Pandey will quit immediately as DGP, Gujarat tells SC

Pandey will quit immediately as DGP, Gujarat tells SC

The Gujarat government on Monday told the Supreme Court that the request of Director General of Police P.P. Pandey to step down will be accepted immediately. Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud were also told that the notification of three months extension granted to him till April 30 too would be resolved. […]

Equities soar on domestic cues, key indices touch new high

Equities soar on domestic cues, key indices touch new high

Positive domestic cues, coupled with a strong rupee and healthy buying in capital goods and consumer durables sectors, gave a fillip to the Indian equity markets during the mid-afternoon trade session on Monday. Both the key Indian indices touched new 52-week high levels during the intra-day trade. The NSE Nifty made a record high opening […]

Ex-South Korean President Park arrested

Ex-South Korean President Park arrested

Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was arrested early on Friday raising a possibility for her to serve jail term over corruption allegations, a media report said. A judge in the Seoul Central District Court said in a statement that Park’s major criminal allegations could be justified and concerns remained over a possibility of her […]

Security heightened in J&K to prevent separatist protests

Security heightened in J&K to prevent separatist protests

Authorities made heavy deployments of security forces on Friday to prevent separatist-called protests here and in other parts of Jammu and Kashmir. Police said deployments of police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been made in sensitive places to prevent any untoward incidents. “No curfew has been imposed anywhere in the valley. But adequate […]

MoneyGram Launches Vaisakhi Campaign to Celebrate the Harvest Festival in Punjab

MoneyGram Launches Vaisakhi Campaign to Celebrate the Harvest Festival  in Punjab

Receivers stand a chance to win over 60 exciting prizes including motorbikes Jalandhar (March 15, 2017) – MoneyGram  a global provider of innovative money transfer services, announced ‘Vaisakhi 2017’ campaign in the presence of Harbhajan Singh, famous Indian cricketer. With the campaign, MoneyGram aims to create excitement among its customers in Punjab and bring joy to their Vaisakhi […]

Xiaomi aims to create 20,000 jobs in India

Xiaomi aims to create 20,000 jobs in India

Chinese technology major Xiaomi’s founder Lei Jun on Monday said India was one of the important markets for the company and it aims to create 20,000 jobs in the next three years. In his address at the Economic Times Global Business Summit 2017, Lei said that the company has made major strides in a very […]

Indian equities open on a higher note

Indian equities open on a higher note

Indian equity markets opened on a higher note during the early morning trade session on Tuesday as broadly positive global cues and healthy buying in banking, automobile and healthcare stocks buoyed investors’ sentiments. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose by 45 points or 0.50 per cent to 9,090.20 points. The […]

E-rickshaw driver held for raping minor

E-rickshaw driver held for raping minor

An e-rickshaw driver has been arrested under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for raping a seven-year-old girl in south Delhi, police said on Sunday. Accused Romi Rana, 27, of Tughlaqabad village was arrested on Saturday night after the girl and her younger brother narrated the incident to their mother. The […]

Trade disrupted on India-Myanmar border in Manipur

Trade disrupted on India-Myanmar border in Manipur

Border trade between India and Myanmar was disrupted on Sunday for several hours along the international border in Manipur due to protest by villagers on the Indian side. However, the stand-off was resolved after talks at the official level. Police said a large number of villagers of Haollenphai near the international border shouted slogans against […]

No plans to introduce new denomination notes: RBI

No plans to introduce new denomination notes: RBI

The Reserve Bank of India currently has no plans of introducing new denomination currencies, a senior RBI official said on Sunday. “Presently RBI has no idea to introduce currencies of new denominations. The central banking institution wants to encourage cashless transactions, which are helpful to the people”, RBI Deputy Governor N.S. Vishwanathan said while speaking […]