New York, Nov 20 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the list of 50 contenders for Time magazine’s Person of the Year. Time’s Person of the Year will be announced Dec 10. Modi, “once a controversial regional leader”, became India’s prime minister after leading his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a “landslide electoral […]
Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Maharashtra Thursday signed an agreement with Wenzou province of China declaring both to be ‘sister states’ and to promote trade and industry, officials said here. The memorandum of understanding, signed by Industry Minister Prakash Mehta and Wenzou’s Deputy Secretary General Zhao Dianlin, will help Maharashtra secure the latest technology and machinery […]
Chennai, Nov 19 (IANS) The Indian rupee Wednesday ended at Rs.61.96 against the US dollar — the lowest in the eight-month period. According to industry experts, this is due to the demand for US dollar by oil importers and a slowdown in inflows. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has pegged the reference rate for […]
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday made a surprise inspection of various locations in the national capital, including the New Delhi railway station and a police station, and asked people and government officials about issues like cleanliness. The home minister visited the New Delhi railway station where he inspected the Sulabh […]
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The third India-US Higher Education Dialogue, held here Monday, emphasised the key role of education and skills development in relationships between the people of the two countries. “The two sides reiterated the importance of the Higher Education Dialogue to promote enhanced opportunities for student and scholar mobility and faculty collaboration […]
Algiers, Nov 16 (IANS) A least seven militants were killed and one arrested in two separate army operations in Algeria near the borders with Mali and Libya, a security source said Sunday. The source said two SUV vehicles were destroyed as the militants were attempting to cross the border of Mali with Algeria, Xinhua reported. […]
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The CBI Friday arrested Sagar Kumar Ray, one of the directors of Orison Group of companies, in Odisha for his alleged complicity with Artha Tatwa Group chief Pradip Sethy, who has duped thousands of people through a chit fund scam in the state. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing […]
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS) Kolkata was yet again shamed as power failure led to a 12-minute disruption in the Indian Super League match between Atletico de Kolkata and Chennaiyin FC at the Salt Lake stadium here Friday. The black-out occurred 36 minutes and 30 seconds into the floodlit match with the two sides locked 0-0. […]
Rabat, Nov 13 (IANS) The Moroccan authorities arrested four French “Islamic extremists” suspected of having links with terrorist organisations in some hotbeds of tension Thursday in the cities of Marrakesh and Laayoune, the Moroccan interior ministry said in a statement. “Acting on the basis of information provided by intelligence services, the national brigade of the […]
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Thursday met Flipkart co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Sachin Bansal and assured him that the government will provide full support to resolving issues related to logistics and connectivity. “I was delighted to meet the young man Sachin Bansal who started the e-Commerce giant #flipkart# in […]