New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala Binoy Viswam on Saturday wrote to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and urged her to reconsider the decision to slash the interest rate of EPFO from 8.5 per cent to 8.1 per cent.
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): Muzzafar Iqbal Khan, a petitioner on Saturday approached the Supreme Court urging for an early hearing of the petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories.
Imphal (Manipur) [India], March 10 (ANI): The political fervour goes high as all eyes are set on the counting of votes of Assembly elections in Manipur that began at 8 am on Thursday morning.
Manchester [UK], March 10 (ANI): Manchester City drew a rare home blank against Sporting CP but had already done more than enough to reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the setting up of the National Land Monetisation Corporation (NLMC) that will undertake the work of monetisation of surplus land and building assets of Central Public Sector Ente
Agartala (Tripura) [India], March 8 (ANI): On the occasion of International Women's Day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announced that 33 per cent of government jobs in Tripura would be reserved for women.
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 7 (ANI): Ten students of a Polytechnic College in Dibai of Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Monday suffered burn injuries after a gas cylinder suddenly burst itself in the hostel kitchen, informed Bulandhshahr District Magistrate CP Singh.
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the CBI against bail granted to CPI(M) members accused in a case relating to the murder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) member Elanthottathil Manoj in Kannur district, Kerala, in September 2014.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], March 4 (ANI): CPI(M) leader and politburo member, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, was on Friday re-elected as the state secretary of the party in Kerala for the third consecutive term in the last day of the party's state conference.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], March 4 (ANI): CPIM general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said that the "weakened" Congress is unable to challenge the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre which does not see the grand old party as a major threat.
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 4 (ANI): Taliban intelligence is trying to control the Afghan media by torturing and beating Afghan journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said in its latest report.