New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Exhibitions give encouragement to tourism and help in spreading the message of Indian cultural heritage to the world, union Culture and Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma said Friday. Speaking at the inauguration of the exhibition of archaeological findings from Pattanam excavation of Kerala at the National Museum, Sharma said: “These kind […]
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Amid media reports that the 39 abducted Indian workers in Iraq have been killed by Islamic State militants, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Friday acknowledged the government “does not have concrete proof” of the men being alive or dead and is continuing to search for them based on “six indirect […]
Kathmandu, Nov 26 (IANS) The frostiness of ties between India and Pakistan was visible in the Nepalese capital at the 18th Saarc Summit’s inaugural session Wednesday. First, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif totally ignored his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi after entering the podium to take his seat. He did not look at Modi and proceeded […]
Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson, is reminding food retailers and consumers that from today, eggs produced in NSW must be stamped with a unique identifying mark to allow them to be traced back to the farm of origin. Ms Hodgkinson said this protection is part of a new national standard for eggs that will […]
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The CBI arrested a Delhi Police inspector for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.1 lakh from an accused in a criminal case in return for helping him, the agency said Monday. The guilty police officer was posted in Chhawla police station in south Delhi and had demanded Rs.3 lakh […]
Jammu, Nov 24 (IANS) Punjab Kesari and Hindi Samachar group chairman Vijay Chopra Monday donated Rs.2 crore for flood relief in Jammu and Kashmir to Governor N.N.Vohra. Chopra called on Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here and handed over drafts and cheques valuing Rs. 2 crore for the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, said an official […]
Hyderabad, Nov 24 (IANS) The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has sought disqualification of its three members of Telangana assembly for defecting to ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). The party Monday submitted a petition to assembly Speaker S. Madhusudana Chary, urging him to disqualify T. Srinivasa Yadav, T. Krishna Reddy and C. Dharma Reddy, who recently […]
Ahmedabad, Nov 24 (IANS) Adani Power Monday said it has entered into a binding agreement with the Avantha Group to purchase its 600 MW Korba West unit in Chhattisgarh for over Rs.4,200 crore. Korba West Power owns the 600 MW thermal power plant at Raigarh in the state, where an expansion project is underway. The […]
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday met Yohei Sasakawa, chairman of The Nippon Foundation, who has worked extensively for the leprosy-affected in India. Modi expressed deep appreciation during the meeting for Sasakawa’s personal commitment to the cause of eradication of leprosy, both in India and across the world, an official release […]
Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) A city-based rights group Monday filed a petition seeking a Calcutta High Court-monitored probe into the lynching and alleged bobbitisation of a man at the NRS Medical College and Hospital. Alleging that the West Bengal administration and the hospital authorities were destroying crucial evidences to hush up the matter, the petition […]