New Delhi, The three state-run oil marketing companies on Monday reduced petrol and diesel prices. Petrol and diesel will be cheaper by Rs.0.58 and Rs.0.25 per litre respectively in the national capital. The reduction will be effective from midnight Monday. Making the fortnightly revision in retail prices, Indian Oil Corp (IOC) said: “The current level […]
Paris, Outlining India’s target of 175 GW of renewable energy in seven years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday told a global summit on environment that while his country was doing its bit on climate change, the world must also act with urgency, led by rich nations. “The entire world, 196 nations, have come together […]
Paris, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched the 122-country global solar alliance along with French President Francois Hollande on the sidelines of the Conference of Parties (CoP-21) climate summit that got underway here. “A symbol of life & a source of hope! PM @narendramodi & Prez @fhollande at launch of Int’l Solar Alliance,” external […]
Srinagar, Mercury dropped slightly below zero in Srinagar and more in other parts of the Kashmir Valley on Monday even as the minimum overnight temperature in the Jammu and Kashmir capital was recorded at this winter season’s lowest. In the Kashmir Valley, mercury dipped to 3.6 degrees Celsius below the frezing point in Gulmarg and […]
Lucknow, Cold wave tightened its grip as rain continued to lash Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow on Monday morning and the minimum temperature in the region was set to dip further, the regional meteorological office said. Residents of Lucknow woke up to a steady spell of rain, leaving many schoolchildren and office-goers in the lurch. Icy […]
New Delhi, Senior IPS officer A.R.K Kini will hold the additional charge of Director General of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) from December 1, a union home ministry release said on Monday. He has been given the additional charge following retirement of N.R. Wasan on Monday. Kini, a 1981-batch Indian Police Service officer, […]
Mumbai, A benchmark index for Indian equities, the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), on Monday opened marginally lower but soon headed north and was trading at 26,224.55 points some 30 minutes after the opening bell. Although the barometer at BSE opened lower, it rose shortly to 26,169.90 points at 9.20 a.m. […]
Jammu, A paramilitary trooper was injured on Monday in a firing incident in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. “A trooper was injured in a firing incident at a CRPF picket in Malhar (Billawar) area on Monday morning,” a police official told IANS here. The injured CRPF trooper was shifted to a hospital, […]
Chandigarh, Haryana Police shot dead an alleged cattle smuggler and seriously injured another in an encounter in Kurukshetra district early on Sunday, a senior police official said. The encounter took place in Thanesar area of the district, about 110 km from here, when the cattle smugglers were transporting cows in a pick-up jeep, police officials […]
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to donate organs, and said it was the most vital donation one could think of. “Organ donation can save valuable lives… I urge people to … make donations,” Modi said in his ‘Mann Ki Baat‘ radio address to the nation. “What could be a bigger […]