Lucknow, Nov 14 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Travel Mart 2015, the biggest outreach by the state government to tap the possibilities to enhance its tourism potential, would be inaugurated in New Delhi Saturday, officials said Friday. The travel mart will be launched by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The objective of the travel mart is to ensure […]
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Announcing an end to the impasse over the WTO accord to ease global customs rules, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday said an agreement has been reached with the US on the issue of food stockpiling. The deal opens the way for a consensus on the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) which […]
Srinagar, Nov 13 (IANS) A gunfight took place Thursday evening between security forces and holed up guerrillas in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Acting on a tip about the presence of militants in Chanigam village, police from Kulgam and a battalion each from the Rashtriya Rifles and the Central Reserve Police Force […]
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday directed the Ahmedabad-based trial court to complete within three months the trial over the 2002 post-Godhra Gulberg Society massacre, in which 35 people including former Congress parliamentarian Ehsan Jaffri were burnt alive and 31 people went missing. The bench of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, Justice Madan […]
Mumbai, Nov 13 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Thursday submitted a memorandum to Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao highlighting alleged irregularities and violation of norms by the BJP to win the vote of confidence in the assembly. A delegation led by Leader of Opposition Eknath Shinde and others called on Rao Thursday evening to lodge their protest […]
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday asked the Chhattisgarh government to explain the deaths of 13 women in a state organised mass sterilisation camp in Bilaspur district. Over 70 women were also hospitalised following botched surgeries at the camp. “The commission has issued notice to the government of Chhattisgarh […]
Mumbai, Nov 12 (IANS) Filmmaker Ravi Chopra, who passed away at around 3.30 p.m Wednesday, will be cremated at Pawan Hans in Vile Parle here Thursday. “The funeral will take place at 11.00 a.m. at Pawan Hans,” a source close to the family of the filmmaker told IANS. According to the source, many celebrities are […]
Hyderabad, Nov 12 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu Wednesday studied the best urban practices in Singapore on the first day of his three-day visit to the city-state. Naidu, his two cabinet colleagues and officials accompanying him, visited the Marina Bay Sands Sky Park and Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC). He met Second […]
Mumbai, Nov 12 (IANS) Five Congress MLAs were suspended for two years for allegedly pushing around Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao while protesting against the manner in which the BJP government won the vote of confidence, here Wednesday. A committee, headed by Speaker Haribhau Bagde, will also probe the unprecedented incident in which the suspended legislators […]
Nay Pyi Taw, Nov 12 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at the ASEAN-India Summit here Wednesday was interrupted within a few minutes apparently because the media continued to remain in the room to cover what was a closed event. As soon as Myanmar President Thein Sein concluded his inaugural remarks, which were open […]