New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Delhi Cabinet on Thursday gave its nod for additional 1,40,000 CCTVs across the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said. The process of installing the equal number of cameras was underway since June. Nearly 3,00,000 CCTVs were being installed in one go to ensure[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that the dream of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, B.R. Ambedkar, Syama Prasad Mookerjee and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajapyee has been fulfilled by abrogating the Constitution’s Article 370, giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir. In his address[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that all vacant government posts in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territories will be filled soon. He made the announcement in a special address to the nation two days after the Centre scrapped Article 370 of the[Read More…]
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Agartala/Guwahati, Aug 8 (IANS) More than 5.63 lakh railway passengers were caught travelling ticketless or with improper tickets and carrying un-booked luggage in the northeastern region and nearby areas in the first seven months of the year, official said on Thursday. Over Rs 38.73 crore was realised as fine from[Read More…]
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) People of West Bengal on Thursday organised special prayers and cultural activities to pay homage to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 78th death anniversary. The day — 22 Shrabon in the Bengali calendar (August 7, 1941 in the Roman calendar) — was observed with due[Read More…]
Islamabad, Aug 8 (IANS) Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that Islamabad “does not want war”, however, “if India imposes, then it will give a befitting response”, as tensions escalate between the two neighbours following New Delhi’s revocation of special status for Jammu and Kashmir. The cricketer-turned-politician said[Read More…]
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Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Former India pacer Zaheer Khan believes that the point system in the World Test Championship will raise a lot of questions going forward even as the former speedster hailed the concept. With the start of the Ashes series on August 1, the much talked about World[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Slamming Price Waterhouse & Co’s recent allegations of violation of the Companies Act 2013 by Reliance Capital, the company on Thursday said that the audit firm’s recent letter to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs was invalid. The company board met earlier in the day to review[Read More…]
Ranchi, Aug 8 (IANS) A district court in Jharkhand on Thursday awarded life term to 22 people convicted in burning three people alive in Lohardagga district of Jharkahnd. Additional District Judge Gopal Pandey on August 3 convicted 22 people after they were found guilty of burning three members of a[Read More…]
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Warsaw, Aug 8 (IANS) The Speaker of the lower house of the Polish Parliament (Sejm) said on Thursday that he would resign on Friday after a scandal erupted over his and his family’s frequent use of government aircraft for private trips. “I plan to submit my resignation tomorrow,” Marek Kuchcinski[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The slowdown-hit economy may soon get a booster dose from the government with the Finance Ministry working on a stimulus package for the industry including a slew of financial measures ranging from tax cuts, subsidies and other incentives, sources said. Official sources said the package[Read More…]
Chennai, Aug 8 (IANS) DMK President M.K. Stalin on Thursday demanded an answer from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami as to why a person operating a cable TV business was appointed as the Chairman of Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Ltd (TACTV). In a statement issued here, Stalin[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The spadework for withdrawing special status to J&K had begun during the first tenure of the NDA government between 2014 and 2019, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, here on Thursday. Addressing the annual general body meeting of the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, Singh[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Aug 8 (IANS) The Odisha government is developing a Vision 2030 for downstream industries to achieve more than 50 per cent value addition to the primary metal produced in the state, said Industries Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra on Thursday. Addressing more than 60 steel manufacturing companies, the Minister said[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday spoke to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over the grim flood situation in the state and said that he has postponed his visit to his parliamentary constituency of Wayanad as the flood relief work would be affected. In a[Read More…]
Lahore, Aug 8 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced central contracts for the year 2019-20 with only three cricketers finding a place in the top category. The PCB reduced the number of players who have been awarded central contracts to 14 from last year’s 33, but has[Read More…]