New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the achievements of his government in domestic as well as foreign policy fronts were not due to those who led the government but because it was a majority government with a clear mandate to take strong decisions. He[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. Wearing a black shirt and black dhoti, Narayanasamy sat outside the Raj Nivas to protest her preventing the implementation of his government’s welfare schemes. He was joined[Read More…]
Chennai, Feb 13 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government is gearing up to meet the water shortage that may arise during summer this year and supply 550 million litres per day (MLD) water to Chennai. The government plans to take measures like digging new borewells and deepening existing ones, supply of[Read More…]
Manila, Feb 13 (IANS) Maria Ressa, a high-profile Philippines journalist and vocal critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with “cyber libel” charges against her news website Rappler. Rappler said the charges were over an article it published in 2012. Ressa was indicted in relation to[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) With the 16th Lok Sabha coming to an end on Wednesday, veteran Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav heaped praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and expressed his wish to see him re-elected to office again. “I wish all the members of this Lok[Read More…]
London, Feb 13 (IANS) Primary school children who ate midday meals over an extended period were shown to have significantly better learning outcomes, according to researchers of Indian-origin. The researchers, in the study published in the Journal of Development Economics, suggest a powerful connection between nutrition and education. Professors Rajshri[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) In the aftermath of attack on Amit Bhandari, the Delhi and District Cricket Association chief selector and former India pacer, DDCA President Rajat Sharma on Wednesday assured of better security for selectors during trials. At an interaction with IANS, Sharma said now only players will[Read More…]
Raipur, Feb 13 (IANS) The Congress, which returned to power in Chhattisgarh by ousting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which ruled the state for three consecutive terms, has renamed seven schemes. While the BJP has called the move undemocratic, the Congress says it has corrected the BJP’s mistakes. In an[Read More…]
Jaipur, Feb 13 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is questioning Robert Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi in a money laundering case involving the Bikaner land deal case, is learnt to have asked him the following questions on Tuesday (February 12): (Vadra needs to reply in writing to[Read More…]
London, Feb 13 (IANS) UK’s Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay on Wednesday downplayed the possibility of Prime Minister Theresa May seeking an extension to the negotiation period with the bloc in order to avoid a no-deal Brexit. Barclay responded to questions on the BBC’s flagship morning politics radio show after UK’s[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Pushed to the extreme by the choking smoke in the Delhi hotel fire, a 38-year-old businessman from Assam dangled outside the window for air and cheated death when finally the firemen brought him down using a ladder after nearly one hour. Seventeen people, many of[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 13 (IANS) Actor Ashish Chowdhry, who was a part of the first two “Dhamaal” installments, says it is tough to digest not being a part of the third part titled “Total Dhamaal”. “I’ve missed you all so much. It is tough to digest not being a part of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Ashwani Lohani, a retired bureaucrat, has been appointed the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of national carrier Air India, here on Wednesday. Lohani held the position for around two years from 2015. In August 2017, he was named the Chairman to the Railway Board. Lohani[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) UPA Chairman Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday lavished praise on her son and Congress President Rahul Gandhi for taking “head on” the Modi government and the BJP. Addressing members of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) here, she said the victory of the party in the Rajasthan,[Read More…]
Prayagraj, Feb 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Wednesday took a dip in the Sangam – the holy confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Sarawasti – at Kumbhnagar in Prayagraj. Accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and a number of saints, the BJP[Read More…]
Kabul, Feb 13 (IANS) The Afghanistan Attorney General’s office on Wednesday began a probe against members of the Election Commission after they were sacked over complaints of misuse of authority during last year’s parliamentary elections. President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday sacked all 12 members of the Election Commission, hours after[Read More…]
Patna, Feb 13 (IANS) Questions are being raised about security arrangements inside the Bihar Assembly after RJD legislator and former minister Tej Pratap Yadav’s armed private guards was seen roaming inside the Assembly premises on Wednesday morning. Tej Pratap, the elder son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, had arrived at[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) A galaxy of opposition leaders on Wednesday asked the people to oust Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the coming Lok Sabha election as they rallied in the national capital in a show of strength. Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury, one of the[Read More…]
Chennai, Feb 13 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Wednesday said a multi-disciplinary animal husbandry park will be set up in Salem district. Announcing this in the Assembly, Palaniswami said the park will be set up on a 900 acre plot at an outlay of Rs 396 crore.[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) The Kolkata Metro Railway services were partially disrupted on Wednesday after a train got stuck between Dum Dum and Belgachia stations following a power supply breakdown, an official said. The Kavi Subhas-bound metro got stuck after power supply from the third rail stopped. The passengers were[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Feb 13 (IANS) A court in Ludhiana on Wednesday sent three accused in the gang-rape of a 21-year-old woman to seven days’ police remand. The Punjab Police had arrested the three men who had allegedly gang-raped the young woman in Issewal area of Ludhiana district on February 9 night.[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 13 (IANS) German auto component major’s Indian arm Bosch Ltd on Wednesday reported Rs 335 crore standalone net profit for the third quarter (Q3) of fiscal 2018-19, registering a 19.2 per cent annual growth over Rs 281 crore in the same period a year ago. Standalone revenue from[Read More…]
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Chennai, Feb 13 (IANS) Responding to DMK president M.K.Stalin’s charge that the Tamil Nadu government has not been able to get enough funds from the central government, Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Wednesday said the Centre does not give the full amount requested by the states. “Whoever may be in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday told a court it was not opposing the plea of Dubai-based businessman Rajiv Saxena seeking bail on medical grounds as he was cooperating in the AgustaWestland deal probe. Saxena may, according to sources, turn approver in the case, though[Read More…]
