Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 17 (ANI): Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday hailed the performance of the party in local body elections and said that people have reposed faith in the Congress government in the state.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 17 (ANI): Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain alleged on Wednesday that the Karnataka government and the state police were not informed about the arrest of climate activist Disha Ravi which was similar to the ones made in Punjab over ongoing protests again
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): Union Minister for Railways Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Wednesday flagged off a goods train on the newly electrified Manigram-Nimtita section in West Bengal through video conference.
Dimapur (Nagaland), February 17 (ANI): The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) in Nagaland on Wednesday, had a trial run of a first 'train engine' for a short distance from the Dhansiripar Railway Station in Assam along the Dhansiri-Shukovi (Dimapur-Zubza) railway track on February 16.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], February 17 (ANI): A Pune court has granted bail to accused Gajanan Marne in a case registered with Kothrud police station in the city on a surety of Rs 15,000.
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], February 17 (ANI): Following the Uttarakhand glacial burst catastrophe, the Uttarakhand Disaster Management Authority (UDMA) on Wednesday said that so far 58 bodies have been recovered and 146 were missing. The UDMA said rescue operations are underway.
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], February 17 (ANI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said on Wednesday that state cabinet has regularised the decisions of the government to revise the tax rates for petrol and diesel taken over the past few days which have led to the reduction in fuel pric
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 17 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday arrested a terrorist, a most wanted facilitator of terrorist activities, in Poonch from Jammu Airport.
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Wednesday condemned an attack on a protest organised by All India Krishak Khet Majdoor Sangathan (AIKKMS) in Bihar's Muzaffarpur allegedly by Viswa Hindu Parishad workers.
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): In his address at the IEA-IEF-OPEC Symposium on Energy Outlooks on Wednesday, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan appealed to oil-producing countries to ease production cuts to stabilise the fragile global economic recovery.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 17 (ANI): Karnataka Mines and Geology Minister Murugesh Nirani on Wednesday cracked his whip on corrupt officials by ordering the suspension of two senior officials in his department.
Washington [US], February 17 (ANI): A new study by the American Chemical Society, has found that using complementary forms of disinfection, like copper-silver ionization (CSI), can decrease disinfection byproducts and cell toxicity of chlorinated swimming pool water.