Indian atomic energy regulator has allowed the Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) to increase the power generation of the first unit at Kudankulam up to 75 percent, said a top official. According to an industry source, the unit is expected to generate around 720 MW early next week. “We have given permission for […]
Pomp, pageantry and patriotic fervour were in the air Sunday as the 65th Republic Day was celebrated across the country with flag hoisting ceremonies, military parades, cultural extravaganzas and pledges to work for a better India. The celebrations were peaceful barring a minor bomb blast triggered by militants near the residence of Manipur Chief Minister […]
With the Lok Sabha elections around the corner, Kerala has begun witnessing the phenomenon of shifting of loyalties from one political party to another in the past few days. The Janadhipathya Samrakshana Samithi (JSS) party, founded by veteran communist leader K.R. Gowri in 1994 after she was ousted from the CPI-M, saw a split in […]
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Sunday launched a scathing attack on the AAP, saying those who sought to lower the prestige of the country’s Republic Day should be “driven out” by the society. Parrikar, who was addressing an inaugural function of a school here, said: “People who are thinking of degrading India’s Republic Day should […]
jpThe BJP Sunday said it agreed with President Pranab Mukherjee that anarchy cannot replace governance, and termed it significant he touched on the topic in his address to the nation on the eve of Republic Day. “I totally agree with the president. In independent India, people have faith in the system, and people know that […]
Braving a freezing minus 10 degrees Celsius temperature, the Indian community in Poland celebrated India’s 65th Republic Day here with great fervour. India’s Ambassador to Poland Monika Kapil Mohta unfurled the Tricolour and read excerpts from President Pranab Mukherjee’s address to the nation. “Each one of you is also an ambassador of India in Poland […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sunday expelled rebel legislator Vinod Kumar Binny, who has been criticising the party’s Delhi government. A party statement said the decision was taken by a disciplinary committee set up after Binny went to press with complaints against the Arvind Kejriwal government. “This disciplinary committee has decided to expel Vinod Kumar […]
A group opposing the Kundankulam Nucler Power Project (KNPP) Sunday said it has decided to take its protest to a political platform and will hold talks with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). “Based on the consent of community leaders, it has been decided to hold talks with Aam Aadmi Party,” said the People’s Movement Against […]
Expelled AAP legislator Vinod Kumar Binny will begin a hunger strike here Monday to protest against the Delhi government, who he alleges of not implementing the party’s pre-poll promises. The Aam Aadmi Party’s disciplinary committee Sunday expelled Binny for publicly making false statements against the party and its leadership. Binny will begin his protest at […]
Pakistani troops Sunday resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir as India was celebrating its 65th Republic Day, an official said. The firing took place in Uri sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Baramulla district, defence spokesman Lt.Col. N.N. Joshi told reporters in Srinagar. “Pakistani troops fired […]