The New Year’s Eve Tuesday turned out to be wet and cold for people across most of north India, the hill regions receiving moderate to heavy snowfall and rain lashing the plains. Icy cold winds swept the large swathe from Punjab to Bihar. After nearly two decades, Kashmir Tuesday received heavy snowfall in the beginning […]
The toll has risen to 33 in the suicide bombing attacks earlier this week in the Russian city of Volgograd, the country’s emergencies ministry said Tuesday. The city’s railway station was bombed Sunday and a bus was ripped apart Monday, raising fears of Islamist attacks on the upcoming Winter Olympics in Soch, some 1,600 km […]
Around 300 protesters from the BJP’s youth wing were detained in Delhi Tuesday while demanding the resignation of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh over allegations of corruption. The chief minister denied the allegations, saying they were politically motivated. Police sprayed water at the demonstrators as they tried to break police barricades outside Congress vice […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday fulfilled his second major election promise and cut power tariff by half to benefit an estimated 28 lakh households. Kejriwal, who took oath Saturday, also suggested an audit into the power companies in the capital, giving them time until Wednesday morning to file their objections if any. In the […]
Police in Australia Tuesday nabbed and charged two suspects over a vicious assault on two Indian students, one of whom is now lying in coma. The victim, Manriajwinder Singh, 20, of Reservoir, a suburb in Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria, was nearly beaten to death by a gang in a city park Sunday. […]
Newly-installed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday asked the state’s electricity distribution companies to state their objections to their likely audit by the nation’s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). ”“We have given notice to power companies for audit. Power companies have been asked to send their reply on why there shouldn’t be an audit, by […]
As violence continued in Bangladesh ahead of the Jan 5 elections, India Tuesday said it has no wish to interfere in that country’s internal affairs but as a friendly neighbour it hoped the Bangladeshi leaders are able to arrive at a solution that would be in keeping with the people’s aspirations. India’s external affairs spokesperson […]
India, which has always pressed for dialogue to solve the Syrian crisis, may attend the Jan 22 Geneva II peace conference, said a government official Tuesday. Around 30 nations are going to attend the conference in the city of Montreux, Switzerland. While a formal invite is yet to be issued, India has been informed “fairly […]
Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Abheek, the second fast patrol vessel of the coast guard designed and built by the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), was commissioned here Tuesday by Defence Minister A.K. Antony. Antony said that as the resources on land were getting depleted at a rapid pace, nations are turning to oceans for sustenance. […]
Unlike last year, where niche and small budget films made big bucks with their box office collections, this year’s maximum winners turned out to be the bigwigs who had invested a good amount of money on production and marketing, with Dhoom 3, Chennai Express, Krrish 3 emerging at the top. It started off with the Ranbir Kapoor […]