New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Director General R.R. Bhatnagar on Monday met Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and is understood to have discussed security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF troopers. The meeting also comes[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Feb 18 (IANS) The Haryana government has appointed Manoj Yadava as Director General of Police (DGP), a state government spokesman said here on Monday. Yadava, a 1988-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, was on deputation with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and working as Joint Director in the[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) IT major Infosys Ltd has paid Rs 34 lakh to settle a case related to alleged lapses regarding a severance payment done in 2015, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said in an order. “The proposed adjudication proceedings for the defaults… are settled,” the market[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to initiate an independent probe into the IL&FS financial debacle. In her letter, Banerjee mentioned that IL&FS faced a debt crisis to the tune of alarming Rs 91,000 crore putting[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) India and Saudi Arabia are expected to announce a ministerial-level ‘Strategic Partnership Council’ during the visit of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman beginning Tuesday with the the issue of terrorism expected to figure in a major way during the talks in the aftermath of Pulwama[Read More…]
Fatorda, Feb 18 (IANS) FC Goa became the second Indian Super League (ISL) side to book their place in the play-offs after a convincing 3-0 win over Kerala Blasters FC here at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Monday. Quickfire goals in the first half from Ferran Corominas and Edu Bedia[Read More…]
Shillong, Feb 18 (IANS) A day after Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah said that the Citizenship bill will be passed if his party returns to power, Meghalaya Home Minister James Sangma on Monday reiterated National People’s Party’s (NPP) opposition to the contentious legislation. The influential North East Student’s Organisation[Read More…]
London, Feb 18 (IANS) Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp on Monday said he expects a difficult encounter against Bayern Munich in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League last-16 tie, despite the German side’s somewhat unstable set of recent results. Anfield Stadium is to welcome the Germans on Tuesday[Read More…]
New Delhi/Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) India Inc has come together to support the families of CRPF jawans killed and injured in the Pulwama terrorist attack by raising some funds. On Monday, the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) said that it will contribute an amount equivalent to one day’s salary[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) Presidency University is coming up with a specialised course in cyber security at its new campus, which will start functioning in the next academic year, the vice chancellor said, here on Monday. “We have planned a broad course in informatics, which offers specialisation in cyber security[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Feb 18 (IANS) Abhinav Bindra Targeting Performance Centre, the first high-performance centre in Odisha, was on Monday inaugurated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Kalinga Stadium here. This will create easy access to all sportspersons of Odisha and its neighbouring states to world-class equipment, said a statement. The centre’s[Read More…]
Mumbai/New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Massive turbulence continued to hit the Indian airline sector as even the formidable passenger carrier IndiGo now faces headwinds of pilot shortage leading to a truncated flight schedule and consequently a dive in its stock price. Lately, the Indian airline sector has been hit by[Read More…]
Chennai, Feb 18 (IANS) Leaders of various political parties in Tamil Nadu on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict allowing Vedanta Ltd’s copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi to remain closed. The apex court also said the company can approach the Madras High Court while overruling the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT)[Read More…]
By Sanjeev Pal New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The gutted Arpit Palace Hotel appears to have been built on a slew of violations, one of them is not leaving any free space as per municipal bylaws, and using 100 per cent of the land for building the hotel. As per[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry on Monday rejected as “untrue” some media reports suggesting that air transit facility on the Jammu-Srinagar sector for CRPF troopers has not been allowed. It also said the movement of paramilitary convoys by road will continue in Jammu and Kashmir as[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Feb 18 (IANS) Residents in Chandigarh were on Monday asked by the local Municipal Corporation (MC) to brace for water supply shutdown for the next 36 due to ongoing work in the water supply line for the Union Territory. There was no water supply in the entire city on[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board on Monday approved transfer Rs 28,000-crore interim dividend to the government ahead of the general elections to meet the welfare expenditures and the fiscal deficit breach. This is the second straight year that the RBI has announced an[Read More…]
New Delhi/Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) India Inc has come together to support the families of CRPF troopers killed and injured in the Pulwama terror attack, at a time when the central government is taking stern economic measures against Pakistan. In the worst-ever attack in Jammu and Kashmir since militancy erupted[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) Emami Group’s promoters on Monday sold their 10 per cent stake in its flagship Emami Limited, raising about Rs 1,600 crore in order to reduce their debts. “The stake sale proceeds will reduce promoter debt which was used in creation of assets like cement and solar[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Argentina on Monday invited Indian business to invest in the Latin American nation in a move to boost the current low level of bilateral trade with India and take the relationship to a higher level. Following Macri’s talks with Modi on Monday, the two sides[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) Ending weeks of speculation and tottering on the brink, the ruling NDA constituents – Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party – finally sealed a pact for the ensuing 2019 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Announcing the alliance formula, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the BJP will[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Feb 18 (IANS) Asserting that the entire country was fed up with the senseless killing of Indian soldiers every day, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday called for “tough coercive action against Pakistan”, which he suggested could be military, diplomatic or economic, or a combination of all three.[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the Narendra Modi government for “politicising” the Pulwama terror attack and demanded its ouster for its “failure” to take precautionary measures despite an intelligence alert of a possible attack. Banerjee also accused the Rashtriya Swyamsevak sangh (RSS)[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Victims of Johnson & Johnson faulty Articular Surface Replacement (ASR) hip implants have written to the central expert committee (CEC) raising objections to the compensation package proposed by the government. In a 15-page letter to CEC chairman Dr R.K. Arya on February 13, a copy[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is all set to hand over the probe of the terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), sources said on Monday. “The MHA is likekly to issue a notification[Read More…]
