,......
Various duties of excise on petrol and diesel remains unchanged for the oil and gas industry. None of the demands of the industry were met Budget provisions The......