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  • SpiceXpress launches scheduled cargo ops to Singapore

    New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) SpiceJet’s dedicated cargo arm SpiceXpress has launched scheduled freighter operations connecting Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai with Singapore. The airline will deploy its Boeing 737-700F or 800F aircraft on these routes. “This development would strengthen air trade between the two countries by providing faster and seamless[Read More…]

  • Bengal power minister hospitalised after testing Covid positve

    Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) West Bengal Power Minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, who had tested positive for Covid-19 on February 18, was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday. Chattopadhyay was suffering from mild fever and body ache for the past few days after testing positive with Covid-19. In fact,[Read More…]

  • Delhi govt disburses Rs 13.5 crore as subsidy for EVs

    New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) As part of its ongoing campaign to promote electric vehicles in the city, the Delhi government has so far disbursed around Rs 13.5 crore as subsidy, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said on Tuesday. The minister was addressing a webinar organised by Delhi Dialogue Commission[Read More…]

  • Salil Ankola: Have been doing regular work as actor for past 20 years

    Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) It was great to spot cricketer-turned-actor Salil Ankola on the screen once again, in the recent Vidyut Jammwal-starrer, The Power. The former Indian fast bowler may be 52, but he looks not a day older than mid-thirties, essaying a hunky bodyguard to one of the key[Read More…]

  • Gujarat seeks alternatives to Cong in AAP, AIMIM, BSP

    By Amit Cowper Gandhinagar, Feb 23 (IANS) The people of Gujarat have started looking for options other than the opposition Congress, seeking an alternative to the ruling BJP in the local body elections of six municipal corporations in Gujarat. Parties like Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM), and[Read More…]

  • Former Cong leader Ashok Tanwar to launch new party on Feb 25

    New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) After leaving the Congress over differences with former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, state ex-party unit chief Ashok Tanwar is set to launch a new party on February 25. The party will be launched on Thursday at the Constitution Club here along with an[Read More…]

  • India, AIIB sign agreement to improve Assam power transmission

    New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) India and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Tuesday signed a $304 million loan agreement for the Assam Intra-State Transmission System Enhancement Project to improve reliability, capacity and security of the power transmission network in the northeastern state. The project aims to strengthen Assam’s[Read More…]

  • Rahul asks UDF to launch intense poll campaign in Kerala

    Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 23 (IANS) Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took part in a leaders’ meet convened by the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) here and urged the participants to ensure that an intense poll campaign is launched ahead of the Assembly elections in Kerala, scheduled to be held[Read More…]

  • Odisha: No privileges for healthcare workers refusing Covid jab

    Bhubaneswar, Feb 23 (IANS) The Odisha government on Tuesday said healthcare workers and frontline workers refusing to take the Covid-19 vaccine will cease to enjoy the privileges granted by the government in case of Covid-19 infection. They will not get free treatment, financial and other benefits in case of death,[Read More…]

  • Glade One Masters golf: Seasoned Dharma, Patel take opening lead

    Ahmedabad, Feb 23 (IANS) seasoned M Dharma of Bengaluru and Ahmedabad-based rookie Anshul Patel took the honours on the opening day of the maiden Glade One Masters golf here on Tuesday. Dharma and Patel shot scores of three-under-33 over nine holes in the first ever professional round played at the[Read More…]

  • UP Congress General Secretary resigns from party

    New Delhi/Lucknow, Feb 23 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Congress General Secretary Brahma Swaroop Sagar resigned from the party on Tuesday alleging groupism and indiscipline in the party. Sagar, who was given the important organisational assignment, left the party on a day when Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took part in a ‘kisan panchayat’[Read More…]

  • SA T20 Challenge: Linde helps Cobras get off mark with Warriors win

    Durban, Feb 23 (IANS) George Linde delivered one of the best performances so far of the Betway T20 Challenge to just about keep the Six Gun Grill Cape Cobras alive with a 24-run victory over the Dafabet Warriors at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium here on Tuesday. The Proteas all-rounder first plundered[Read More…]

  • ED attaches properties worth Rs 1.2 cr of JIPL in coal scam case

    New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties to the tune of Rs 1.2 crore of Jharkhand Ispat Private Limited (JIPL) in a coal block case. An ED official here said that the agency attached the properties under the sections of Prevention of Money Laundering Act[Read More…]

  • SNC-Lavalin case: SC to hear CBI plea against Vijayan discharge in April

    New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on the CBI’s plea challenging the discharge of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and two others in a graft case connected with a contract awarded to Canadian firm SNC-Lavalin during his tenure as state Power Minister. Additional[Read More…]

  • Indices snap five-day losing streak but end up flat (Roundup)

    New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) India’s benchmark equity indices snapped a five-day losing streak but only managed to close Tuesday’s trade session on a flat-to-positive note. The S&P BSE Sensex closed at 49,751.41, up by just 7.09 points, or 0.01 per cent, from its previous close of 49,744.32 points. The[Read More…]

  • SMEs plan to expand business as economy revives: Survey

    New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) A majority of the small and medium enterprises (SME) in the country plan to expand their businesses going ahead as the economy revives, showed the SME Leasing & Business Sentiment Survey by 360 Realtors’ commercial division. In a statement, 360 Realtors noted that business activities[Read More…]

  • Google Cloud targets India’s public sector for growth

    New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Google Cloud has achieved a full Cloud Service Provider (CSP) empanelment after completing an audit from the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), a top company official said on Tuesday. This empanelment will enable the Indian public sector to deploy on Google Cloud,[Read More…]

  • Siddiqui or Thakur, who will be the next Mumbai Youth Congress chief?

    By Anand Singh Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) The selection of Mumbai Youth Congress President is garnering a lot of attention these days, for which elections took place in October-November last year, where a direct fight was witnessed between Congress MLA Zeeshan Siddiqui and former NSUI Mumbai chief Suraj Singh Thakur.[Read More…]

  • Cricket Academy of Pathans opens centre in Hyderabad

    Hyderabad, Feb 23 (IANS) The Cricket Academy of Pathans (CAP) on Tuesday launched its centre in Hyderabad to provide world-class infrastructure and coaching to budding cricketers. CAP Director and former India international Yusuf Pathan, who opened the centre, said that the CAP initiative is aimed at giving back something to[Read More…]

  • The race to create a world-class ventilator to combat Covid-19

    New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) A raging pandemic, a dearth of life-saving equipment, and 90 days to manufacture a world-class ventilator. On March 24, 2020, a nationwide lockdown was imposed in India in the wake of a formidable adversary, the Covid-19 pandemic. With the number of cases increasing exponentially, hospitals[Read More…]

  • MP Mohan Delkar was dejected, depressed, under political duress

    By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) Mohan S. Delkar, the seven-time MP from the Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, may have been under immense political duress for the past one year or so which probably drove him to the extreme step of taking[Read More…]

  • Maha won’t permit sale of Baba Ramdev’s Coronil

    Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) The Maharashtra government on Tuesday said it will not allow the sale of Coronil, an “anti-Covid” medicine manufactured by Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurveda. The Maha Vikas Aghadi government has pointed out that the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has questioned the trials of Coronil while the World[Read More…]

  • Pink ball lacquer comes into sharp focus as grass on pitch shaved off

    By Khurram Habib Ahmedabad, Feb 23 (IANS) Slowly but surely, the grass on the pitch of the reconstructed Motera stadium has been shaved off over the last four days going by the images posted by the England team’s media wing, leaving it only a guess as to how long the[Read More…]

  • Sleeping habit saved my life: K’taka mine blast survivor

    Chikkaballapur (Karnataka), Feb 23 (IANS) The lone survivor in the Chikkaballapur mine blast case, Riyaz, the driver of the vehicle that carried explosive materials on Tuesday, said that his ‘sleeping habit’ saved him from getting killed in the accidental mine blast. In the wee hours of Tuesday, five persons were[Read More…]

  • Andhra logs 70 more Covid infections, tally 8.89 lakh

    Amaravati, Feb 23 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh reported 70 new Covid infections on Tuesday, raising the state’s tally over 8.89 lakh, even as 84 more persons recovered in the past 24 hours. Chittoor district reported the highest number of cases at 18, followed by East Godavari and Visakhapatnam (9 each), Krishna[Read More…]