New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) India said on Thursday that interpretation of facts made in the statement from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights pertaining to deportation of Rohingyas was misleading and incorrect. Responding to queries from the media, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Krishnamurthy Subramanian on Thursday said the Supreme Court order quashing RBI’s stressed asset resolutions order does not impact the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC). Speaking at an industry event, the CEA said: “I don’t think changes in the IBC law[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said that the bank goes by the official data released by the government and refused to join the controversy about the authenticity of GDP figures. Responding to a question on the authenticity of GDP figures during the press briefing after[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Telecom majors Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are set for another face-off, this time in the entertainment segment as both the companies plan to offer bids for stake in the Zee Entertainment Enterprises, sources privy to the development said. Bharti Airtel has already initiated the[Read More…]
Kohima, April 4 (IANS) The 75th anniversary of one of the fiercest and toughest battles of World War II was commemorated on Thursday at Jotsoma in Nagaland. The anniversary brought together countries and people whose lives were forever altered by the conflict, under the theme ‘Remembrance, Reconciliation, Rebirth’. Japan’s Ambassador[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind has forwarded an Election Commission (EC) letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs on Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh’s violation of model code of conduct, asking it to take “necessary action”, an official said. The EC letter to the President on Monday[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) Mumbai-based Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS) on Thursday distributed royalty of more than Rs 20 crore to composers, song writers and publishers. The IPRS is a representative body of owners of music — the composers, lyricists, authors and the publishers of music. Veteran lyricist and[Read More…]
Gurugram, April 4 (IANS) Ahead of the parliamentary elections, the police have seized contraband goods and liquor worth around Rs 2 crore in March, an official said on Thursday. The police seized 166 kg marijuana, 7 kg charas, 120 gram smack, 1.8 kg methadone (de-addiction drug) worth over Rs 1[Read More…]
Addis Ababa, April 4 (IANS) Ethiopian authorities on Thursday urged US aerospace giant Boeing to review the flight control system of its 737 Max 8 aircraft, which they say contributed to the March 10 crash that killed all 157 on board. Ethiopian Minister of Transport Dagmawit Moges gave a summary[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The performance of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh was below average on most important concerns of voters, including employment opportunities, healthcare facilities and law & order, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The election watchdog’s ‘Uttar Pradesh Survey[Read More…]
New York, April 4 (IANS) A poor diet, particularly the low intake of whole grains and fruits, accounts for hundreds of deaths in India annually, say researchers. The study, reported in the Lancet journal, analysed data from 195 countries and found that one in five deaths globally — equivalent to[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Finance Commission Chairman N.K. Singh on Thursday said that urban sector holds the key to double-digit growth of the country, even as he suggested cutting down government debt below 60 per cent from more than 70 per cent currently. “There is no doubt that an[Read More…]
Siwan (Bihar), April 4 (IANS) Four youths were arrested on Thursday in connection the kidnapping of a 14-year-old school student, who was found murdered in Bihar’s Siwan district, and demanding Rs 50-lakh ransom from the family, a senior officer said. Rahul Kumar, a Class 7 student of Kendriya Vidyalaya and[Read More…]
Pune, April 4 (IANS) The MercedesTrophy grand finale, after 27-day of intense golf activities spread across 11 cities, will be held at Oxford Golf’ Country Club, here on Friday. The National Finals will throw up three national winners from among the 41 winners of the 11 regional legs. They would[Read More…]
Bengaluru, April 4 (IANS) Though Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have lost their opening four games and are lying at rock-bottom in the points table, the firepower they have in their tank means Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will have to put their best foot forward to beat them here on Friday,[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, April 4 (IANS) Former MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai, who quit the Congress on Wednesday, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday. Tarai joined the BJP in the presence of party national Vice President Baijayant Panda and other senior leaders here. Tarai is likely to get a BJP ticket[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) Superstar Salman Khan’s sister Arpita Khan Sharma has called out a social media user for passing demeaning remarks about her son Ahil. Recently, Arpita celebrated Ahil’s third birthday with her father Salim Khan, and a video from the celebrations was uploaded on Instagram by the paparazzi.[Read More…]
New York, April 4 (IANS) Actress Lena Headey has admitted she was “heartbroken” as she couldn’t attend the New York premiere of “Game of Thrones” because of illness. The actress, 45, took to Instagram on Wednesday to explain to fans why she wasn’t going to be on the red carpet[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), which has decided not to hold any agitational programme on the Ram temple issue till the Lok Sabha polls, is all set to organise a “Vijay Mahamantra Jaap Anushthan” across the country on Saturday. The event comes at a time[Read More…]
Moscow, April 4 (IANS) Russia on Thursday successfully launched a Progress MS-11 unpiloted cargo resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said in a statement. The launch of the spacecraft by the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket was carried out at 14.01 Moscow time (1101[Read More…]
Guwahati, April 4 (IANS) A total of 63 candidates have filed nominations for the four Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam which are going to the polls in the third phase to be held on April 23, election officials said on Thursday. Dhubri, Kokrajhar (reserved for Scheduled Tribes), Barpeta and Gauhati[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) India’s domestic air passenger traffic grew 10 per cent in February to rise in double-digits for the 54th consecutive month, a global airline association said on Thursday. “For India, this marks the 54th consecutive month of double-digit domestic revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) growth,” the International[Read More…]
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) Welcoming BJP veteran L.K. Advani’s veiled criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the comment was “significant”. “As the senior-most politician, former Dy PM and founding father of BJP, the views Advaniji has[Read More…]
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) The beleaguered Videocon Group has admitted to stupendous outstandings to various lenders – public and private – amounting to over Rs 90,000 crore, making it perhaps the biggest corporate bankruptcy case in Indian banking history, official sources said on Thursday. The company, however,[Read More…]
Kozhikode, April 4 (IANS) Congress candidate and two-time MP from Kozhikode M.K. Raghavan on Thursday denied corruption charges made against him in a sting operation conducted by a TV news channel, blaming the CPI-M for hatching a conspiracy to tarnish his image. Early this week, a news channel aired a[Read More…]
