Guwahati, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday came out with statistics in BJP-ruled states to claim that the condition of women was better in Assam than in many states, a day after union HRD Minister Smriti Irani attacked the Congress government in the state over atrocities on women. Gogoi said that in 2014, as […]
Gurgaon, Former Army Chief General Om Prakash Malhotra (retd) passed away on Tuesday at the age of 93, an official statement said. General Malhotra was the 13th chief of the Indian Army (1978-1981), ambassador of India to Indonesia during 1981-1984 and governor of Punjab and administrator of Chandigarh during 1990-1991. The General is survived by […]
New Delhi, The government will extend all help to an Indian man working in Saudi Arabia without being paid his salary for the last 28 months, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday. The minister’s comments came after she came to know of a video in which Kumar Akash, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, […]
Pune, A woman was allegedly raped by two men who also filmed the act at the sprawling campus of IT major Infosys here in Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday. The matter came to light after the woman, working as a canteen cashier inside Phase I of the 115-acre campus, filed a complaint with police in […]
New Delhi, An Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel, who was lured into spying for Pakistan’s spy agency ISI while chatting with a woman on Facebook, was dismissed from service and was arrested from an airbase in Punjab, a police official said on Tuesday. “We have arrested an IAF personnel from Punjab on charges of spying […]
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government is working for the empowerment of Dalits and only industrialization can benefit them. “Our government is your government. We are working for your benefit and empowerment. Financial inclusion is at the core of our focus. We want to create job-creators, not job-seekers,” Modi said […]
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, Tipplers in Kerala were left wringing their hands in despair as the Supreme Court upheld the state policy to restrict service and consumption of liquor at bars in five star hotels only — a verdict that was hailed by the Oommen Chandy government The apex court bench comprising Justice Vikramjit Sen and Justice […]
Hyderabad, Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella has agreed to set up a Microsoft centre for excellence in Visakhapatnam. Nadella, who met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday, assured cooperation with the state government in utilisation of cloud data for improving citizen services. During the 80-minute-long meeting with Naidu at the latter’s […]
New Delhi, The Delhi government on Monday announced it would run 3,000 additional buses on the capital’s roads starting January 1 in a bid to help commuters, considering the implementation of the odd-even-numbered vehicle restriction formula. “A total of 3,000 buses will be added on Delhi roads from January 1,” Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai […]
Chandigarh, At least six people were killed when a liquor vend and tavern building collapsed in Chandigarh’s Sector 26 on Monday. Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sukhchain Singh Gill told media that six people were killed when they got trapped under the collapsed building. Some other victims were feared trapped under the debris of […]