New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) An estimated five lakh employees in the coal industry will begin a five-day nationwide strike Tuesday to denounce moves towards commercial mining of the fuel. A senior union leader warned that the strike may hit power supply in the country. Coal workers and unions across the country are bitterly opposed […]
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) The youth who slapped Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was arrested Monday on various charges including attempt to murder. The youth, Debasish Acharya, a resident of Tamluk in East Midnapore district, is now under treatment in Tamluk Hospital in serious condition after […]
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday took stock of the country’s internal security at a high-level meeting here. The meeting, termed a “routine meet” by a home ministry official, assumes significance against the backdrop of heavy firing on the international border with Pakistan and the ‘terror boat’ incident in Indian waters. […]
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday appointed economists and ministers as members of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog. The prime minister himself will be the chairperson of the NITI Aayog, while economist Arvind Panagariya will work as vice chairman. Economist Bibek Debroy, and V.K.Saraswat, former director general of DRDO, […]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The ministries of agriculture and food processing industries have selected the Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS International) in assisting them in all trade negotiations as also for conducting detailed studies on issues of agricultural products trade, the NGO said Sunday. “CUTS will now build a database of India’s trade […]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Security was Sunday tightened at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here following an intelligence alert that terrorists may target Air India flights going to Afghanistan, officials said. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which looks after the airport’s internal security, has been asked to be on alert and keep […]
Jammu, Jan 4 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir border was quiet Sunday, a day after Pakistani gunfire left two Indian soldiers and a civilian dead and forced hundreds to flee their homes along the frontier. Although no firing or shelling was reported Sunday, frightened villagers chose to stay away in makeshift camps in Samba and […]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Delhi saw a clear Sunday with the maximum temperature recorded at 19 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. The Met has forecast a clear Monday. “There will be moderate fog Monday morning. However the day later will be clear,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). […]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Sunday came out against criticism of the amendments to the land acquisition act, made through an ordinance, saying they “balance the developmental needs of India, particularly rural India” and provides enhanced compensation to the land-owners. In a Facebook posting, titled “Amendments to the Land Acquisition Law […]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A 32-year-old software engineer committed suicide here by hanging himself after critically injuring his wife, who works in a trading company, on her head with a sharp object, police said Sunday. The mother of Amit Bachhan called for help after finding herself locked from outside in a room of the […]