New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday expressed satisfaction after BJP president Amit Shah was given a clean chit in an alleged staged shootout case. “Extremely pleased to know that the BJP national president Shri Amit Shah has been given a clean chit by the special CBI court,” he twitted. Shah was […]
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) A 73-year-old property dealer was found murdered in central Delhi early Tuesday, police said. The body of Naresh Kumar Bansal was recovered around 1 a.m. in Daryaganj. “Bansal’s neck was slashed with a sharp-edged weapon. His body was lying in the service lane around 50 metres far from Shanti Van,” […]
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The BJP Tuesday set up an 18-member core committee for the Delhi assembly polls. The committee includes Rajya Sabha member Vijay Goel, and all seven Lok Sabha members from Delhi – Harsh Vardhan, Manoj Tiwari, Parvesh Verma, Udit Raj, Ramesh Bidhuri, Meenakshi Lekhi and Maheish Giri. Ashish Sood and Rekha […]
Lucknow, Dec 29 (IANS) Five members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were arrested by police Monday for allegedly putting up posters in Azamgarh that described Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav as “missing”. Yadav, who is the local MP, has not visited his Lok Sabha constituency ever since he won the polls from […]
Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) Engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Monday said it has won an offshore contract worth Rs.894 crore from state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for additional development of the Vasai East project. L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE) has bagged the complete turnkey contract from ONGC to improve the recovery […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The union cabinet Monday approved infusion of Rs.60 crore in Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) Ltd. to make it a government company by way of acquisition of preference shares from existing share holders, an official statement said. “The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved the […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The government Monday approved leasing of land owned by the state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) to the coast guard and navy for establishing surveillance facilities. The cabinet which met here said that owing to the illegal activities along the coast line, surveillance facilities are being developed by the coast […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) In the wake of the low intensity blast in Bengaluru, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday said if required the case could be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Rajnath Singh said that the central government is waiting for details about the incident from the state government. “Intelligence agencies […]
Seoul/New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Monday called on South Korean President Park Geun-hye and invited “bold investments” to benefit from the Indian government’s ‘Make in India’ programme. Official sources said that during the discussions, Sushma Swaraj invited Korean companies to build on their success in India. She said the Make […]
Chandigarh, Dec 29 (IANS) The Congress Monday demanded Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal should be booked for sedition for his Shiromani Akali Dal’s decision to hold protests against the Border Security Force (BSF) over the issue of drug smuggling. “The decision of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to hold four dharnas on […]