Hyderabad, June 12 (IANS) Gaurav Agrawal, who topped the prestigious civil services examination this year, could not believe when he learnt that he has scored the first rank. “Initially I could not believe. Then I started receiving calls from my friends, father, mother and wife congratulating me,” the 29-year-old from Jaipur told IANS. Gaurav, who passed […]
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here. The meeting comes in the wake of repeated cases of rapes in Uttar Pradesh, most notoriously May 27 when two Dalit girls were gang-raped in Baduan. The Samajwadi Party led state government has been criticised over violence against […]
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) India’s retail inflation measured in terms of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) declined to 8.28 percent in May from 8.59 percent in the previous month, government data showed Thursday. For rural areas, the retail inflation declined to 8.86 percent in May from 9.17 percent recorded in the previous month, while for […]
Gandhinagar (Gujarat), June 12 (IANS) In a significant decision, the Narmada Control Authority has cleared an eight-year-old proposal to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam by 17 metres, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel announced Thursday. “The NCA has granted approval to raise the dam height to 138 metres,” Patel said at a function in Junagadh […]
Mumbai, June 6 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading 200 points or 0.80 percent up in the post-afternoon trade session Friday, a day after it closed above 25,000 point mark for the first time. The early morning rally was led by oil and gas, bank, healthcare, realty and consumer durables sectors. However, […]
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned Friday for the day, after the unanimous election of the speaker. “The house is adjourned for the day to meet June 9, Monday at 11 a.m., half an hour after the address of the president in the central hall,” newly elected Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said. After […]
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) AAP leader Manish Sisodia Friday said the letter he wrote to party colleague Yogendra Yadav the day before was part of discussion, and underplayed the AAP infighting, saying these things happen in a party. “It was part of discussion. These things happen in a party and everything will be sorted,” Sisodia […]
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) In a relief to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court Friday extended the suspension of trial in the disproportionate assets (DA) case against her till June 16. The apex court bench of Justice J.S. Khehar and Justice C. Nagappan will hold hearing on Jayalalithaa’s plea that trial in […]
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday congratulated Sumitra Mahajan on being elected the speaker of 16th Lok Sabha, and said it was a moment of pride for the world’s largest democracy to have a woman at the top position of parliament. “The prime minister congratulated Sumitra Mahajan (ji) on her unanimous election […]
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) US diplomat Kathleen Stephens has taken over as interim charge d’affaires of the US embassy here. “Ambassador Kathleen Stephens has arrived at the US Embassy in New Delhi to begin her tenure as the United States charge d’affaires ad interim to India,” said a US embassy statement Friday. Stephens, former US […]