Author: IANS

Chandigarh, Oct 7 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday rejected the one-week ultimatum of the kisan unions for holding a special Assembly session to negate the farm laws, saying he will do what he feels is necessary in the interest of the farmers. While he had already said[Read More…]

Shimla, Oct 7 (IANS) Former CBI chief and Nagaland Governor Ashwani Kumar on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence here. It is learnt that the former state Director General of Police was under depression for sometime now. Shimla Superintendent of Police Mohit Chawla confirmed the incident.[Read More…]

Bengaluru, Oct 7 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Wednesday assured the Union government that the state government would make the best possible preparations and also take precautions to conduct the 13th edition of Aero India show in February 2021. Participating in the Ambassador’s Round Table virtual summit regarding[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday convened a meeting with a delegation of the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), several ministers and top officials of various departments and directed them to remove the hassles for ease of doing business for the restaurant industry[Read More…]

Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) The Board of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Wednesday approved the proposal to buyback over 5.33 crore equity shares for up to Rs 16,000 crore. The buyback price would be Rs 3,000 per share, the company said in a regulatory filing. “The Board of Directors of[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Wednesday will be remembered as a red letter day in the nation’s history of protests when the Supreme Court said it cannot accept that an indeterminable number of people can assemble whenever they choose to protest, and cited the distinction between the manner of dissent[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The National Industry Forum for Retail (NIFR) is working towards improving operational efficiency of retail players along with enhancing consumer trust and meeting their demands, said a statement by GS1 India. NIFR, a congregation of key retail industry players, is facilitated by GS1 India, a[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday released a list of 21 candidates for the first phase of the Assembly polls in Bihar. It is contesting the polls in alliance with the RJD and the Left parties including the CPI ML and the CPI. The candidates in the[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) In a relief to passengers planning to travel in the coming days, the Indian Railways on Wednesday said that the Railway Board has given its approval to run 39 pairs of additional special trains in various zones. The Railways is currently running around 200 special[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting is in talks with the International Cricket Council (ICC) to bring in a run penalty for batsmen backing up too far at the non-striker’s end before the bowler completes a delivery, according to spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Ashwin had on Monday[Read More…]

Chennai, Oct 7 (IANS) The Income Tax (IT) Department has provisionally attached about 11 acres of land owned by V.N. Sudhakaran, the nephew of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s close aide V.K. Sasikala, in Siruthavoor village near here under the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act. The department[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) A survey by Ipsos has shown that the automakers in the passenger cars segment are not 100 per cent digitally-ready and consumers are not being given the attentiveness in the digital experience, in comparison to the brick and mortar showrooms. There is a lack of[Read More…]

Gurugram, Oct 7 (IANS) Three sharpshooters of notorious gangster Sube Gurjar, who were nabbed by the Gurugram Police from Sohna after a brief exchange of fire, have disclosed shocking details during their interrogation. According to the police, 32-year-old Kamal alias Kamali, a resident of Bada village in Gurugram and a[Read More…]

Kochi, Oct 7 (IANS) The ED on Wednesday filed a charge sheet in a PMLA court in Ernakulam in its probe into the money trail in the gold smuggling case, triggering another slugfest in Kerala politics after it allegedly revealed that prime accused Swapna Suresh had met Chief Minister Pinarayi[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Continued focus on reform measures ushered in by the government even as the country faces one of its toughest crises during the pandemic, will trigger a faster recovery of the economy with the industry reposing confidence of a bounce back sooner than expected, Confederation of[Read More…]

Panaji, Oct 7 (IANS) Goa’s influential Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday urged the state’s Catholics to conduct beach cleaning and garbage cleaning drives in order to celebrate the “integral relationship between the Earth and ecological, economic, social and political ways of living”. The initiative stems from a call by Pope[Read More…]

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 7 (IANS) In a first, Kerala on Wednesday reported more than 10,000 new Covid-19 cases at 10,606. One reason why there has been a huge spike in the number of cases is because as many as 73,816 samples were tested, the highest so far. A statement issued here[Read More…]

Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) Actor Kartik Aaryan on Wednesday shared a video in which he can be seen playing Table Tennis at his home. And guess what? He faced defeat at the hands of his sister, Kritika Tiwari. “Kittu ki khushi mere liye anmol hai… Isliye maine usse ‘Jeetne Diya’[Read More…]

Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) Singers Sukriti and Prakriti Kakar say their latest track is perfect for the intense times that people are currently facing. “‘Hum Tum’ is a very special track for us as it was an amazing experience singing, dancing, and acting together. It’s a perfect song for such[Read More…]