New York, Nov 20 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the list of 50 contenders for Time magazine’s Person of the Year. Time’s Person of the Year will be announced Dec 10. Modi, “once a controversial regional leader”, became India’s prime minister after leading his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a “landslide electoral […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 20 (IANS) The opposition in Kerala Thursday demanded that strong action be taken against a senior bureaucrat whose office and house were raided by the vigilance and anti-corruption bureau. The bureau officials seized documents and cash from the possession of T.O. Sooraj, Kerala PWD secretary. He was under the lens of the vigilance […]
Greater Noida, Nov 20 (IANS) Stressing the need for greater convergence of industry and academia, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani Thursday asked the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to provide inputs for the government’s ‘Think-in-India’ movement. ‘Think-in-India’ is aimed at rewarding and funding, innovators and designers within India. The programme is meant to […]
Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Maharashtra Thursday signed an agreement with Wenzou province of China declaring both to be ‘sister states’ and to promote trade and industry, officials said here. The memorandum of understanding, signed by Industry Minister Prakash Mehta and Wenzou’s Deputy Secretary General Zhao Dianlin, will help Maharashtra secure the latest technology and machinery […]
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Museum of Sacred Art (MOSA) in Belgium is bringing a multi-dimensional arts project conceptualised around the notion of the spiritual and devotion in Indian art to the capital in March next year, the organisers said Thursday. The exhibition “Forms of Devotion: The Spiritual in Indian Art” will include about […]
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The BJP-led central government gave its ‘in-principle’ clearance, with certain conditions, for the first phase of Chennai Monorail Project (CMP), an official statement Thursday said. According to the central government, monorail services will be provided between Poonamalle and Kathipara with a link from Porur to Vadapalani with a total length […]
Chandigarh, Nov 19 (IANS) Drawing flak from most quarters over the handling of sect leader Rampal episode, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Wednesday finally defended the police action. “The government is committed to upholding the law and ensuring strict compliance with the directions of court. All are equal before the law, and the government […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 19 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has never knowingly or unknowingly funded extremists, a veteran Saudi journalist said Wednesday. Saudi Gazette newspaper’s chief editor Khaled Al Maeena said the radical Islamic State — earlier ISIS — was not a creation of Saudi Arabia and that it sprang up suddenly out of nowhere. Maeena was speaking […]
Bhubaneswar, Nov 19 (IANS) The winter session of the Odisha assembly starting Thursday is all set to be a stormy affair with the opposition parties – the Congress and the BJP – planning to put the treasury benches on the mat by raising the multi-crore chit fund and mining scams, while the ruling party has […]
Chennai, Nov 19 (IANS) The Indian rupee Wednesday ended at Rs.61.96 against the US dollar — the lowest in the eight-month period. According to industry experts, this is due to the demand for US dollar by oil importers and a slowdown in inflows. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has pegged the reference rate for […]