Kerala’s Technopark to be India’s largest IT park

Kerala’s Technopark to be India’s largest IT park

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will officially inaugurate an additional one million sq. ft. of space at the Technopark Phase III here Wednesday, making it the country’s largest such IT facility with a built-up area of 7.2 million sq.ft. The new twin-tower campus, developed in 92 acres of land has been named Ganga and Yamuna. […]

Geneva deal splits sanction regime: Iran president

Geneva deal splits sanction regime: Iran president

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Tuesday said the Geneva nuclear deal broke the sanction regime which had been unfairly imposed on his nation. Rouhani made the remarks two days after Iran and the six major powers agreed to start implementing their landmark nuclear deal from Jan 20, Xinhua reported. The Geneva deal means the six major […]

India to get TAPI gas by 2017, Sudan offers 2 oil blocks

India to get TAPI gas by 2017, Sudan offers 2 oil blocks

The framework for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project is being readied on a fast-track basis by the four stakeholder nations, Indian Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily said Tuesday. “Apart from gas, this TAPI pipeline would usher in peace among the nations as well. The gas is expected to reach the border of India by August […]

Eight arrested for Ranchi gang rape

Eight arrested for Ranchi gang rape

Eight youths accused of raping a minor in Ranchi were arrested Tuesday, police said. “Eight youths, all from Banhora village and accused in Sunday’s gang rape of the minor girl, have been arrested. The medical report of the girl has confirmed the rape,” a police official told IANS. Police said one youth is yet to […]

Tejpal bail plea hearing Wednesday

Tejpal bail plea hearing Wednesday

A Goa court Wednesday will decide on Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal’s petition seeking a bail in the rape case, which had led to his arrest Nov 30, 2013. Tejpal has already spent a month and half behind bars, both in police as well as judicial custody. He has been accused of allegedly raping a junior […]

Over 40 lakh take dip at Sangam on Makar Sankranti

Over 40 lakh take dip at Sangam on Makar Sankranti

Around 40 lakh Hindu devout Tuesday took a holy dip in the holy Ganga at the Sangam – the point where the Ganga, the Yamuna and the mystical Saraswati meet in Allahabad, according to official estimates. Hundreds congregated at the banks of the Sangam since day break and the bathing continued till late in the […]

God will decide on best man to become PM: Salman Khan

God will decide on best man to become PM: Salman Khan

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who attended a kite flying festival here Tuesday along with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, said god would decide who is the best man to become the prime minister. Salman, who was here to promote his upcoming film “Jai Ho”, spent the afternoon with Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Modi […]

British help for Operation Bluestar stirs Punjab parties

British help for Operation Bluestar stirs Punjab parties

Radical Sikh organizations as well as Punjab’s ruling Akali Dal Tuesday come out against revelations that Britain had helped the Indian government in plans to launch Operation Bluestar on the Golden Temple complex, home to the holiest of Sikh shrines ‘Harmandar Sahib’, in June 1984. Radical Sikh organization Dal Khalsa Tuesday shot off a letter […]