Siliguri, April 9 (IANS) Four people drowned when the car they were travelling in fell into the Teesta river in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district Wednesday. The four, two of them women, drowned when the driver – who was among the dead – lost control of the vehicle at Sevok Kalibari in the Kurseong sub-division, 22 km […]
Bangalore, April 9 (IANS) India’s maiden mission to Mars is on course, with its spacecraft Orbiter crossing the halfway mark on its voyage to the red planet, four months after it left Earth Dec 1. “The spacecraft Wednesday at 9.50 a.m. crossed the halfway mark of its journey to Mars along the designated helio (sun)-centric trajectory […]
Shillong, April 9 (IANS) Meghalaya Wednesday recorded 53 percent polling till 3 p.m., as voting took place at a brisk pace with people turning out in huge numbers to elect two Lok Sabha members from the state. “Around 53 percent of the 15,67,241 electors voted till 3 p.m. in Shillong and Tura,” State Chief Electoral Officer […]
Chandigarh, April 9 (IANS) Haryana votes Thursday for all 10 Lok Sabha seats from the state in a single phase in what is seen as a test for the ruling Congress and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Nearly 1.61 crore electors, including over 73.8 lakh women, are eligible to vote. They will choose their representatives from […]
Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets ended Wednesday’s trade 383.75 points or 1.72 percent up, after it touched another record high of 22,740.04 points. The 30-scrip S&P Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) started rising sharply around 3 p.m. and hit a new intra-day record high of 22,740.04 points, which […]
Hyderabad, April 9 (IANS) Hundreds of candidates filed their nomination for assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Telangana Wednesday, the last day of filing the papers. With most of the parties deciding their candidates late Tuesday, the candidates rushed against time to file the nominations. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao, president of Telangana […]
Chennai, April 9 (IANS) Hablis Hotels, after stabilising the operations of its first business class four-star property here, has drawn up plans for one more hotel in the city and is looking at management contracts, a top company official said. “We will be soon acquiring a property to build a business-class hotel on the Old Mahabalipuram […]
Chennai, April 9 (IANS) India’s Mars Orbiter has travelled over 340 million km and crossed the half-way mark Wednesday morning on its long journey towards the Red planet, the Indian space agency said. In a statement, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the Mars Orbiter had crossed the half-way mark along the designated helio-centric trajectory. […]
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) If the average Muslim mind in the capital is any indication, the Congress is in trouble in this Lok Sabha election. Several Muslims IANS spoke to feel that the Congress will not be an en masse beneficiary of the Muslim vote unlike in the December assembly polls that nevertheless ended 15 […]
Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) Rapper-composer Yo Yo Honey Singh, who is currently exploring the West for musical opportunities, will be composing and recording a song for Femina Miss India 2014 Koyal Rana. The “Blue Eyes” hitmaker has been roped in to shoot a music video with Koyal. “That is a commitment I made before my current […]