Jammu, June 18 (IANS) In the second time in two days, Pakistani troopers resorted to unprovoked firing at the Indian positions on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba Wednesday evening even after a flag meeting between the two sides during the day, an official said. A senior police officer told IANS here that the […]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) A warm and humid Wednesday in Delhi ended in a spell of sharp shower in the evening, bringing much awaited relief for the national capital. The Met Office has forecast a cloudy Thursday. A total of 3.6 mm of rain was recorded by India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Delhi Wednesday evening, […]
Srinagar, June 15 (IANS) Defence Minister Arun Jaitley Sunday visited the forward areas along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and said Indian soldiers are doing a commendable job in safeguarding the country’s borders. “Visited the Army Posts at the LoC in the Haji Pir Area. Our soldiers are doing a commendable job in […]
Siliguri (West Bengal) June 15 (IANS) Two people were held Sunday and 1.4 kg gold worth over Rs.40 lakh seized from them at Bagdogra airport in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district, customs officials said. Indian nationals Mohammad Khurshid and Ahmed Zahir were detained by custom officials after they alighted from a Bangkok-bound Druk Air flight. “Upon search, […]
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The New Delhi Municipal Council is daily generating 16 MW of electricity from solid waste and supplying it to 8,000 households in the city as part of its effort to ease the acute power crisis the national capital is grappling with. The civic body is generating power using solid waste […]
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Pakistan’s failure to utilise foreign aid for socio-economic development has contributed to its sorry plight and such is the obsession of its political elite with military security that the country hasn’t developed even after 67 years of independence, an Indo-Canadian academic and author says. Discussing his book, “The Warrior State” (Vintage […]
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said “loadshedding was now a forgotten term” in the state due to her government’s efforts, whereas the situation in many parts of the country was the reverse. “During the present scorching summer heat, many, many parts of the country continue to suffer long stretches of […]
Lucknow/New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Twenty memoranda of understanding (MoU) worth around Rs.54,606 crore were signed by 23 companies in the inaugural session of an investor conclave organized by the Uttar Pradesh government in New Delhi Thursday, officials said. These companies include Essel Group, Reliance Jio, ITC, Amity, Fortis, River Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Sonalika, Uflex, JVL […]
Baghdad, June 12 (IANS) Two days after militants took control of the Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul, Kurdish security forces Thursday seized the country’s northern city of Kirkuk after the Iraqi army withdrew from its military base here. “The Kurdish Peshmerga has taken full control of the city of Kirkuk, after Iraqi federal soldiers withdrew […]
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) About 30 women Congress supporters Thursday staged a protest outside the Uttar Pradesh Bhawan here against the state government over the Badaun gang rape and murder case, police said. The Congress women collected outside the Uttar Pradesh Bhawan in Chanakyapuri area around 3 p.m. and protested for half an hour. The […]