The high hills of Himachal Pradesh received fresh snowfall Saturday, pushing down the temperatures. While Shimla saw a light spell of rainfall, nearby Kufri and Narkanda experienced mild snowfall, acording to a Met official here. Manali received rain. “High-altitude areas of Lahaul and Spiti, Chamba, Mandi, Kullu, Kinnaur and Shimla districts experienced moderate to heavy […]
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, which manages the affairs of the famous Lord Venkateswara temple atop Tirumala hills here, Saturday approved Rs.2,401 crore budget for 2014-15. The TTD trust board approved the budget, an increase of over six percent compared to 2013-14 budget of Rs.2,248 crore. TTD chairman K. Bapiraju told reporters after the meeting that […]
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Delhi experienced a cloudy Saturday with the maximum temperature recorded at 22 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average. the met department has forecast a clear Sunday. “The day will start with a shallow fog in the morning while the skies will be partially cloudy but will get clear later […]
Soon, get your favourite shoes or that wedding dress deliver right in your car irrespective of wherever your vehicle is moving or parked! Swedish auto maker Volvo has created a single-use digital key which postal or delivery services can use to locate a vehicle and open it. “The system would allow consumers to have shopping […]
Beirut, Feb 19 (IANS) Twin suicide blasts Wednesday morning hit the Iranian cultural mission in Lebanon’s capital Beirut, killing at least two people and injuring 32 others. A booby trapped motorcycle blew up near the Iranian cultural mission office in Bir Hassan neighbourhood, the heartland of Lebanon’s Shiite movement Hezbollah in southern suburbs of Beirut, Xinhua […]
New Delhi, Feb 18 The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the government to include delay as a criteria in deciding the mercy petition of a death row convict. Pointing out that the government has set out certain criteria for deciding mercy petitions, the bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti […]
New Delhi/Chennai, Feb 18 The Supreme Court Tuesday commuted the death sentence to three key conspirators in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, holding the 11-year delay in deciding their mercy petitions “unreasonable and dehumanising”. Political parties in Tamil Nadu as well as the elated families have now demanded the trio’s release. A bench […]
Rome/New Delhi, Feb 18 Italy Tuesday summoned the Indian envoy in Rome to voice its “dismay” over the “unacceptable delay” in the trial of two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen. The move comes as Italy also called its ambassador to India to Rome for “consultations” and to show Rome’s bitterness at the […]
There was chaos on the first day of the Jammu and Kashmir legislature’s budget session Monday as opposition members disrupted Governor N.N. Vohra’s address, forcing him to cut it short. Legislators of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Bharatiya Janata Party and an Independent interrupted Vohra’s address raising the issues of the alleged sexual assault […]
A month after it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Terminal 2 of Chhhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) here will commence operations from Wednesday, an official said here Monday. The first incoming flight to T-2 will be an Air India Singapore-Mumbai service Wednesday afternoon, while the first departure will be a Jet Airways […]