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Kovind gets Sena’s support, may bag more votes than Pranab

India June 20, 2017 at 7:00 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, June 20 The electoral college numbers seem to be stacked in favour of NDA’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind and he may well end up getting more votes than incumbent President Pranab Mukherjee and his predecessor Pratibha Patil. With Shiv Sena on Tuesday joining other NDA allies inRead More

Retired HC judge Karnan arrested from Tamil Nadu resort

India June 20, 2017 at 6:59 pm 0 comments

Coimbatore/Kolkata, June 20 Absconding former Calcutta High Court judge CS Karnan was on Tuesday night arrested by the West Bengal CID from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, more than a month after the Supreme Court sentenced him to six months imprisonment for contempt of court. “We arrested former high court judgeRead More

CBSE sets up 2 panels to study loopholes in evaluation process

India June 20, 2017 at 6:59 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, June 20 Amid complaints by students of evaluation faults in their class XII results, the CBSE on Tuesday set up two committees to study the loopholes in the evaluation procedure. “The board has taken a prompt decision to set up two committees comprising senior officers to look intoRead More

Pathankot attack: Head of air base takes premature retirement

India June 20, 2017 at 6:58 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, June 20 Air Commodore J S Dhamoon, who was commanding the Pathankot air force base when it was attacked by heavily armed terrorists last year, has taken premature retirement from service. IAF sources said Dhamoon chose to take “premature separation” from service even as the process of CourtRead More

Realty biggies to join hands to develop major railway stations

India June 20, 2017 at 6:39 pm 0 comments

Mumbai, June 20 Indian and international realty majors are looking to join hands for developing major railway stations across the country, according to railway officials here. Among the major railway stations on offer are New Delhi, Howrah, Chennai Central, Pune, Amritsar, Jammu, Bikaner, Jamshedpur and Kochi. In Mumbai three railwayRead More

Presidential poll: Narayanan to Kovind, a tale of 2 Dalit leaders

India June 20, 2017 at 6:38 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, June 20 Like the first Dalit president K R Narayanan, NDA’s presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind has risen from a modest background but the two Dalit leaders took different paths to reach the zenith of their public life. The election of Kovind, 71, as India’s 14th President isRead More

Centre not considering farm loan waiver: Jaitley

India June 20, 2017 at 6:32 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, June 20 The Centre is not considering any proposal for farm loan waiver, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday, a day after Punjab approved waiving of loans for nearly 10 lakh farmers in the state. “There is no such proposal. We have got FRBM Act and fiscalRead More

Bodies of 3 Lashkar militants recovered from encounter site in Kulgam

Bodies of 3 Lashkar militants recovered from encounter site in Kulgam

India June 17, 2017 at 5:58 am 0 comments

Hyderabad, June 17 TDP MP JC Diwakar Reddy, who has been banned by all domestic airlines from flying over his alleged unruly behaviour at the Visakhapatnam airport, flew to Europe on Friday night as part of his annual family vacation. According to JC Prabhakar Reddy, brother of the Anantapur MP,Read More

BJP team meets Oppn, but no word on Prez nominee

BJP team meets Oppn, but no word on Prez nominee

India June 17, 2017 at 5:56 am 0 comments

New Delhi,  With just a month left for the Presidential poll, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and M Venkaiah Naidu — members of the committee constituted by BJP chief Amit Shah to finalise a consensus candidate — today called on Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other Opposition leaders, but there wasRead More

No Aadhaar, no account in bank

No Aadhaar, no account in bank

India June 17, 2017 at 5:56 am 0 comments

New Delhi, In a major drive against “money laundering and tax evasion through multiple bank accounts”, the Centre today made quoting of the Aadhaar number mandatory for opening a bank account as well as for any financial transaction of Rs 50,000 and above. The existing accounts would also have to beRead More