Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supremo Bimal Gurung Monday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and discussed several issues including transfer of several department to the GTA – the GJM administered autonomous hill council. Gurung, the chief executive of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), called on Banerjee at the state secretariat where […]
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the beleagured Indian cricket board president N. Srinivasan to show he was not in conflict of interest over the betting allegations against his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, an official of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings that Srinivasan’s firm owns. Srinivasan, besides being the president of the […]
Jammu/Srinagar, Dec 1 (IANS) Poll staff and security personnel reached all the 2,181 polling stations Monday of 18 assembly constituencies in five districts of Jammu and Kashmir where polling will be held Tuesday in the second of the five phase election, an official said. “All arrangements including polling staff, poll material, heating arrangements and security […]
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Lauding the role of the BSF in securing India’s borders bravely and in a selfless manner, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday called upon the force to play an active role in curtailing cattle smuggling across the Bangladesh border. Addressing the 49th BSF Day celebrations here, the minister said Border Security […]
Chennai, Dec 1 (IANS) The 18-year-old case of non-filing of income tax (IT) returns against former Tamil Nadu chief minister J.Jayalalithaa and her friend Sasikala is expected to come to an end soon with the IT department accepting their plea for compounding of the offences. The two had filed an application for compounding the offences […]
Chandigarh, Dec 1 (IANS) The controversy over the death of sect guru Ashutosh is likely to get over with the Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday directing the Punjab government to perform his last rites within 15 days. Ashutosh, who headed the Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan (DJJS) sect with its headquarters at Nurmahal near Jalandhar, […]
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) A fire broke out Monday evening at the cotton market in Delhi’s Sadar Bazar, fire department officials said. There was no report of any casualty. The fire broke out on the first floor of a three-storey building that houses cloth and cotton shops. At least five shops were gutted in […]
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar agreed to find a solution to the long-standing water-sharing issue with Delhi after Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu at a meeting Monday urged Khattar and Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung to resolve the matter. “We shall very shortly take a positive decision in […]
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The BJP Monday dismissed the protests of Trinamool Congress parliamentarians over the recovery of a diary concerning the Sahara Group that allegedly mentions BJP chief Amit Shah’s name, saying the ruling party in West Bengal was “rattled” by the response to Shah’s Sunday rally in Kolkata. Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. […]
Chennai, Dec 1 (IANS) City based United Economic Forum (UEF), which has the focus of promoting entrepreneurship amongst backward communities including minorities, Monday signed agreements with Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) and GK Industrial Park. “We have signed memorandums of understanding (MoU) with IOB and GK Industrial Park. Our project cell will vet a project and […]