The second phase of Delhi’s odd-even traffic scheme aimed at battling pollution ended on Saturday evening with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal calling it a success even as there were concerns over environmental impact of fires, including at two landfill sites. The 15-day second phase scheme, which started on April 15, saw fewer traffic tickets compared […]
A seven-year-old girl was raped by unidentified people here, police said on Saturday. She was shifted to a Delhi hospital as her condition deteriorated. The minor lives in the shanties in an urban area under Sushant Lok police station. The girl, who lives with her parents, went missing from her house on Friday night. She […]
Amid tight security, over 78 percent of the around 1.24 crore electorate braved the sweltering heat to cast their votes for 53 constituencies in the fifth and penultimate phase of the West Bengal assembly polls on Saturday. Stray incidents of violence were reported. Since 7 a.m., when polling began, large queues of voters were seen […]
The cash-strapped Himachal Pradesh State Forest Development Corp Ltd had accumulated losses of Rs.52.75 crore till the end of fiscal 2014-15 due to cartelisation by purchasers, the Comptroller Auditor General of India (CAG) has said. The CAG said the cartels resulted in the loss of Rs.18 crore on sale of deodar alone in the timber […]
The Supreme Court on Saturday allowed Delhi Police to purchase 197 heavy-duty vehicles to be used for various activities, including VVIP security, but asked it to pay a 30 percent environment compensation charge on the total cost of vehicles. An apex court bench comprising Chief Justice T.S. Thakur, Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice R. Banumati […]
American University of Antigua College of Medicine Holds First Ever Responder Trainings in India (New York, NY: April 26, 2016) Indian roads claim more than 16 lives every hour in accidents on an average. Over 141,000 people died in crashes in 2014, 3% more than the number of fatalities in 2013. According to World Health […]
Mumbai got very shiner when many shining stars from Bollywood and Television were seen together at the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2016. The Dadasaheb Phalke excellence Award recognises the contribution of film personalities towards the development of Indian Cinema. Dadasaheb Phalke excellence Award is given to a film personality for their outstanding contribution to the […]
The external affairs ministry on Sunday revoked the passport of liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who owes Rs. 9,000 crores to various banks in India and is currently residing in Britain. “Having considered the replies furnished by Vijay Mallya to the show cause notice, facts brought by Enforcement Directorate, and Non Bailable Warrant under the PMLA […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appreciated the efforts of the Indian Railways as well as common people in battling the ongoing drought in the country. In the 19th edition of his radio address ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Modi congratulated the railways for sending water to Latur in Maharashtra. “The railways was swift in sending water […]
Corruption at India’s top level has “disappeared” in the year since Narendra Modi took over as prime minister and this is an encouraging signal for foreign investors, says billionaire investor Prem Watsa. In an interview with ET’s Romit Guha, the ‘Warren Buffet of Canada’ says India is the only country of significant size that he […]