Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will pay an official visit to India Feb 26-28, the highest level political visit from the kingdom after the 2006 landmark trip by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations. Crown Prince Salman, who is also Saudi Arabia’s deputy […]
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, which manages the affairs of the famous Lord Venkateswara temple atop Tirumala hills here, Saturday approved Rs.2,401 crore budget for 2014-15. The TTD trust board approved the budget, an increase of over six percent compared to 2013-14 budget of Rs.2,248 crore. TTD chairman K. Bapiraju told reporters after the meeting that […]
Two brothers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are searching for their half sister, who was born in India 40 years ago. Ibrahim Abdulla, who lives in Khorfakkan area in Sharjah, said that three years before his father’s death, he told them that he had a daughter in India but he had failed to find […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said 410 students who did not get admit cards for the secondary examinations and were on the verge of losing an academic year, would be allowed to register for the exams Sunday. The students of Kakinara Adarsha High School in North 24 Parganas of the state were denied […]
An Indian has been arrested for killing his countryman in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. Police arrested the alleged murderer within 24 hours after a charred body had been found on the terrace of a building in Kandra district of the city Tuesday, the Arab News reported Saturday. Police said that the accused has […]
Former Ukraine prime minister Yulia Timoshenko was released from jail Saturday, a media report said. Relatives have left for the east Ukrainian city of Kharkov to meet her. Timoshenko will be also met by representatives of the European Parliament, Timoshenko’s daughter, Yevgeniya, told Verkhovna Rada, the country’s parliament. The parliament had voted for her release […]
The Ukrainian parliament elected a new parliament speaker and acting interior minister during its emergency session Saturday even as President Viktor Yanukovych reportedly left Kiev and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was released from jail. Alexandr Turchinov, an ally of Tymoshenko, was elected speaker after predecessor Volodymyr Rybak resigned due to health reasons, Xinhua reported. […]
India has to increase its turnout of quality maritime personnel and its ship-building capacity if it has to emerge as a major economic power, President Pranab Mukherjee said here Saturday. Delivering his address at the convocation function of Indian Maritime University. he said: “If India is to emerge as a major economic power in future, […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday demanded that the central government hike the dearness allowance of state government employees whenever they extend such benefits to their own staff. “The central govenement hikes the DA of its employees from time to time. But the state government does not have money. So it cannot effect a […]
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Delhi experienced a cloudy Saturday with the maximum temperature recorded at 22 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average. the met department has forecast a clear Sunday. “The day will start with a shallow fog in the morning while the skies will be partially cloudy but will get clear later […]