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Indian Oil Corporation to invest over Rs 37,000 cr in Tamil Nadu
Energy major Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will be investing about Rs 7,112 crore in infrastructure facilities in Tamil Nadu over the next three years, said a senior official.
At the IOC group level -- IOC and group company Chennai…
Facebook deletes 652 Fake Accounts targeting World Politics
Facebook has removed 652 fake accounts for "coordinated inauthentic behaviour" that originated in Iran and Russia and targeted people across multiple Internet services in the Middle East, Latin America, Britain and the US.
According to…
Ex-Union Minister & Senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat dies at 63
ONI Bureau: Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat breathed his last in a private hospital in New Delhi following a massive heart attack on Wednesday. He was 63.
Reportedly, Kamat while having his morning tea at…
Cyclone Warning Centre proposed in Thiruvananthapuram
In the wake of loss of around 370 human lives and widespread destruction due to torrential rains in Kerala and parts of Karnataka, the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences on Tuesday proposed to set up a cyclone warning centre in…
India directs WhatsApp CEO to comply with Law of the land
Sending a stern message to WhatsApp over unabated mob lynchings linked to the spread of misinformation on its platform, Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday instructed visiting CEO Chris Daniels to comply with the law of the…
NOTA can’t be allowed in Rajya Sabha Polls: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that NOTA (None of the above) option cannot be allowed in the Rajya Sabha elections as it would "wholly undermine the purity of democracy".
"The option of NOTA may serve as an elixir in direct elections…
Bihar cancels selection of 50 NGOs for running Shelter Homes
Bihar has cancelled the selection of 50 NGOs for running shelter homes across the state and announced that the Government will run them instead, an official said on Tuesday.
The Social Welfare Department will replace the non-government…
New Kerala has to be built, UAE to give $100 mn: CM Pinarayi Vijayan
The UAE has pledged $100 million for flood-battered Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced on Tuesday, adding "a new Kerala" needed to be built following the widespread destruction.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), home to…
Centre declares Kerala Floods as ‘Calamity of Severe Nature’
The Central Government has declared the devastating Kerala floods as a "calamity of severe nature".
A statement on Monday by Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said that "keeping in view the…
Ashes of Late Vajpayee Ji to be immersed in Puri Sea on August 23
ONI Bureau: The ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will arrive in Bhubaneswar on August 22nd evening. The urn containing the ashes will be brought to BJP Headquarters in a huge procession. It will be kept there for public…