From April 1, only those gold jewellery and artifacts with a six-digit alphanumeric number as a hallmark can be sold, Nidhi Khare, additional secretary, of consumer affairs on gold hallmarking said late on Friday.
Former Deputy Chief Minister and National People's Party (NPP) MLA Prestone Tynsong on Saturday said that the swearing-in-ceremony of the NPP-led government in Meghalaya will be held on March 7.
"I have spoken to honourable chief minister and my brother Nitish Kumar on phone and assured him that all the workers are our workers and they are helping the development of Tamil Nadu. Therefore, I assured that none of these issues will impact them" the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister said.
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party's Neiphiu Rio on Saturday tendered his resignation as Chief Minister of Nagaland to Governor La Ganesan and staked claim to form the new government in the state.
Gilgit-Baltistan Awami Action Committee demanded the end of load shedding, the revival of subsidies on flour, reversing the proposal of the revenue act and an end to land grab in the Pakistan-Occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) by the Pakistan army and government.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has formed a four member team which will be visiting Tamil Nadu on Saturday to take stock of the situation and will be submitting a report to the CM following their visit.
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Harjinder Singh Dhami launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janta Party-led central government and said that the government is taking steps to suppress the minority communities.
"It was next to impossible to hand over 16,000 cheques in a day hence 32 mothers, one from every constituency are being awarded here today. However, the remaining mothers will receive money directly from the State Bank of Sikkim bank account," the Sikkim CM said.
After a series of protests by students complaining that a Government Junior College with 700 students has just one toilet, the Telangana High Court on Thursday issued a notice to officials seeking a response in the matter.
According to the LG office, the objective behind the move is to optimally utilize the vacant beds in government hospitals where critical but stable patients from AIIMS, which is reeling under an acute shortage of beds, could be referred for treatment.
A day after the BJP created history by returning to power in Tripura, Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday submitted his resignation to Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya at Raj Bhavan in Agartala and the Governor asked him to continue till the new government is sworn in.
Maharashtra Home Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday informed the Assembly that the state Home Ministry has sought the details from the WhatsApp Nodal officer of a number which has been accused of demanding ransom from the families of girls who have been filmed by