Ghaziabad, Nov 22 (IANS) A woman committed suicide after a tiff with her mother-in-law when the latter scolded her son, police said Saturday. The incident, which occurred in Avantika residential colony, came to light Saturday morning. Police said on Friday night, Pallavi (30) fought with her mother-in-law Lata who shouted at her three-year-old son. After […]
Jaipur, Nov 22 (IANS) Over 65 percent of 63.29 lakh voters cast their votes in Saturday’s elections for 46 civic bodies in Rajasthan including the Jaipur Municipal Corporation, officials said. The voting percentage was higher than 61.79 percent recorded five years back “The voting, which was held was held from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., […]
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan Saturday held an all-party meeting to ensure smooth functioning of parliament during the winter session beginning Monday. Leaders of political parties in the Lok Sabha attended the meeting. It was, however, not attended by the Trinamool Congress, sources said. It was followed by dinner which […]
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) India will host the 11th International Inter-Ministerial Conference on Population and Development in Delhi Nov 25-26 to promote cooperation on reproductive health and development. The conference will be organised by the ministry of health and family welfare. It will focus on issues like understanding demographic dividend and improving the financing […]
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) A day after CBI director Ranjit Sinha recused himself from the investigation and prosecution of the 2G spectrum allocation case following a Supreme Court order, Additional Director R.K. Dutta Friday took charge of the probe. Rupak Kumar Dutta, a 1981-batch IPS officer from the Karnataka cadre, is the senior-most officer […]
Gurgaon, Nov 21 (IANS) The Haryana government has asked for the status of the land holdings of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra from four deputy commissioners (DCs) of the state including Gurgaon, Faridabad, Palwal and Mewat, an official said. Taking action on the complaint of senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka who cancelled one […]
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) An 11-year-old boy, kidnapped from Delhi, was rescued from a railway station in Jharkhand and two people were arrested with the help of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), police said Friday. Sanjay Kumar Singh and Mantu Parsad, both residents of West Bengal, were arrested from Gomoh railway station in Jharkhand […]
Chandigarh, Nov 20 (IANS) Controversial sect leader Rampal and his close aides have been booked for murder. They have been blamed for the six deaths at Rampal’s Satlok Ashram near Barwala during the clashes with security forces. Haryana’s Director General of Police S.N. Vashisht told the media here Thursday: “The murder cases relate to the […]
Hyderabad, Nov 20 (IANS) Tech Mahindra Ltd., India’s fifth largest software services exporter, has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire US-based Lightbridge Communications Corporation (LCC) for $240 million. LCC is a global network services leader. The transaction is expected to close by fourth quarter of Tech Mahindra’s fiscal year 2015. Headquartered in […]
Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Thursday closed trading flat at 34.71 points or 0.12 percent up as healthcare stocks gained. Good buying was observed in healthcare and IT sectors, while selling pressure was seen in consumer durables, capital goods, metal and auto sectors. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of […]