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Kashmir Issue was on Verge of Resolution under Atal: Bhagwat

Kashmir Issue was on Verge of Resolution under Atal: Bhagwat

India, Latest headlines August 22, 2016 at 4:20 pm 0 comments

Agra: The Kashmir issue was on the verge of resolution under the tenure of erstwhile Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said, and bemoaned that the later governments did not follow up on Vajpayee’s efforts. “Kashimiri people do not want to live in Pakistan. We should developRead More

At least 40 dead as floods ravage Bihar, MP

At least 40 dead as floods ravage Bihar, MP

India August 22, 2016 at 4:19 pm 0 comments

Lucknow: At least 40 people have died and hundreds of thousands have been evacuated as floods hit vast swathes of central and eastern India, officials said Monday. Days of heavy rain have caused the Ganges River and its tributaries to rise above the danger level during the past 48 hoursRead More

Open for Poll Alliance in UP, says AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi

India August 22, 2016 at 4:19 pm 0 comments

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi has said his party is open for an alliance to fight elections in Uttar Pradesh, where he claimed the Samajwadi Party is facing public anger over “failure” to fulfil poll promises. “Our state (UP) president Shaukat Ali is in touch with some organisations,Read More

Govt Wants Readable Details on Packaged Food Items

India August 22, 2016 at 4:18 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: Government is planning to amend the 2011 commodities packaging rules to ensure that details on packaged food items are more visible and readable. It also wants to incorporate a barcode-kind of system to protect consumers from spurious products. The Consumer Affairs Ministry has held several round of discussionsRead More

Manish Sisodia announces Rs 1-crore award for wrestler Sakshi Malik

Manish Sisodia announces Rs 1-crore award for wrestler Sakshi Malik

India August 20, 2016 at 6:46 pm 0 comments

New Delhi/Rohtak, August 20: Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday announced a financial award of Rs 1 crore for Olympic bronze medal-winner wrestler Sakshi Malik. Sisodia’s announcement came while he visited Sakshi’s native place Rohtak, Haryana. He also announced a direct promotion for Sakshi Malik’s father Sukhbir MalikRead More

Gujarat Gov Constitutes SIT to Probe 2012 Thangadh Dalit Killings

India August 20, 2016 at 6:42 pm 0 comments

  Gujarat Government has decided to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to reopen 2012 Thangadh dalit killings. In September, 2012, three dalit youths were killed in police firing after two groups – dalits and bharwads – clashed at Thangadh over placing of stalls at a fair. The probe wasRead More

Urjit Patel is Appointed as the New RBI Governor

Urjit Patel is Appointed as the New RBI Governor

India August 20, 2016 at 6:08 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: 52-year-old Urjit Patel, the RBI’s deputy governor in charge of monetary policy has been appointed as the new governor after current governor Raghuram Rajan’s term ends on September 4 2016. Urjit acquired his BA from the London School of Economics and M. Phil from Oxford University in 1986.Read More

Rajiv Gandhi Remembered on 72nd Birth Anniversary

Rajiv Gandhi Remembered on 72nd Birth Anniversary

India August 20, 2016 at 5:54 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: The nation on Saturday remembered former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 72nd birth anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee and other leaders paying tributes to him at his memorial even as Congress President Sonia Gandhi kept away due to health reasons. While Sonia’s son and party Vice PresidentRead More

HC Slaps Rs 50,000 Fine on Minor Boy Who Drove Without Licence

India August 20, 2016 at 5:53 pm 0 comments

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the father of a minor boy, who drove his family car without having a licence and met with an accident in the city last year injuring his minor friend sitting behind. After the accident on November 14,Read More

Coal scam: Charges framed against ex-Coal Secy HC Gupta, 5 others

Coal scam: Charges framed against ex-Coal Secy HC Gupta, 5 others

India August 19, 2016 at 2:58 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, August 19: A special court on Friday framed various charges, including cheating and criminal conspiracy, against former Coal Secretary H.C. Gupta, two public servants, private firm Vikash Metals and Power Ltd and its two officials in a coal blocks allocation scam case. Special Judge Bharat Parashar put onRead More