New Delhi: Minister of Urban development M Venkaiah Naidu announced the names of 98 cities and towns selected under smart cities mission. 

New Delhi: Government has asked banks to achieve weekly targets set for the purpose of enabling “Jeevan Pramaan” – an “Aadhaar-based Digital Life Certification system for Pensioners so as to cover at least 50% in next 2-3 weeks. Pensioners can approach their paying branches with the PPO, Aadhaar card and bank pass book for trouble-free seeding of Pensioners’ Aadhaar number in their bank account.

New Delhi: First Lady Suvra Mukherjee passed away this morning. She left for her heavenly abode at 10:51 am. 

Ara: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a ₹1.25 lakh crore development package for Bihar. He said an additional ₹40,000 crore was also being invested in the state through various projects under implementation. 

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the resolve of 125 crore Indians, as "Team India", to root out corruption, and to make India a developed nation by 2022 – the 75th anniversary of independence. 

As India prepares to mark its 69th Independence Day on Saturday, people pin hopes on flagship programmes, unfurled by PM Narendra Modi during the last one year, kindling optimism notwithstanding sceptics apprehensions that results are a far cry. Power corridors contest criticism and back up statements with piles of data and physical targets accomplished on the ground rubbishing claims of critics who rue, “let us come to the ground reality –nothing extraordinary has been done except for high sounding announcements”.