Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud arrived here Wednesday on a three-day official visit during which the two countries are expected to sign an agreement on defence and enhance cooperation in hydrocarbons and security. Vice-president Hamid Ansari received Crown Prince Salman on his arrival. Crown Prince Salman’s is the highest level political […]
India’s Somdev Devvarman lost to Tunisian Malek Jaziri in the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships here Wednesday. World No.78 Devvarman went down 3-6, 5-7 against his 137-ranked opponent. Monday, Devvarman had beaten world no.5 Juan Martin del Potro who retired with a wrist injury after losing the first set. The Indian entered […]
At least 92 unauthorised Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and chit funds have fled Tripura after illegally collecting huge amounts of money from the people, a minister said Wednesday. “Till march last year, 117 NBFCs were working in the state. When the state government started taking action against them, 92 chit funds ran away,” Finance Minister […]
Election opinion polls conducted by media should be properly authenticated, former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said Wednesday. A day after a Hindi television news channel carried out a sting operation that indicated a political conspiracy to manipulate public opinion, Kejriwal said the sting operation aired by the channel, if assumed to be authentic, represents […]
Singers Katy Perry and John Mayer have reportedly parted ways. A source said that Perry broke up with Mayer within the last few days. No other details about what made Perry take the decision have been shared, reports eonline.com. Mayer also didn’t accompany Perry on her recent trip to London and Milan. The duo earlier […]
The fact that actor-producer Aamir Khan hosts a TV show like “Satyamev Jayate”, where startling facts and cases about societal issues are picked, scares his mother. The second season of the show is due to go on air on Star Plus March 2. The debut season created quite a flutter as Aamir unraveled facts and […]
The national capital experienced a warm and sunny Wednesday with the maximum temperature recorded at 26.2 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average. The Met office has forecast a cloudy Thursday. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 24 degrees Celsius and 13 degrees Celsius. According to the India Meteorological Department […]
The Supreme Court Wednesday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy for failing to appear before it in person as directed at the court’s last hearing. Roy was also given till March 4 to comply with the court’s order. An apex court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice J.S. Khehar, […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet the prime minister of Bangladesh and the president of Sri Lanka during the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) summit in the Myanmarese capital next week. This will be prime minister’s first meeting with Sheikh Hasina post the Bangladesh general elections last month. India […]
Indian Navy chief Admiral D.K. Joshi resigned Wednesday, a day when seven sailors were injured after smoke filled up a compartment of a submarine. The government has accepted his resignation with immediate effect, a defence ministry release said. The resignation came barely hours after seven Indian Navy personnel were injured and at least two went […]