New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Senior Congress leaders on Thursday met at the residence of party President Rahul Gandhi to discuss preparations for the Haryana assembly elections due in the next few months. Senior leaders Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad, party general secretary K.C. Venugopal, Kumari Selja, former Haryana chief[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet will operate a daily non-stop flight connecting Mumbai with Hong Kong from July 31. According to the airline, the new service will be the only Indian carrier to connect Mumbai with Hong Kong with a daily non-stop flight effective July 31.[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Union Minister of Consumer Affairs Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday acceded to the request of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to hold a joint meeting with the Union Finance Minister to resolve the Rs 31,000 crore food account loan legacy issue. Paswan agreed to organise[Read More…]
Patna, June 27 (IANS) Dozens of Koshi flood victims were shocked and disappointed on Thursday when the Bihar Chief Minister’s Office refused to accept application of 3,800 farmers demanding tax abolition law. A team of the Koshi Nav Nirman Manch (KNNM) activists, which is leading the movement for rights of[Read More…]
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) A 43-year-old man in West Bengal’s Hooghly district stabbed his cousin to death suspecting an illicit relation between his wife and the victim, the police said on Thursday. “A quarrel broke out between Haru Pramanik and his cousin brother Gangaram Pramanik (42). Haru was suspicious of[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Ministry of Home Affairs in association with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Friday will conduct a multi-state level mock exercise for disaster management in Delhi-NCR. The exercise will involve participation of all stakeholders, including revenue districts of Delhi NCR, Indian Army and Central[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Commerce Ministry on Thursday formed an 18-member working group under the chairmanship of Ramesh Chand, member, Niti Aayog, for revision of the current series of the Wholesale Price Index (WPI). The base year for the current series is 2011-12 and since then significant structural[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday met Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra and Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej for exploring collaboration opportunities for investment in the state. The Chief Minister urged Mahindra to consider investing in tourism, automobiles and information technology, a government[Read More…]
Beijing, June 27 (IANS) Responding to the US threat of imposing additional tariffs on Chinese products, China here on Thursday urged Washington to heed the voices of resistance to unilateralism, protectionism and bullying from the international community. “China always believes that trade frictions between the two countries should be settled[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Delhi Cabinet on Thursday approved an amendment in the Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971, for the inclusion of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib (Punjab) as the fifth ‘Takht’ (seat) in the Act. The Cabinet gave the nod in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind[Read More…]
Colombo, June 27 (IANS) The World Bank has approved a $310 million loan for Sri Lanka to reduce and mitigate the flood risks in parts of the capital and improve weather forecasting as well as early warning systems across the island country, the media reported on Thursday. The World Bank[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal here on Thursday met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and asked her to enhance the city state’s allocation in the central taxes from Rs 325 crore. Speaking to the media after the meeting, Kejriwal said he asked the Finance Minister[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Against the backdrop of the Payal Tadvi suicide case, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all higher education institutions to send a report, within a month, on the action taken in instances of caste-based discrimination faced by the students on their campuses. In a[Read More…]
Guwahati, June 27 (IANS) The Assam Congress has decided to extend legal aid to Amila Shah, recently declared a foreigner by a tribunal in the state and sent to a detention camp. Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia (Congress) said this here on Thursday, and added, Shah had her roots in[Read More…]
Noida, June 27 (IANS) The Noida police will be issuing red cards as warning to men caught stalking women or passing comments. The attempt is seen as a confidence-booster for women who fear reporting such incidents to the police for fear of reprisal. The Noida police will seek feedback from[Read More…]
San Francisco, June 27 (IANS) Grappling with government regulations over privacy violations, Facebook on Thursday published a new report summarizing what the social networking platform learned from personal discussions with more than 250 people and over 1,200 public consultation submissions to form a content oversight board. The company spoke with[Read More…]
By Subhash K. Jha Movie: “Noblemen”; Cast: Kunal Kapoor, Ali Haji, M.K Raina; Director: Vandana Kataria; Rating: ****(4 stars) Seeing a film without knowing much about its subject matter and the way the plot is likely to go, can sometimes put the audience in an awfully uncomfortable situation. The discomfort[Read More…]
Gurugram, June 27 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of Gurugram has seized liquid nicotine from a retail vend in the city’s upscale Golf Course Extension Road, an official said on Thursday. Sale and purchase of liquid nicotine is completely banned in Haryana. Gurugram Drugs Control Officer Amandeep Chauhan said[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) Actress Sayani Gupta, who had worked with Shah Rukh Khan in “Fan”, says the superstar makes her the happiest girl in the world. Shah Rukh on Wednesday attended a screening of Sayani and Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer “Article 15” here. The actor even posed with the cast of[Read More…]
Osaka (Japan), June 27 (IANS) Ahead of the G20 Summit, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday supported his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi’s advocacy that the member countries of the grouping should deal with the problem of fugitive economic offenders as part of anti-corruption measures. This assumes significance as a[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) As the country commemorates 20 years of the Kargil War, former Army Chief General (Retd) V.P. Malik shared how the grandfather of a slain Pakistani soldier had approached India to get back the body of his grandson. The then Chief of Army Staff General Malik[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) After launching Realme X in China, the smartphone manufacturer Realme is expected to launch the same device in India next month. The company is partnering with Marvel’s soon-to-release “Spider-Man: Far From Home” film to launch the device, news portal GSM Arena reported late on Wednesday.[Read More…]
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Article 15”; Director: Anubhav Sinha; Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Isha Talwar, Sayani Gupta, Namashi Chakraborty, Kumud Mishra, Manoj Pahwa, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Nassar, Ronjini Chakraborty; Rating: **** Good morning India! Director Anubhav Sinha’s “Article 15”, is a hard-hitting, wake-up call to those who unknowingly and unwittingly indulge[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) Reliance Infrastructure here on Thursday said sale of the Delhi-Agra toll road to Cube Highways and Infrastructure III Pte Ltd will be closed by the end of August. The infra major had signed a binding share purchase agreement (SPA) with Cube Highways for its 100 per[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Pictures of Reliance Foundation Chairperson Nita Ambani’s over 200-diamond encrusted Hermès Himalaya Birkin bag, worth over Rs 2.6 crore, has gone viral on the social media. In the images posted on the social media, Nita Ambani is seen wearing a white ensemble and carrying the[Read More…]
