A whopping four crore customers acquired new liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) domestic gas connections in the past four years, increasing the customer base from 10.6 crore to 14.7 crore. This represents a 39 percent increase in growth with around one crore new LPG consumers added each year, an official spokesperson said Friday. It is expected […]
The face-off over diplomat Devyani Khobragade is not the first time India and the US have had tensions over such an issue. In 1981, India had refused to accept a US diplomat because of his “intelligence connections” and in retaliation, the US barred an Indian diplomat from coming to Washington. In September 1981, India had […]
Lamenting that many people in India still believed in superstitions and evil social practices, President Pranab Mukjerjee Friday said there was a need to increase awareness and dispel myths about donation of bodies after death. “Despite the country’s space programme which has sent satellite to Mars, many people in the country still believe in lot […]
The US State Department said Friday that it “deeply” regrets that a US diplomat in India has to leave the country at India’s request in the wake of the arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade in New York. “We deeply regret that the Indian government felt it was necessary to expel one of our diplomatic […]
India Friday expelled an American diplomat involved in the case of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade after she was told to fly home following her indictment by a US grand jury. Official sources said the US embassy was “asked to withdraw forthwith a US diplomat of similar rank as Khobragade”. “We have reason to believe that […]
The AAP Friday launched a free national membership drive called “Main bhi Aam Aadmi”, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying the party wanted to enrol 10 million people by Jan 26. “We have a target of (achieving) one crore membership by Jan 26,” Kejriwal told the media, adding 300,000 membership applications had been received online. […]
India Friday told the US to withdraw one of its diplomats involved in the case of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade after she was asked to fly back to New Delhi. Official sources said the US embassy was “asked to withdraw forthwith a US diplomat of similar rank as Khobragade”. “We have reason to believe that […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets gained 161.55 points or 0.78 percent in the pre-noon trade Friday. Good buying was observed in IT, oil and gas and technology, media and entertainment (TECK) sectors while selling pressure was seen in auto sector. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which […]
The Aam Aadmi Party Friday launched its free national membership drive named as “Main bhi Aam Aadmi”. Five ways to become AAP member include sending an SMS or giving a missed call on “07798220033”, registering on the AAP website, getting registered at the party’s membership camps and by filling a form with copy of voter […]
Several Indians living in Australia have condemned the attack last month on an Indian student in that country but described the assault as one of several such stray incidents there. Kushagra Bhatnagar, a financial analyst based at Greenslopes in the Australian state of Queensland and who was here to attend the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas […]