A couple of days before the Andhra Pradesh assembly is to begin a debate on the bifurcation bill, a cabinet minister from Telangana region was Tuesday divested of the legislative affairs portfolio. Civil Supplies Minister D. Sridhar Babu, a supporter of a separate Telangana state, was also holding the legislative affairs portfolio. In a move […]
The Delhi government Tuesday announced a subsidy of 50 percent in power tariff. The following are the salient points of this subsidy: – Subsidy to the extent of 50 percent would be provided to domestic electricity consumers who consume up to 400 units per unit. – A total of 28 lakh consumers or nearly 82 […]
Latvia became the 18th country to join the single currency union Wednesday, as New Year’s Day fireworks erupted at midnight in Riga, the Latvian capital, Xinhua reported. As part of celebrations marking Latvia’s entry to the eurozone, Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvia’s acting head of the government, withdrew an euro bank note from a local bank machine, […]
Two children were beheaded in the Central African Republic’s (CAR) capital as violence touched a “vicious new low”, the UN has said. About 16 children had been killed in Bangui since Dec 5 and an increasing number of them are being recruited into armed groups, BBC reported citing the UN. There were “unprecedented levels” of […]
People in different parts of the world Wednesday marked the beginning of the new year 2014, with New Zealanders being among the first to celebrate. People in New Zealand’s Auckland city were among the first to celebrate. In Australia, hundreds of thousands gathered for a spectacular fireworks display around Sydney’s Harbour Bridge, BBC reported. East […]