Car maker Hyundai Motor India Ltd will expand its capacity by 50,000 units. It also plans to launch nine new models and invest around Rs 6,500 crore, said a top company official. He also said the company will launch a electric powered sedan or a sports utility vehicle (SUV) and it plans to import the […]
To make public transit work for the differently abled, Google on Friday introduced “wheelchair accessible” routes in Maps at major metropolitan transit centres around the world. The feature is rolling out in London, New York, Tokyo, Mexico City, Boston and Sydney. In city centres, buses and trains, often the best way to get around presents […]
Andhra Pradesh’s ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Friday decided to pull out of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and move a no-confidence motion against the government over its refusal to grant special category status to the state, party leaders said. TDP Rajya Sabha MP Y.S. Chowdary told IANS: “Yes our party (TDP) has […]
National carrier Air India on Thursday said that it has “restored” its official Twitter handle after it was hacked. According to a senior airline official, Air India has commenced its investigation into the matter. “The official Twitter handle has been restored (after it was hacked). We have commenced our investigation into the matter,” the official […]
Former UP minister and one of the most popular faces in the state capital, Begum Hamida Habibullah passed away here on Tuesday morning. She was 102, family sources said. Daughter of the late Nawab Nazir Yar Jung Bahadur, Chief Justice of the Hyderabad High Court, Begum Hamida was a front-ranking social worker known to the […]
Authorities decided to re-open schools and colleges across the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday after shutting them the previous day to maintain law and order in the wake of a gunfight that killed three militants. “All schools and colleges will re-open today (Tuesday) in the valley. Although the District Magistrates will decide if any educational institution […]
The Lok Sabha was disrupted once again on Tuesday amid continuing protests by the opposition over the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and other issues, forcing Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to adjourn the House till 12 p.m. Members from different parties trooped near the Speaker’s podium, raising slogans on different issues, including the banking irregularities. This […]
For the second time in 10 months, Maharashtra farmers cracked the whip on the government to turn spotlight on the grave agrarian crises gripping the state by completing a long march to the Legislature, here on Monday. More than an estimated 35,000 peasants — men, women, youth and even seniors — with lines of worry […]
The key Indian equity indices opened on a positive note on Monday. The wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded higher by 85.40 points or 0.84 per cent at 10,312.25 points. The barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 33,468.16 points, traded at 33,571.85 points (9.23 a.m.) — up […]
Nine trekkers have died in a forest fire on the Kurangani Hills in Tamil Nadu, the District Collector said on Monday. A rescue operation with the help of the Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters has been underway since Sunday. A total of 27 trekkers were rescued from the fire in picturesque Theni district, some 520 […]