Micro and small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) would have to be encouraged to achieve the goal of the national manufacturing policy to increase the gross domestic product (GDP) rate from 16 to 25 per cent by end of year 2022, Tamilnadu governor Banwarilal Purohit said Monday.
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India’s first engine-less semi-high speed train – “Train 18” – was rolled out Monday by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) here and will eventually replace the Shatabdi Express for inter-city travel.
Kannur International Airport Ltd Monday said it was KIAL and not the state government which granted landing permission to the chartered aircraft carrying BJP President Amit Shah at that city on 27 October, ahead of its formal inauguration on 9 December.
In the face of severe drought and crop loss due to floods in large parts of the state, the Karnataka government Monday sought immediate release of Rs 2,434 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund for affected farmers.
Eleven fishermen from Tamilnadu were arrested Monday by Sri Lankan Naval personnel for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary line and fishing near Neduntheevu in the island nation.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made “mistakes” on Jammu and Kashmir, as a result of which the state is “on fire.”
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said Congress president Rahul Gandhi is exhibiting “fancy dress Hinduism” to fool people and demanded action against his party colleague Shashi Tharoor for his “scorpion” remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The AIADMKÂ Monday announced a list of leaders, led by Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, as ‘by-election in-charge’ for 20 Assembly constituencies, including those which have fallen vacant following the disqualification of 18 party MLAs loyal to rival leader T T V Dhinakaran.
Search giant Google on Monday organised a workshop here on fact checking and verification of online information for journalists in Kashmir, to safeguard them from falling prey to false stories and bogus data.