Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday said minorities should feel “safe” and hoped that the Prevention of Communal Violence Bill will be passed soon. “The cabinet has approved the Prevention of Communal Violence Bill. I hope it is passed in parliament soon,” she said at the launch of the National Waqf Development Corporation Limited (NAWADCO) here. […]
India must press Colombo to allow an independent international probe into the alleged war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan civil war, Amnesty International said Wednesday. Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council Jan 27 passed a resolution calling for an international investigation into alleged war crimes, Amnesty said. Elections for the Northern Provincial Council were held […]
The country’s largest private lender ICICI Bank Wednesday said its net profit increased by 12.53 percent to Rs.2,532.21 crore in the third quarter of the current financial year. The bank posted a net profit of Rs.2,532.21 crore for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2013, as compared to Rs.2,250.24 crore recorded in the same quarter of […]
National Conference (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said his son and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will take the final decision on ties with the Congress party. Asked if the NC would continue it’s alliance with the UPA in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Abdullah said: “We will do what Omar suggests. We […]
laneThe government Wednesday approved creation of 75 posts for technical staff at the aviation regulator to look after safety, training and certification responsibilities. The civil aviation ministry said the 75 posts were created in the flight standards directorate (FSD), an arm of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) which will comprise of chief flight […]
Mere compliance with rules or carrying out welfare initiatives for the staff does not fall in the ambit of corporate social responsibility (CSR), a senior functionary said here Wednesday. Under the new Companies Act, CSR will become mandatory for companies with profit of Rs.5 crore and more, said Bhaskar Chatterjee, director general and chief executive […]
At least eight passengers were killed and 11 injured when a private luxury bus rammed into an oil tanker and caught fire on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway early Wednesday, police said. The accident took place when the Ahmedabad-bound bus was near Kuregaon village in Thane district’s Manor town, said Investigating Officer Sudhakar Yenare. According to preliminary […]
Forty-three kg of gold and 57,000 kg of silver offered by devotees at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir have been found to be fake, an RTI application has revealed. The RTI query elicited the information that 193.5 kg of gold and 81,635 kg of silver was offered at the shrine […]
Criticising President Pranab Mukherjee’s comment against “populist anarchy”, Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti Monday asked in a tweet whether the 1984 and 2002 riots were agitations? He later deleted the tweet. “If AAP actions were Anarchy, what would Hon President consider 1984 and 2002 riots as? Agitation? Lol. A good joke Mr President !!!” Bharti […]
ainThe Jain community has been included in the list of minorities, an official statement from the minority affairs ministry said Monday. They will be in addition to the five communities already notified as a minority. These are Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis). The cabinet last week approved notification of Jains as a minority […]