Admitting increasing plastic consumption is a rising threat to his state, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said he had personally quit using plastic as well as barring it from his office.
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy appealed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give 50 per cent funds to waive off the farm loans of more than 85 lakh farmers who are under distress.
Denying the AAP government's allegation that they are on strike, the Delhi IAS Association on Sunday said they are totally neutral towards all political parties but they need a "culture of trust" to work.
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Sunday denied Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's allegation that Lt. Governor Anil Baijal replaced him at its fourth Governing Council meeting, saying Kejriwal was repeatedly asked to come to the meeting.
A youth was allegedly shot dead following an altercation between two groups in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Sunday, police said.
Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader said that the government would give a serious thought to issue guidelines to construct eco-friendly buildings for not only Housing department but also for all departments in the state.
A four-year-old boy was kidnapped by a man, who was persistently after his mother to marry him, in a bid to mount more pressure on her but the child was safely rescued within hours, police said on Sunday.
Two passengers were killed and at least 19 others were injured as the bus they were travelling in, rammed into a truck coming from the opposite direction in West Bengal's Nadia district on Sunday, police said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reiterated his call for simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and Assemblies and called for a widespread debate and consultations over the issue.
Inland Estoria, a newly built apartment constructed by Inland Group of Companies, one of the leading real estate company, on Valencia Bishop Victor Road in the city, was inaugurated on Sunday.
