New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death by two unidentified people here, police said Saturday. Idu, a resident of Bihar, was attacked around 12.30 a.m. Saturday by the accused after he had a heated argument with them over some issue in Sadar Bazar area of north Delhi. “Idu’s throat was slashed […]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The national capital experienced a sultry Saturday with traces of rain in some areas. The Met office has forecast a partly cloudy Sunday with light showers. “The sky will be partly cloudy tomorrow (Sunday) and some parts of the city will get light rain,” said an official of the India Meteorological […]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel Saturday called for stronger defence cooperation with India and said Washington is supportive of India playing a larger role in regional security. In a talk at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Hagel referred to ties with China and said both India and the US should “avoid […]
Kolkata, Aug 9 (IANS) India’s oldest engineering company Jessop & Co, which had suspended operations at its Dum Dum factory near here nearly three months ago, reopened its gates Saturday. The 226-year old firm, which has in the past built iconic structures such as the Howrah Bridge and the Vidyasagar Bridge over the river Hooghly, now […]
Panaji, Aug 9 (IANS) The Rs. 1,750 crore acquisition of one of Goa’s biggest mining companies, Dempo Mining Corporation in 2009 by Sesa Goa, a subsidiary of the London-headquartered Vedanta Resources, should be probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), according to the Justice M.B. Shah Commission. The third report of the Commission of Enquiry […]
Panaji, Aug 9 (IANS) A Nigerian man was arrested Saturday in the beach village of Anjuna in Goa for possessing LSD and marijuana valued at Rs.2.5 lakh, police said. A police spokesperson said Francis Ajaf (27) was arrested while trying to peddle the drugs to a client near Anjuna beach, 30 km from Panaji. Ajaf, who […]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Former senior BJP leader and former cabinet minister Jaswant Singh was in coma and in “a highly critical” condition Friday after falling at his house here, the government said. Jaswant Singh, 76, was brought to the Army (Research and Referral) Hospital “in a highly critical condition” around 1 a.m. “with injury […]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Despite their continued absence from the Rajya Sabha, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and actor Rekha, both members of the upper house, have not violated any rule, deputy chairman P.J. Kurien said Friday. According to Kurien, both the members have not been absent for more than 60 days and, therefore, have not violated […]
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Wednesday was trading 132.54 points or 0.51 percent down as banking stocks dipped. Good buying was observed in capital goods, while selling pressure was seen in banking, metal and auto sectors. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened […]
Jammu, Aug 6 (IANS) Does former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad opting out of the forthcoming assembly elections prove he is unsure of his personal victory? Azad made his announcement after he told a Congress convention in Jammu’s Udhampur town that his party would get a majority in the polls, expected in October. […]