Another batch of 1,621 pilgrims left Jammu on Wednesday to perform the Amarnath Yatra which has been proceeding peacefully in the Kashmir Valley, officials said. The pilgrims left Jammu in 34 buses and 15 light motor vehicles escorted by the security forces, a senior police officer told IANS in Jammu. “Over 45,000 have performed the […]
Taking oblique potshots at the Aam Aadmi Party and its political fray in Goa, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said “looters from Delhi” now had designs to loot Goa and were trying to rile Goans. “Some Delhiwallahs think that after looting Delhi they can loot Goa too? They see an opportunity. They do not loot, […]
In a bid to regain footing in the social media landscape, Micro-blogging site Twitter has appointed Bret Taylor — former chief technology officer at Facebook and an ex-Google employee who helped build Google Maps — to its board. Bret Taylor co-founded a social networking startup called Friendfeed, Re/Code reported on Wednesday. “Bret brings to our […]
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had tried to dodge Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s offer to elevate him to the union cabinet, he has said, adding that it took him a couple of weeks to take a call on it. “On October 26, I had gone to meet Modi to discuss the Goa mining issue and provide […]
As NASA’s Juno probe entered the orbit of our solar system’s largest planetary inhabitant after a five-year journey, Google celebrated the scientific milestone with a doodle that says “Juno reaches Jupiter”. “A NASA satellite built like a tank is settling into polar orbit around Jupiter, the mysterious gas giant two doors down from Earth,” Google […]
Negative Asian markets, along with profit booking, subdued the Indian equity markets on Tuesday. Consequently, the key indices of the Indian equity markets traded flat — marginally in the red, during the morning session. Heavy selling pressure was witnessed in automobile, information technology (IT) and oil and gas stocks. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a message to his US counterpart Barack Obama in honour of the American Independence Day on July 4, the Kremlin said on Monday. In the message, Putin signaled he wanted the US and Russia to resume a positive relationship, CNN reported. “The history of Russian-American relations shows that when we […]
British business confidence has fallen sharply in the aftermath of the vote to leave the European Union (EU), a new research revealed. The share of businesses that reported feeling pessimistic about the British economy doubled in the week after the Brexit vote on June 24, according to the YouGov and the Centre for Economics and […]
Mr.Varun Krishan Sharma, is a successful businessman, a community member always in action and a family man. The established entrepreneur who is contesting Wyndham City Council Election 2016 from the Chaffey Ward has tall ambitions for the people and he promises to make his city a better place for sure. “More transparent laws, immigration reform, greater […]
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and opposition Labour party leader Bill Shorten on Monday began talks with independent MPs in an attempt to form a minority government. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) said it could take up to a month to determine the final results of Saturday’s election, while a clear result to determine a […]