Each AAP worker to cover 25 households

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Each of the AAP’s 110,000 volunteers has been told to reach out to 25 households ahead of Delhi’s assembly elections, to highlight the achievements of its 49-day rule in the capital. The Aam Aadmi Party would also use its Delhi Dialogue Programme to interact with various sections of the society, […]

Odisha assembly session set to be stormy

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 […]

Goa’s lifeguards threaten strike, ESMA invoked

Panaji, Nov 19 (IANS) The Goa government Wednesday invoked the Essential Services Management Act (ESMA) even as an association of lifeguards at the state’s beaches threatened to go on strike from Friday. The invocation of ESMA renders any strike by lifeguards illegal on the beaches and inland waterways where lifeguard services are provided by the […]

Dwarka water crisis: HC notice to Haryana government

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Haryana government over the Munak canal water sharing dispute. A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul sought a response from the Haryana resident commissioner in Delhi. The court noted that over 80 MGD of water is being […]

Trying to unite Janata Parivar: Sharad Yadav

Patna, Nov 19 (IANS) JD-U president Sharad Yadav Wednesday said moves were on to unite all constituents of the “Janata Parivar” to form a major political party to take on the Narendra Modi government. “Work has begun and we are hopeful of a positive result,” the Janata Dal-United leader told the media here. “Something may […]

Army facilitates return of teen from Pakistan

Jammu, Nov 19 (IANS) The Indian Army Wednesday facilitated the return to Jammu and Kashmir of a teenager who strayed across the Line of Control (LoC) into Pakistan. Military spokesman Colonel Manish Mehta told IANS here that the army facilitated the return of Manzar Hussain, a 13-year-old resident of Saria village, who had been missing […]

British School principal conferred UK honour

New Delhi Nov 19 (IANS) British School principal Vanita Uppal was felicitated with the Order of the British Empire (OBE), becoming the only Indian woman currently working in India in the field of education to get the honour, a statement said Wednesday. Uppal was felicitated by the British High Commissioner to India, James Bevan, at […]

India seeks closer ties with Fiji, South Pacific Islands

Suva, Nov 19 (IANS) India sought to “renew an old relationship” with Fiji and forge closer ties with small South Pacific island nations as Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday announced steps to boost closer ties with the geo-strategically important region. Modi became the second Indian prime minister in 33 years – after Indira Gandhi – […]

Srikanth, Saina, Sindhu in 2nd round of Hong Kong Open

Hong Kong, Nov 19 (IANS) Continuing his giant-killing spree, Kidambi Srikanth stunned World No.7 Chou Tien Chen to advance to the second round of the $350,000 Hong Kong Open Super Series along with leading women shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu at the Hong Kong Coliseum here Wednesday. Srikanth, fresh from defeating two-time Olympic champion […]