Author: IANS

Amaravati, July 27 (IANS) In its first attempt to invite investment since coming to power two months ago, the YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh will host a summit to be attended by diplomats and representatives from 30 to 40 countries on August 9. The conference to be held in Vijayawada[Read More…]

Chandigarh July 27 (IANS) Prevention of terrorism and the continued drive against drugs were the main priorities of the Punjab Police, Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta said on Saturday. At a high-level meeting here, he directed the field officers to work towards eradication of the drug menace in coordination[Read More…]

Raipur, July 27 (IANS) In possibly the first such instance, a husband-wife duo has topped the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission examination, claiming the first and second ranks. Anubhav Singh and his wife Vibha Singh secured the first and second rank, respectively, in the examination merit list. Vibha has been employed[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal (BSM), an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), focusing on revamping the academic ecosystem by developing India-centric research, is learnt to be drawing up a blueprint of a university ranking system termed the Global University Ranking Utility (GURU). With the[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien on Saturday asserted that he was not intimidated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and will appear before it on August 7, after the conclusion of the Parliament’s Budget Session. His remarks came after the CBI, which[Read More…]

Gandhinagar, July 27 (IANS) Eighty per cent of the 394 students graduating from the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, (IIT-Gn), here on Saturday, pledged donations even as the alumni and well-wishers extended generous funds to the 10-year-old institute during the 2018-19 academic year. Addressing the institute’s eighth convocation, Amit Prashant,[Read More…]

Bengaluru, July 27 (IANS) Infosys Chairman Nandan Nilekani on Saturday admitted that contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was a “big mistake” he made in his life. “Standing for elections was a big mistake I have learnt in life,” said Nilekani in an interview to ET NOW business channel here.[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A minor boy who was thrashed to death by a mob on suspicion of being a burglar in northwest Delhi was simply roaming in the area when people caught him and beat him up brutally, the victim’s family members claimed on Saturday. The police have[Read More…]

Patna, July 27 (IANS) Drug manufacturer Alkem Laboratories founder Samprada Singh died on Saturday after a brief illness in Mumbai’s Lilavati hospital, his family sources confirmed. He was 92. Well-known industrialist, Singh was among the richest persons of Bihar. He was a native of Okari village in the Jahanabad district.[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A short film on the Kargil conflict, a dance act by Feel Crew and a continuity drill were among a host of events that marked the 20th Kargil Vijay Diwas Commemoration Function here on Saturday. The event was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence[Read More…]

Lahore, July 27 (IANS) Pakistan’s Army chief, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa is likely to get extension in his term, reports said. According to a report in Pakistan Today, its Editor Arif Nizami, commenting on the US visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan, said that while all the foreign visits are[Read More…]

Agartala, July 27 (IANS) Over 75 per cent of the 8,54,900-strong electorate on Saturday cast their votes in the three-tier gram panchayat elections in Tripura with the balloting mostly peaceful, officials said. The opposition Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Congress have alleged “large-scale intimidation, booth capturing, rigging and violence”[Read More…]

Agra July 27 (IANS) To support the Taj city greening drive, members of the Radhasoami Satsang, Dayalbagh, planted hundreds of saplings of neem, tamarind, sheesham, keenu and shahtoot, here on Saturday. The green campaign, launched by the Society for Preservation of Healthy Environment and Ecology and Heritage of Agra (SPHEEHA),[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Two days after the Rajya Sabha passed a bill to amend the Right to Information Act, outgoing Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took a swipe at the BJP-led NDA government, saying it was diluting the Act to help the corrupt steal. “Government is diluting[Read More…]

Bhubaneswar, July 27 (IANS) Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) Chairman-cum-Managing Director B.N. Shukla suspended V.K. Singh, manager of Bharatpur open cast mine project in Talcher coalfields, on Saturday for his alleged negligence leading to a fatal accident in the mine in Odisha, the company said in a statement. As many as[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) India’s star player Manika Batra suffered a twin blow on Day 3 of Ultimate Table Tennis, featuring in two crushing defeats and handing Goa Challengers a massive 11-4 victory over RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata here on Saturday. Manika first capitulated 0-3 in the opening Women’s Singles[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Congress Working Committee meeting to decide the new Working President will meet after Parliament’s Budget session with outgoing party chief Rahul Gandhi and General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra refraining from taking any decision, party sources said. A senior Congress leader wishing not to be[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Having Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s picture on the currency bills of Rs 500 and Rs 2,000, making military service compulsory for two years, bringing a bill on population control and declaring attending environment day a mandatory event are among thousands of suggestions for Prime Minister Narendra[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Delhi Police have arrested two persons for killing a man to avenge their friend’s death in northeast Delhi. Danish and Aman, both residents of the Welcome area, carried a bounty of Rs 50,000 on their heads, said Atul Kumar Thakur, DCP (northeast), said on[Read More…]

Gurugram, July 27 (IANS) To check the depleting groundwater level, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has sealed 163 borewells in the city. The drive was launched on Thursday. “We constituted 24 teams to conduct surprise raids and expected to seal 20 borewells in each of the eight zones. But[Read More…]

By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Around 15 per cent of the 16,000 court complexes across the country do not have washrooms for women, reflecting sorry conditions of their toilets, a survey report has shown. On the lines of Centre’s flagship scheme Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the Supreme[Read More…]

London, July 27 (IANS) A bungee-jumper suffered severe spinal injuries as he plunged almost 100 metres to the ground after his leg harness snapped, as per the viral video of the horrific incident. The incident occurred at the Rady Europy theme park in Poland’s Gdynia last Sunday, media reports said.[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Slamming Pakistan for indulging in deceit since 1947, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Kargil war of 1999 had changed the world’s perception about India, which took military action to evict the Pakistani Army and foiled the neighbour’s attempt to redraw the boundary.[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A Special CBI Court on Saturday sent controversial Hyderabad-based businessman Sana Satish Babu to five-day Enforcement Directorate custody in a money-laundering probe involving controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi. Special CBI Judge Shailendra Malik granted 5 days’ custody to the agency. The agency had sought 14-day[Read More…]

Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) Indian rap star Badshah has admitted that a Google tool helped him break a world record with his new number, “Paagal”, dethroning the popular South Korean band BTS’ “Boy With Luv” and Taylor Swifts “Me!”, by crossing 75 million-plus views in 24 hours. As following of[Read More…]