Gurugram, Oct 2 (IANS) Many senior leaders, who were denied tickets by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), especially from Gurugram, have not lost hopes to make it to the list. They are striving for nomination, even from other seats. The BJP on Monday declared tickets for 78 of the 90[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police raided the accounts section at the officer of the DCP, Outer Delhi in connection with alleged financial irregularities amounting to lakhs of rupees, the Delhi Police said on Wednesday. The statement, issued almost 30 hours after the[Read More…]
Washington, Oct 2 (IANS) The revocation of special status of Kashmir was part of India pitting “long-term thinking over short-term calculations”, which involved “deep structural changes and ambitious socio-economic initiatives” and what also “what were presumed to be intractable challenges” had to be addressed, “not ducked”, External Affairs Minister S.[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) Religare Enterprises Ltd (REL), a financial services group, has entered into a share purchase agreement (SPA) for sale of its NBFC business — Religare Finvest — to TCG Advisory Services for Rs 330 crore. According to the financial services group, the SPA was signed on Tuesday[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The castor seeds prices have tumbled 22 per cent on the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX), the biggest agriculture futures market, in just 12 days, according to a report on Wednesday. Apart from default by some brokers and traders in delivery of contract, the[Read More…]
Ahmedabad, Oct 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that rural India has declared itself Open Defecation Free (ODF) on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a target which the Centre had set in 2014. “Today, rural India and its villages have declared themselves ODF.[Read More…]
Hyderabad, Oct 2 (IANS) With the UK High Court on Wednesday ruling in favour of India in a 70-year-old dispute involving 35 million pounds belonging to the Nizam, over 100 descendants of the last ruler of erstwhile Hyderabad State are hoping to get their due share. The court has rejected[Read More…]
Doha, Oct 2 (IANS) P.U. Chitra ran her personal best in the women’s 1500m first round heats but failed to advance further in the World Athletics Championships here on Wednesday. Chitra, who is the Asian champion, ran 4 minutes, 11.10 seconds, which is slightly better than her earlier personal best[Read More…]
Ahmedabad, Oct 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday praised retired employee Chandrakant Kulkarni, who donated almost a third of his pension towards “Swachh Bharat Mission”, saying India is proud of citizens like him. “India is proud of citizens like Chandrakant Kulkarni. This pensioner donated a substantial amount of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Clarifying on shift from current to the new corporate tax regime, the tax department on Wednesday said that companies opting to pay for lower tax rate of 22 per cent would not be allowed to avail Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) credit. These companies would also[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Oct 2 (IANS) Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala on Wednesday unveiled an eight-foot tall and 40-inch wide bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the deemed private-run PES University to mark his 150th year. “The statue will spread the values and memories of Gandhiji for generations on this campus,” said Vala[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Oct 2 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched the ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The Chief Minister made phone calls and spoke to people from Balangir, Sundergarh, Malkangiri, Jajpur and Baripada to seek feedback on their experiences at[Read More…]
Islamabad, Oct 2 (IANS) Pakistan claims to have achieved all the ‘United Nations Kashmir Mission’ targets and the goals Prime Minister Imran Khan had set before visiting the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. “Due to an effective strategy, Prime Minister Khan’s Mission Kashmir for the UN was successful,”[Read More…]
Kolkata, Oct 2 (IANS) Decked in ethnic wear, her infectious smile adding to the festivities, World champion P.V. Sindhu on Wednesday said she is ready to “achieve a lot more” and come back here to take the blessings of Goddess Durga. Rio Olympics silver medallist Sindhu became the first Indian[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Petrochemical major IndianOil Corporation on Wednesday issued an Expression of Interest (EoI) for procurement of single-use plastic waste which can be economically converted into other usable materials. IndianOil’s national EoI is for assessing the market availability and willingness of various organised aggregators and NGOs to[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The Finance Ministry will start pre-Budget and Revised Estimates meetings from October 14 to November’s first week, an official notification of the ministry said on Wednesday. “The pre-budget/RE meetings will begin on the 14th October 2019. All Financial Advisers should ensure that the necessary details[Read More…]
Ahmedabad, Oct 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that rural India has declared itself Open Defecation Free (ODF) on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a target which the Centre had set in 2014. “Today, rural India and its villages have declared themselves ODF.[Read More…]
Buriram, (Thailand) Oct 2 (IANS) Marc Marquez needs just two points over Italian Andrea Dovizioso to proclaim himself the MotoGP world champion for the sixth time in his career. The Thai Grand Prix taking place at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram should be the decisive race between the two[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Oct 2 (IANS) Hundreds of people, young and old, boys and girls plogged to pick up litter, including plastics as the Swedish do and cleaned eight cities across the country to mark Gandhi Jayanti, a fitness brand cult-fit official said on Wednesday. “To clean the streets while running is[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) India remembered the father of the nation on his sesquicentennial on Wednesday with various events and ‘padyatras’, even as the day saw the BJP and the Congress trying to claim the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi in their tributes to him. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led[Read More…]
San Francisco, Oct 2 (IANS) Microsoft has entered into a partnership with pharmaceutical major Novartisare to explore how to take advantage of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to address the challenges underlying every phase of drug development – including research, clinical trials, manufacturing, operations and finance. The alliance has the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the icon of peace, has been honoured by over 100 countries by issuing postage stamps. India, of course, led the world in releasing postage stamp on the Mahatma. The first postage stamp on Mahatma Gandhi was planned to be released on October[Read More…]
Panchkula, Oct 2 (IANS) U Mumba sealed a Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) play-off berth as its skipper Fazel Atrachali starred in the defence once again to guide his team to a clinical 30-26 victory over Patna Pirates here on Wednesday. The captain led from the front as U Mumba neutralised[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) On the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, 32,000 students of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) schools, here on Wednesday, took the plastic-free India pledge and vowed not to use single-use plastics. They later organised “mass swachhta rallies” on the theme of[Read More…]
