New Delhi, The union government said on Thursday it plans to award a total of 10,000 km of road projects by the end of the current fiscal, while 19 stalled highway projects involving blocked investment of around Rs.40,000 crore are to be resolved by this month end. “All procedures have been simplified. There is an […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala’s ruling Congress-led UDF suffered a blow on Thursday as a court ordered an FIR to be filed in the solar panel scam against Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who claimed innocence and rejected opposition calls to resign. And even as Saritha Nair, one of the main accused in the scandal and who hurled bribery […]
New Delhi, The Congress on Wednesday said it commanded a majority in the Arunachal Pradesh assembly and the Centre’s decision to impose president’s rule in the northeastern state was a “shameful example of coercive federalism”. The decision to dislodge an elected Congress government on the Republic Day was “an open and dastardly murder of democracy”, […]
New Delhi, Oscar-winning Indian sound designer Resul Pookutty says getting nominated at the Motion Picture Sound Editors‘63rd annual Golden Reel Awards for films banned in India tells that “we have to keep our mind open as artistes”. He has dedicated the “honour” to the 2012 Delhi gangrape victim. “The recognition outside India simply tells us […]
New Delhi, Over 1.5 lakh workers of Delhi’s three main civic bodies went on a three-day strike on Wednesday over non-payment of salary — a development that could cripple essential services like sanitation in the national capital. Taking a serious note of the situation that has also occurred earlier leading to roads being strewn with […]
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the central government and Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa on a plea challenging the imposition of President’s Rule in the north-eastern state on January 26. An apex court constitution bench of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Madan B. Lokur, Justice Pinaki […]
Ahmedabad, A day before Republic Day, 30 Indian fishermen from Gujarat’s Porbandar port, along with five boats, were on Monday captured by the Pakistan Marine Security Agency (PMSA) in the Arabian sea off the Gujarat coast, an official said. The boats from Porbandar had ventured into high seas for fishing nearly a week ago, National […]
Gurgaon, Gurgaon, better known as Millennium City for MNCs, BPOs and upscale residential sectors, on Monday got a new identity as the headquarters of the newly-launched International Solar Alliance (ISA) that will be devoted to harnessing solar energy. “Just like the United Nations and WHO (World Health Organisation) are international organisations, the ISA is an […]
New Delhi, Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, legendary actor Rajinikanth, sportspersons Saina Nehwal and Sania Mirza are among the 112 notable personalities to get Padma awards in 2016. Late industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani, former chief vigilance commissioner Vinod Rai, actor Anupam Kher and late spiritual leader Swami Dayanand Saraswati were also on the awardee list […]
New Delhi, India and France on Monday signed 14 pacts to bolster ties and concluded an inter-government agreement for the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft by New Delhi but with financial issues yet to be resolved. The two countries also decided to bolster cooperation against terrorism, and told Pakistan to bring to justice those […]