Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Sunday inaugurated the third phase of the mega eye camp in Jharkhand’s Maoist-hit areas at Giriwar High School of Palamu district. The eye camp initiative is a special one initiated by Jairam Ramesh, to bring better eye care facilities to rural people living in Maoist-hit areas. This camp is […]
The owner of Fortis Memorial Research Institute and six doctors were booked for cheating and other charges after a man moved a court alleging that the hospital had not conducted tests on his daughter properly. Fortis Sunday said it would comment after studying the police complaint. Owner Malvinder Mohan Singh and doctors Sanjeev K. Choudhary, […]
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has asked the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and a cooking gas dealer to pay compensation of Rs.2 lakh to the kin of a couple, who died after an LPG gas cylinder exploded. NCDRC presiding member K.S. Chaudhari and member B.C. Gupta, in a order delivered last week, directed […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday called up Sheikh Hasina to congratulate her on being sworn in as the Bangladesh prime minister for the third time. The prime minister also sent her a message of felicitation. Manmohan Singh called her up Sunday evening to convey his good wishes and also “wished her and the people of […]
The bitter India-US diplomatic row over an Indian diplomat may have been defused for now, but Americans in New Delhi are not likely to get their swimming pool, hamburgers, bowling and booze back anytime soon. For reciprocity is the name of the game since the US chose to arrest, strip search and slap a criminal […]
An interim agreement about freezing of Iranian nuclear programme will come into force Jan 20, BBC reported Sunday. The deal, which was agreed last November in talks with world powers, envisages easing of some international sanctions on Tehran. In an announcement, the EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, representing the five permanent members of the […]
The government is considering increasing the quota of subsidised cooking gas (LPG) cylinders from nine to 12 per household in a year, Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily said Sunday. “I have read in the newspapers about (Congress vice-president) Rahul Gandhi taking up the issue of increasing the LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) cap with the prime […]
President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday greeted the nation ahead of the festivals of Lohri, Makar Sankranti and Pongal. In his message, he said: “On the joyous occasion of Lohri, Makar Sankranti and Pongal, I convey my greetings and best wishes to all citizens of India and wish them prosperity and happiness.” “May the celebrations reinforce the […]
Sheikh Hasina was Sunday sworn-in the prime minister of Bangladesh for the third time along with her 48 cabinet members, who include 29 ministers, 17 state ministers and two deputy ministers. President Abdul Hamid administered the oath of office of the prime minister to Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina and to the new members of […]
The new domestic natural gas pricing, to be applicable from April 2014, is likely to be in the range of $7-8 per million metric British thermal unit (mmbtu), Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae said Sunday. “It would be a weighted average of international prices between January to December 2013. We would come out with the exact […]