Bhubaneswar, April 5 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday spoke of land reforms and women’s safety at a rally in Odisha’s Khariar Nuapada district and attacked the BJP, saying it had made allegations without any proof. “The Congress has always fought for the ‘aam aadmi’, specially the Dalits, the poor, the adivasis and the backward […]
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will address three rallies in Delhi and Haryana on Sunday, a statement said Saturday. Party workers are pulling out all stops to ensure the rally in south Delhi’s Ambedkar Nagar is a success. Gandhi’s last outing in the resettlement colony, weeks before the Delhi assembly […]
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has sacked around 300 employees, including pilots, cabin crew and engineers, for producing fake degrees, media reported Saturday. The Supreme Court has directed that necessary action be taken against some 300 fake degree holders, including pilots, engineers, air-hostesses and other departmental staff, PIA spokesman Mashhood Tajwar told […]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” hit as many a 1,200 screens in over 200 cities in India Friday, backed by tie-ups with 16 brands – touted to be the highest for any Hollywood release in the country. It is a day and date release in India and the US, and to […]
Hyderabad, April 4 (IANS) The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Friday released its first list of candidates for assembly election in Telangana. TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao is among 69 candidates announced by him at a news conference. KCR, as Rao is popularly known, will contest from Gajwel in Medak district. This is the first time that […]
Jammu, April 4 (IANS) The 100,000-strong Pakistani refugees here have announced their support to the BJP candidate in what is being seen as a crucial step days before the Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Labha Ram Gandhi, leader of the Pakistani refugees’ group, declared late Thursday their support to Jugal Kishore, the Bharatiya Janata […]
Bhubaneswar, April 4 The Election Commission has transferred four senior officers, including three district collectors, in Odisha following complaints against them by the opposition parties, an official said Friday. The district collectors Niranjan Sahu of Khurda, Ratnakar Rout of Kendrapada and Shyam Sunder Nayak of Nabrangpur have been replaced respectively by Shalini Pundit, Nitin Bhanu […]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) It was a warm Friday morning here and the Met Office has forecast a clear day. “The sky will be clear. Mist was recorded in the morning,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department. The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 33 degrees Celsius. Thursday’s maximum temperature was recorded […]
Dubai, April 4 (WAM) Mashreq, a leading financial institution in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has launched a new mobile payment solution called Tap n Go that is expected to redefine the world of mobile payments. This UAE’a first near field communication (NFC ) sticker solution, the Tap n Go sticker makes low-value purchases exceedingly […]
Bangalore, April 3 Karnataka’s 46 million electorate is spoilt for choice as 434 candidates, including 21 women, woo them, with political parties rolling out their big guns for campaigning. National and regional political parties are bracing up for a hectic campaign over the next two weeks across Karnataka, going to the Lok Sabha elections in […]