New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Security will meet on Friday morning to discuss the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack that killed at least 43 troopers and left the security establishment stunned. The meeting is likely to take[Read More…]
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CPM terms Delhi meeting of Opposition leaders a "show-off"
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) Dubbing Wednesday’s meeting of major anti-BJP parties in Delhi as a “show-off”, West Bengal Left Front chairman and CPI-M politburo member Biman Bose on Thursday said there was neither any scope for an all-India pre-poll pact, nor could there be a common minimum programme (CMP) before[Read More…]
B-Town condemns ‘cowardly’ Pulwama terror attack
Srinagar, Feb 14 (IANS) The film fraternity condemned the dastardly terror attack in which 43 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday, terming it a “cowardly” act. In the worst-ever terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir since militancy erupted in 1989,[Read More…]
Government working on 0% import duty on cashew kernel: Prabhu
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) As a measure of support for India’s cashew industry, the government is working on eliminating the import duty on cashew kernel, Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Thursday. Addressing the Kaju India 2019 global cashew buyer-seller meet organised by the Cashew Export Promotion Council of[Read More…]
Breast surgeon Ram to be conferred FRCS of Thailand body
Hyderabad, Feb 14 (IANS) Dr. P. Raghu Ram, President-elect of the Association of Surgeons of India, and Director of KIMS-Ushalakshmi Centre for Breast Diseases, would be conferred the Honorary Fellowship of The Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) of Thailand. The Fellowship would be conferred on the surgeon at the 44th[Read More…]
AIIMS, ICMR launch tool to record cleft lip patients’ data
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) ‘IndiCleft,’ a web-based tool that helps record data of patients suffering from cleft lip or cleft palate, both online and offline, was launched by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) here on Thursday. The tool, launched in collaboration with the All India Institutes of[Read More…]
Omar, Mehbooba condemn killing of CRPF personnel, blast PMO
Jammu, Feb 14 (IANS) The terror attack in which 43 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir has been condemned by two former Chief Ministers, while the Jammu traders’ body called for a shutdown on Friday. In the worst terror attack[Read More…]
Foundation laid for Bhogapuram International Airport near Vizag
Visakhapatnam, Feb 14 (IANS) The foundation stone for Bhogapuram Greenfield International Airport in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayanagaram was laid on Thursday. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who performed the ground breaking ceremony at Bhogapuram, about 40 km from here, said the airport would spur the economic development of north coastal Andhra.[Read More…]
Intelligence warning of IED attack sent to CRPF, other security agencies last week
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The Kashmir Police on February 8 had sent an intelligence input to the CRPF, BSF, ITBP, SSB, Army and the Air Force warning of a possible IED attack, according to a letter written by the state police Inspector General. In the worst-ever[Read More…]
Work begins on Adani Group’s Data Centre in Vizag
Visakhapatnam, Feb 14 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday laid the foundation stone for Data Centre and Technology Park of Adani Group in this port city. The ground-breaking ceremony for the facility coming up at Kapuluppada was held a month after the state government signed an[Read More…]
ISL: Goa leave ATK staring at exit with 3-0 win
Fatorda, Feb 14 (IANS) FC Goa returned to their free-flowing ways as they hammered ATK 3-0 in an Indian Super League (ISL) clash at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Thursday. Sergio Lobera’s team were on top throughout the game and denied the visitors space and time on the ball.[Read More…]
GSK Consumer Healthcare’s Q3 net profit up 35%
Mumbai, Feb 14 (IANS) GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare on Thursday reported a 35.07 per cent rise in net profit for the October-December quarter. Its net profit for the third quarter of the current fiscal was Rs 221.06 crore against Rs 163.66 crore reported for the year-ago period, GSK Consumer Healthcare[Read More…]
HC triples meat exporter Qureshi’s security amount for UAE, Pakistan trip
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday increased, to Rs 6 crore, the security amount which has to be deposited by meat exporter and alleged hawala dealer Moin Akhtar Qureshi for travelling to the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan. Justice Sunil Gaur increased the amount from[Read More…]
ZEE5 to come up with 72 new shows
Mumbai, Feb 14 (IANS) On the occasion of its first anniversary the OTT platform, ZEE5 launched 72 original shows in six different languages on Thursday. Several digital shows like ‘Mirror’, ‘The Final Call’, ‘Bandit Queena’, ‘Hutatma’, ‘Poison’ will be releasing throughout the year, along with the new seasons of the[Read More…]
Minister opens Taj-view-garden
Agra Feb 14 (IANS) Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma here on Thursday inaugurated the green river front on the Taj Heritage Corridor, sandwiched between the Agra Fort and the Taj Mahal. The debris and dumps of garbage on the stretch along the Yamuna river have been cleared and a lush[Read More…]
Kulbhushan Jadhav hearing to resume in ICJ from Monday: MEA
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The public hearing in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case will commence from Monday before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. Jadhav, 48, was sentenced[Read More…]
Jan WPI eases to 10-month low on lower food, fuel prices (Roundup)
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Lower food and fuel prices eased India’s wholesale inflation to 10-month low of 2.76 per cent in January 2019 from 3.02 per cent reported for the corresponding month of 2018, official data showed on Thursday. On a sequential basis, the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) data[Read More…]
Look out circular issued against Hotel Aprit Palace owners: Crime Branch
By Sanjeev Pal New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Probing the Hotel Arpit Palace fire in which 17 people were killed, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police here on Thursday issued a look out circular against its owners who have been absconding after the incident, said a senior Crime Branch officer.[Read More…]
CWC to meet in Ahmedabad on Feb 26
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the partys highest decision-making body will meet on February 26 in Prime Minister Narendra Modis home state Gujarat to chalk out and finalise the roadmap for the Lok Sabha elections. To be presided over by party President Rahul Gandhi, the[Read More…]
BJP seeks report cards of works done by its Lok Sabha MPs
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Almost a month after initiating a survery on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s App, seeking responses from the people about the three most popular party leaders in their constituencies, the BJP has now sought a report card of works done from its Lok Sabha members. The[Read More…]
Pawar to contest Lok Sabha polls from Maharashtra’s Madha
Mumbai, Feb 14 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar will re-enter electoral politics by contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Maharashtra’s Madha seat, party leader Praful Patel said here on Thursday. Addressing the media here after Pawar discussed preparations for the Lok Sabha polls with top party leaders,[Read More…]
Government increases MSP for sugar to Rs 31 per kg (Lead)
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday said Minimum Selling Price (MSP) of sugar has been increased by Rs 2 to Rs 31 per kg in order to help millers clear pending dues of sugarcane farmers that now amount to Rs 20,167 crore. The[Read More…]
Average Twitter users more active during disasters: Study
New York, Feb 14 (IANS) Despite the importance placed on celebrity social media influencers with millions of followers, during natural disasters average Twitter users become more active disseminators of information, finds a study. The study, led by University of Vermont researchers, is the first to look at social media patterns[Read More…]
Nepalese trafficking survivors to be sent home: Maneka Gandhi
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Thursday said 147 girls and 32 boys from Nepal, the victims of trafficking, will be sent back to their country. The Minister tweeted that the External Affairs Ministry has given permission to safely repatriate them to[Read More…]
Gujarat to pay Rs 5 lakh to Godhra train victims’ heirs
Gandhinagar, Feb 14 (IANS) Following the Supreme Court’s order, the Gujarat government on Thursday announced to pay Rs 5 lakh each to the heirs of victims of the Sabarmati Express train incident at Godhra in 2002. “A sum of Rs 260 lakh has been handed over to the State Legal[Read More…]