New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) The NDA government is committed to improve tele-density, voice and broadband penetration and ensure quality of services to both rural and urban areas to achieve the vision of Digital India, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here Thursday. “The focus of the department of telecommunications is to create […]
Chennai, Dec 25 (IANS) The 2004 tsunami that left over 8,000 people dead and lives of several lakhs upside down as it carved a trail of destruction and despair in Tamil Nadu also taught the administration several valuable lessons in disaster management and relief, said a senior official who was then heading a district which […]
Jakarta, Dec 24 (IANS) Floods in Indonesia’s Aceh province in the northern tip of Sumatra island have displaced at least 120,966 people, an official said here Wednesday. Water levels rose to 400 cm in the districts of North Aceh and East Aceh, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of national disaster agency, told Xinhua over phone. Those […]
Shimla, Dec 22 (IANS) Copies of FIRs (first information reports) should be uploaded on the police website within a day of filing of the case, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government. “The direction for uploading the FIR on the (police) website shall be given effect from Jan 26, 2015,” Justice Tarlok […]
Jodhpur/Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) Azure Power Monday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Rajasthan government to develop a 1,000 MW solar power project. The power plant is the largest capacity project won under the ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission -Phase II (JNNSM) which was launched by the central government […]
Hyderabad, Dec 18 (IANS) The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Hyderabad chapter Thursday launched the Billion Dollar Babies (B$B) project for the startups. An initiative of TiE Silicon Valley Chapter, the B$B project will select few startups from India which have a potential to become a $1 billion company. The program aims to help select Indian product […]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Aurangzeb Road in Lutyen’s Delhi, the address of the city’s many billionaires, will not be renamed, parliament was told Wednesday. The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) had recently demanded that Aurangzeb Road be named after Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur. Guru Teg Bahadur was executed by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The […]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Highly classified information about the disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has been made available to the public, the central government informed parliament Wednesday. Files relating to the Justice Khosla and the Justice M.K. Mukherjee commissions have been sent by the ministry of home affairs to the National Archives Oct […]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) The defence ministry Wednesday cleared procurement proposals worth around Rs.4,500 crore, ministry sources said. The proposals were cleared by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar-headed Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the apex decision-making body in the ministry. The proposals include one for acquiring four survey vessels for the navy worth Rs.2,324 crore. The […]
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) French Ambassador to India Francois Richier Wednesday said investors’ perception about West Bengal was “not the best one”, while referring to the pullout of a French joint venture from Haldia two years ago. Richier who held meets with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, state Finance Minister Amit Mitra, Urban Development Minister Firhad […]