Keeping up with the tradition of introducing Indian audience to global thinkers and writers, the Jaipur Literature Festival 2015 has chosen luminaries from the field of art, literature and poetry to talk on various themes, organisers said. The festival, brainchild of NamitaGokhale and William Dalrymple, will be held in Jaipur from January 21-25, 2015. It […]
Raipur, Dec 2 (IANS) Terming Maoists a “challenge to the nation”, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday said the government would surely overcome the challenge as the country was united in the fight against Left-wing extremism. Rajnath Singh, however, ducked a question on whether the army needs to be deployed in Maoist-hit areas to eliminate them. […]
Chennai, Dec 2 (IANS) Banking transactions were hit in the five southern states and the union territories of Puducherry and Lakshadweep Tuesday with around 150,000 bank staff striking work demanding early conclusion of wage revision, said a union leader. “Around 150,000 employees struck work across the five southern states and Puducherry Tuesday demanding early wage […]
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) An organ donated is better than an organ consigned to flames or buried after death, Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung said Tuesday while making a public appeal for a generous organ donation. Jung was speaking at the inauguration of one-day organ transplant conference in the capital where he launched e-reporting […]
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The Aam Admi Party (AAP) would file a criminal case against the BJP for levelling baseless allegations against its source of funding, party chief Arvind Kejriwal said Tuesday “Media has widely covered arbitrary and baseless allegations by BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) against our funding. We are filing criminal defamation against […]
Guwahati, Dec 2 (IANS) A major students’ organisation in Assam Tuesday launched a state-wide protest opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement to go ahead with the land swap deal with Bangladesh. Addressing a rally of Bharatiya Janata Party workers here recently, Modi sought the consent of the people of Assam for the land swap deal, […]
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The government’s Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) for corporate frauds has probed 17 companies till date during the current fiscal, Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley said Tuesday. The SFIO investigated 20 companies in 2011-12 and 22 firms each in 2012-13 and 2013-14 for alleged corporate frauds, Jaitley told […]
Attorney General Brad Hazzard and Minister for Police and Emergency Services Stuart Ayres today welcomed a new report that shows a major decline in youth crime rates over the last decade. Figures released by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) today reveal the number of teenagers and young adults arrested for robbery, […]
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday expressed shock and deep anguish at the gruesome killing of CRPF personnel in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh and demanded that the government look at all aspects of the incident. She extended her condolences to the family of the “martyrs” and hoped that the injured […]
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) A bright sun made for a pleasant Monday in Delhi with the maximum temperature being recorded four notches above season’s average at 29 degrees Celsius. Similar weather conditions would prevail Tuesday. “Tuesday morning will be foggy, but sky will be remain clear during the day,” said an official of India […]