New Delhi

The government owns 51 per cent stake in Pawan Hans, while Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) holds the remaining 49 per cent.

The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has procured564.17 lakh tonnes of paddy till January 16, an increase of 25.25 per cent from 450.42 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period of the previous year.

They said it is necessary that, for reasons of probity and adherence to standards of public accountability, the financial details of receipts and expenditures be made available in order to avoid doubts of wrongdoing.

Piramal Enterprises, a diversified Indian conglomerate, and American asset management company Oaktree have both made bids in the range of Rs 37,000-38,000 crore.

It also stressed that it is high time for India to deliberate whether auction is the right policy instrument for mineral development.

This is for the first time drones featured at the parade that also had detachments of the upgraded anti-aircraft weapon system Schilka, BrahMos missile system, infantry fighting vehicle BMP-2, T-72 bridge laying tanks, and multi-rocket launcher system Pin...

Attorney General KK Venugopal, representing petitioner Defence Ministry, submitted that armed force personnel can be dismissed from service on ground of unbecoming conduct on account of adultery with brother officers' spouses.

This will be the first IPO by a railway non-banking financial company NBFC. In January 2020, IRFC had filed draft papers for its IPO.

Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane said there was no plan to cut down on number of troops in Jammu and Kashmir as the union territory continues to be affected by cross-border terrorism though the situation has improve significantly.

The terms of the legislative assemblies of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry are coming to an end on different dates in May and June this year.

Till Monday, bird flu outbreak was confirmed in 10 states Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat.

A massive pan-India inoculation drive against COVID19 was set in process with Covishield vaccine leaving Pune for 13 cities across India early in the morning, four days before vaccination is scheduled to begin on January 16.

The meeting came days ahead of Republic Day when the farm unions plan to take out a 'Kisan Parade' to the national capital from different parts of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh to press their demand for repeal of the three farm laws.

Lok Sabha Speaker OM Birla, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' and Union MoS for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju will also be present on the occasion.

In a 4-1 verdict that also quashed some contentious provisions of the Aadhaar Act, the top court, however, had held Aadhaar would be needed for availing facilities of welfare schemes and government subsidies.

The protesters led by the party's Delhi unit president Anil Kumar assembled at Gauri Shankar Mandir and were stopped by police when they were moving towards the demolition site.