At least five coaches of the Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto Express derailed in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Tuesday, officials said. According to the Central Railway, there were no reports of any casualties or injuries so far in the incident which occurred at around 6.30 a.m., between the Asangaon and Vashind stations. Top Central Railway officials are rushing […]
The counting of votes for the Bawana assembly by-poll here began at 8 a.m. on Monday. The by-poll was necessitated after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Ved Prakash quit the party and resigned from the assembly seat to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (Lead). Voting was conducted on August 23 at 379 polling booths. The […]
Software major Infosys has gone through a churn over the months, as its boardroom battles over a spate of issues led to the exit of its first non-founder executive Vishal Sikka on August 18 and the return of its co-founder Nandan Niliekani as non-Executive Chairman on Thursday. Among the issues red flagged by the promoters, […]
With hours left for the CBI court’s verdict on Friday in a rape case against Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and tension mounting in Haryana’s Panchkula, adjoining here, Army was called in to deal with any situation along with other security forces. Central para-military forces and Haryana Police tried to evict the Dera Sacha […]
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Friday left his sect headquarters and headed for the CBI court in Haryana’s Panchkula town accompanied by scores of cars full of his supporters. The sect chief has been directed to appear personally in the court in a case pertaining to alleged rape and sexual exploitation […]
With over 5,300 recipients between 2004 and 2017, India is the largest beneficiary of the Erasmus scholarships for higher education offered by the European Union (EU) member states, EU Ambassador to India Tomasz Kozlowski has said. “Since 2004, Erasmus was thrown open to third countries. Indian students have been the number one beneficiaries of this […]
Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who is here on a five-day state visit, wa accorded a ceremonial welcome on Thursday. President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Deuba before the guard of honour at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Later in the day, Deuba will hold delegation-level talks with Modi. […]
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE, after opening at 31,407.47 points, touched a high of 31,440.86 points and a low of 31,383.08 points. On Tuesday, the Sensex closed at 31,291.85 points. The Sensex is trading at 31,397.07 […]
Polling began on a brisk note in the by-election to Nandyal constituency in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. Long queues were seen when polling booths opened at 7 a.m. The voting will continue till 6 p.m., election officials said. Over 2.19 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise at 255 centres. For […]
Polling for the by-election in two assembly constituencies in Goa is underway after voting began at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. Former Defence Minister and Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is contesting from the Panaji assembly seat against Congress’ Girish Chodankar and Anand Shirodkar of the Goa Suraksha Manch. In the Valpoi bypoll, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane […]