Rome, Aug 26 (AKI) Italy, the only European Union country apart from France not to have nominated a Commissioner, has asked for more time to unveil its pick, according to well-placed sources. Although EU member states were due to put forward their choice of Commissioner by Monday, “this deadline is[Read More…]
Srinagar, Aug 26 (IANS) Refuting the claims of medicine shortage in Jammu and Kashmir following the clampdown after the abrogation of Article 370 as “baseless”, the Health Department said here on Monday Rs 32 crore medicines were supplied in the Valley between July 20 and August 23. The Health Department’s[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar will present the 2019 National Radio Community Awards at the three-day Seventh ‘Community Radio Sammelan’, to be inaugurated here pn August 27. The I&B Ministry said in a release, “The 7th Community Radio Sammelan will be held at[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia here on Monday said installation of 1.40 lakh CCTV cameras across the national capital would be complete by the November. “The work is on and Delhi will have its 1.40 lakh CCTV cameras by November. The tender for equal[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Vikash Kandola once again starred for Haryana Steelers as they overcame a stiff challenge from Bengal Warriors to win 36-33 in a Pro Kabaddi League Season 7 match at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex here on Monday. The high-scoring contest belonged to the raiders with Kandola[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) With US President Donald Trump backing off from his offer to mediate, which Islamabad had been eagerly clinging on to, and with the other global leaders too unwilling to back it, including those from the Muslim world, Pakistan’s isolation on the international arena on Kashmir[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) The Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday accepted the Bimal Jalan panel recommendations and decided to transfer Rs 1.76 lakh crore in dividend and surplus reserves to the Government of India. The Central Board has decided to transfer a sum of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday termed Maoism as a major internal security challenge and asked the authorities to maintain synergy between the states and Centre, while building local forces to neutralize organisations run by insurgent groups. The Minister’s remarks came at a review[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Following the party’s drubbing in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha, party interim President Sonia Gandhi on Monday dissolved all the committees, sparing the state unit chief and the working presidents. Congress General Secretary (Organisations) K.C. Venugopal in a release said, “The Congress[Read More…]
By Rohan Agarwal New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has started its campaign for the September 6 Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union (JNUSU) election in the right earnest and aims to reach to ‘each and every’ student and free the university of its ‘anti-national’ tag.[Read More…]
Amaravati, Aug 26 (IANS) Amid uncertainty over the future of Amaravati as Andhra Pradesh’s capital, a BJP MP has claimed that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is planning to build four regional capitals. Rajya Sabha member T.G. Venkatesh claimed that YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government may prefer to develop[Read More…]
Biarritz (France), Aug 26 (IANS/AKI) Italy is at the forefront of the fight against climate change and is a European leader in renewable energies, outgoing Premier Giuseppe Conte said during the G7 summit in Biarritz on Monday. “Italy occupies a position of leadership in Europe in the field of renewable[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Aug 26 (IANS) In a first for Karnataka, the B.S. Yediyurappa-led BJP government will have three Deputy Chief Ministers, an official notification said on Monday. Governor Vajubhai Vala has appointed Govind Karjole, C.N. Ashwath Narayan and Laxman Savadi as Deputy Chief Ministers, on the advice of the Chief Minister,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here on Monday said Maoist activities in the state were under control and the wheels of development were moving in those areas as well. He was speaking at the Chief Ministers’ meeting on Left wing extremism, chaired by Union[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Aug 26 (IANS) Amazon India on Monday announced the launch of a military veterans employment programme that will create opportunities for military veterans and their spouses across Amazon India’s fulfillment, sort and delivery centres in the country. Amazon India is partnering with the office of the Director General of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The higher pay-out from the RBI to the government could make up for its lower than expected tax collection and provide more fiscal leg room, economists said. While it was not clear immediately if the fund transfer would be in multiple tranches, experts said that[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) After waging an all-out war against steep discounts by online food aggregators in the dine-in segment, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) has now asked delivery platforms to do away with deep discounts while addressing other issues. The NRAI wrote to Swiggy, Zomato, Uber[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Delhi Police have arrested a 19-year-old youth Rhytham and apprehended two juveniles for trying to extort Rs 50 lakh from a restaurant owner in the Bawana area. Rhytham, a resident of Rohini, and his associates were demanding money in the name of an absconding[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Aug 26 (IANS) India’s Akhil Rabindra, the only Asian to seal an Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy spot earlier this year, finished sixth in the IMSA Michelin GT Challenge in Virginia International Raceway in the US. The Automatic Racing team of Akhil and Ross clocked 01:52.740 hours after 48[Read More…]
Biarritz (France), Aug 26 (IANS) With Prime Minister Narendra Modi declaring firmly that India does not want any third party to mediate on the Kashmir issue, US President Donald Trump on Monday backed down on his offer to mediate, saying India and Pakistan “can do it by themselves”. Answering queries[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) Adhering to Bombay High Court’s August 22 orders, the Mumbai Police on Monday lodged an FIR in the Rs 1,000 crore plus scam in the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank, triggering panic among political bigwigs across the state’s political spectrum. The move also resulted in widespread speculation[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) OYO Hotels and Homes on Monday held the first meeting of its Partner Advisory Council here which discussed on evolving the relationship between OYO and its asset owners. “In the first meeting of the Partner Advisory Council held in Delhi, members stressed on the need[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party’s MLAs on Monday blamed the MCDs and traffic police for issues related to encroachments and no management policy for e-rickshaws in the city. The MLAs highlighted the issues related to their respective constituencies in the Delhi Assembly. The issue arose[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Aug 26 (IANS) Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report has indicated that Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) founder V.G. Siddhartha, 60, died due to drowning in the Netravathi river near Mangaluru in Karnataka on July 29-30, according to a police officer on Monday. “Evidence in the FSL report corroborates with the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) On Monday, the government won and the RBI lost in what turned out to be an attritional war that saw a Governor being scalped. One can argue that the central bank works at the pleasure of the government and the RBI Act says this with[Read More…]
