Mumbai, Feb 14 (IANS) Beleaguered housing finance company DHFL’s Joint Managing Director and CEO Harshil Mehta resigned on Wednesday with immediate effect. “However, he would continue to be associated with the company and shall hold the designation of Executive President-Retail Business with effect from February 14, 2019,” the company said[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 14 (IANS) In a move that will bring back the Tata family into the Tata Trusts, Noel Naval Tata was on Wednesday appointed as a trustee to the Sir Ratan Tata Trust. A previous IANS story had incorrectly said that Noel Tata has been appointed as the head[Read More…]
Ras al-Naqoura (Lebanon), Feb 14 (IANS/AKI) The United Nations-drawn Blue Line was the focus of a meeting Wednesday between the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon’s head Stefano Del Col and senior officers from the Lebanese National Army and the Israel Defence Forces, UNIFIL said in a statement. “Calm” has[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 14 (IANS) NorthEast United FC took a big step towards clinching a play-off spot after a crucial 2-0 win over Mumbai City FC in an Indian Super League (ISL) clash at the Mumbai Football Arena here on Wednesday. Two first-half goals from Rowllin Borges (4′) and star striker[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) HP India on Wednesday unveiled in India the premium laptop range with the HP Spectre Folio and HP Spectre x360 devices. HP Spectre Folio is available in cognac brown at Rs 1,99,990 and HP Spectre x360 in dark ash grey at a starting price of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday launched a web portal of Delhi Archives of the Delhi government having centuries-old land records. “To date, more than 1.60 crore of records have been digitised so far and of which approximately 60 lakh pages of records are[Read More…]
Amritsar, Feb 14 (IANS) Three women, all sisters, were burnt alive in a fire in their house in the walled city area here on Wednesday evening, police said. Police is investigating the cause of the mysterious fire that charred the three sisters to death in Gali Mochian area near Hakima[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) As the curtains came down on the 16th Lok Sabha on the last day of the Budget session, the members recalled their experiences, with some of them becoming emotional. They also praised Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, the second woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha after Meira[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The Narendra Modi government is yet to take a decision on bringing an ordinance to amend the Citizenship bill after the amendment bill failed to secure parliamentary approval, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said. The government, however, is likely to repromulgate the triple talaq[Read More…]
Rome, Feb 14 (IANS/AKI) Italy is appealing a decision that awarded the European Medicines Agency to Amsterdam after it was forced to leave London ahead of the UK’s planned withdrawal from the European Union on March 29, Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi said in a statement on Wednesday. Italy’s northern[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the signing of three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Saudi Arabia for strengthening cooperation in the fields of tourism, customs and investment. The MoU would facilitate sharing information and expertise in tourism development,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) A DNA sample sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory on Wednesday will decide if the missing supervisor of Hotel Arpit Palace is still alive. Seventeen people were killed in a fire at the hotel in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh area on Tuesday morning. The family[Read More…]
Jaipur, Feb 13 (IANS) Businessman Robert Vadra deposed before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here for the second consecutive day on Wednesday in connection with a money laundering case involving Bikaner land deal cases. He appeared at the ED office around 10.40 a.m and was interrogated until around 8.30 pm, after[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) In a significant development, major national parties on Thursday decided to have a pre-poll pact and a common minimum programme (CMP) to defeat the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha polls even as Congress appeared to keep its options open about tying up with Trinamool[Read More…]
By Sanjeev Pal New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) No panic alarm, inflammable temporary structures and an unauthorized kitchen in the basement — these were the many irregularities found by the Crime Branch at Arpit Palace Hotel, a day after a massive fire swept through it in the early hours, killing[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 13 (IANS) Four ‘rebel’ Congress legislators, who defied the party whip to absent themselves from the budget session since February 6, came to the assembly on Wednesday and were seen sitting on the treasury benches. “All our four legislators — Ramesh Jarkiholi, Umesh Jadhav, B Nagendra and Mahesh[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has cancelled his visit to India owing to the cancellation of his flight due to “inclement weather and logistical issues”, and will now take part in his slated India engagements via video conference, a US Department of Commerce spokesperson said on[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) Mob violence was reported from different areas of the North 24 Parganas district West Bengal following the rumours regarding miscreants roaming around shared with graphic images on social media, recently, police said on Wednesday. The Diamond Harbour district police have set up a control room to[Read More…]
Gurugram, Feb 13 (IANS) Haryana’s Gurugram district, which is home to over 20 lakh people, will soon have its fourth sub-division, an official said on Wednesday. Badshahpur, 8 km from Gurugram city on the Sohna-Alwar road, will soon have a Sub-Divisional Magistrate’s (SDM) office. The three existing SDM offices are[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an agreement between India and Morocco for setting up a Joint Working Group (JWG) on counter-terrorism. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) would be the basis for obtaining and exchanging information on terrorist activities, a statement said. –IANS spk/vd
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Central government will continue the “Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Upgradation Scheme” for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) beyond the 12th Plan period for three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved the continuation of[Read More…]
Rajkot, Feb 13 (IANS) Youth leaders Kanhaiya Kumar, Hardik Patel and Jignesh Mevani here on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of tarnishing Gujarat’s image,attacking constitutional institutions and targeting those who question him. They were taking part in an event in Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani’s hometown Rajkot under the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Central government plans to operationalise Navi Mumbai airport by 2021-22, apart from creating additional infrastructure at existing airports in Delhi and Banagalore, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said on Wednesday. Speaking at the CAPA India Aviation Summit, the Minister said that[Read More…]
Puducherry, Feb 13 (IANS) Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy on Wednesday staged a protest against Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi outside her official residence. On her part, Bedi on Wednesday evening wrote to Narayanasamy inviting him for a meeting on February 21. Wearing a black shirt and black dhoti, Narayanasamy sat[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday expressed her satisfaction over the performance of the 16th Lok Sabha, as its sitting came to an end on the last day of the Budget Session, saying the House passed 205 of the 219 Bills introduced during the entire period.[Read More…]
