New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a plea challenging the recent ordinance on coal block allocations, even as it declined a batch of petitions by private companies seeking that it re-look its Sep 24 order cancelling 214 coal blocks allocated from 1993 to 2011. The plea challenging the coal […]
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Three days after one of its drivers raped a woman commuter, “all activities” of global cab company Uber were banned in Delhi Monday and the accused was sent to three days in policy custody to verify his past crimes. As street protests erupted in the city demanding action against the […]
Mumbai, Dec 8 (IANS) India’s current account deficit widened to $10.1 billion for the quarter ended Sep 31, 2014, data released by Reserve bank of India (RBI) showed. According to the central bank, the net difference between inflows and outflows of foreign currencies also known as the current account showed a deficit that widened by […]
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Sanskrit will be offered as one of the options in lieu of an elective subject in Class 11 from the 2015-16 session in all Kendriya Vidyalayas having senior secondary classes, an official statement said Monday. In a circular dated Dec 5 which was shared with the media Monday, the Kendriya […]
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Women activists Monday demanded a total ban on Uber cab across India, saying the company had lost the right to operate in the country as it employed a driver, who was a repeat sex offender, without any police verification. Terming the Delhi government’s ban on Uber in the city as […]
Lucknow, Dec 6 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has directed its principal secretaries and secretaries to resolve issues raised by entrepreneurs during a state-level meet within a fortnight. Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan has directed the principal secretaries and secretaries of the concerned departments to ensure resolution of issues raised in the Friday’s state-level Udyog Bandhu […]
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) It was a pleasant, sunny Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 10 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. “The sky will remain clear through the day. There was a light mist in the morning,” said an official of India Meteorological Department. The maximum temperature will […]
Ranjoo Mann, New Delhi If ‘PK’ is the movie wrapped in a mystery, then Aamir Khan is wrapped in the truth of human. Amidst the days of promotion of ‘PK’, which opens on 19 December 2015, Aamir smiles often. Fresh even after the long hours of movie promotions, Aamir picks his words carefully. He does […]
“Can you go to Bhopal immediately? Something big seems to have happened. Many people have died. You can help out our local bureau and return after two or three days.” This was U.R. Kalkur, a marvel of a journalist who was the deputy general manager of UNI. He spoke hours after the Bhopal gas leak […]
More than 70 percent of Kashmir’s saffron cash crop, one of the costliest spices of the world, has lost its purple bloom this season due to the hostile weather. Its prices have increased 60 to 80 percent. To optimise revenues, trade representatives say, cheaper saffron imported from Iran is mixed with the prized local saffron […]