Kolkata, Oct 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday slammed the Narendra Modi-led government for not including members of other political parties in the delegation accompanying him to the United Nations. “Earlier the prime minister used to take an all-party delegation along with him to UN. This year it was cancelled. This is murder […]
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Home minister Rajnath Singh Friday urged the Haryana and Karnataka governments to ensure safety of all citizens, including those from the northeast, a ministry statement said. “The home minister today (Friday) spoke to the chief ministers of Karnataka and Haryana and requested them to maintain law and order under all circumstances. […]
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Friday welcomed the release of the national Air Quality Index (AQI) by Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar here. “CSE has been demanding adoption of this programme as this can help people to understand the quality of air and the possible […]
Manila, Oct 17 (IANS) Two German hostages held by the Abu Sayyaf group have been released, said a senior Philippine military official Friday evening. Gregorio Pio Catapang, chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, said the hostages were released at around 8.50 p.m. and received medical check-up half an hour later at a military camp, […]
Bangalore, Oct 17 (IANS) Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalaithaa, who secured bail from the Supreme Court, will be released from the central jail here Saturday after the special court issues order on paying surety, a senior prison official said. “As the special court has not received the Supreme Court order granting Jayalalithaa interim bail […]
London, Oct 17 (IANS) Oscar Pistorius’s chief defence lawyer Friday said the paralympic athlete has “lost everything” since killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp but the prosecution said he deserved at least 10 years behind bars. On the fifth day of the sentencing hearing, defence lawyer Barry Roux said Pistorius had “not earned a penny” since fatally […]
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The much-awaited iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are here in India for sale from Friday. The phones were unveiled at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, US on Sep 9. The 4.7-inch Apple iPhone 6 16GB is priced Rs.53,500, the 64GB at Rs.62,500 and 128GB at Rs.71,500. The 5.5-inch Apple iPhone 6 […]
Bhubaneswar, Oct 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court-appointed CEC, which submitted its final report on illegal mining in Odisha to the court Friday, has indicted the state for its laxity in governance, leading to violation of acts, rules and guidelines. The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) said: “The senior officers of the state government from the Chief Secretary […]
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IANS) Accusing the BJP-led central government of not consulting West Bengal in ordering an NIA probe into the Oct 2 Burdwan blast, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday countered allegations of her government aiding infiltration saying the borders were guarded by central security forces. However, Banerjee affirmed that her government would extend “full cooperation” […]
Mysore, Oct 17 (IANS) Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Friday announced the setting up of five new national-level institutions along the lines of the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH). “A committee would soon be formed to decide on the location of the new centres. A parallel endeavour would be to set up speech […]