New Delhi, With the arrest of driver Pradeep Shukla, Delhi Police on Friday claimed to have solved within 10 hours the sensational bank van heist in which the cash van driver allegedly drove away with Rs.22.5 crore in cash. “The biggest ever case of misappropriation from a cash van in the history of Delhi Police […]
New Delhi, Keeping the 2017 Punjab assembly polls in mind, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday appointed former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh as the state party chief. Amarinder’s comeback is likely to give a fresh impetus to the beleaguered and faction-ridden Congress in Punjab. “Consequent upon the resignation of Partap Singh Bajwa from the […]
Bhubaneswar, India on Friday successfully test-fired the indigenously built nuclear-capable Agni-I missile from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast. The surface-to-surface missile, capable of hitting targets up to 700 km away, was fired from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at 10.02 a.m. as part of Strategic Forces Command (SFC) training […]
New Delhi, Union minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot on Friday expressed regrets for saying that former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were assassinated because of Congress’ “wrong policies”. The social justice and empowerment minister’s regret came after the issue was raised by Congress members, who also gave notice over the remark made on Thursday […]
New Delhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday took on the Congress, saying those who imposed Emergency rule in the country and “snatched” the fundamental rights of the people were now talking about constitutional principles. “Fundamental rights were snatched during the Emergency. The government convinced the Supreme Court that during Emergency people lose the right […]
Patna, In a bid to keep up another election promise, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has directed officials to provide free electricity connection to everyone in Bihar by November 2017. Providing free electricity connection to all the households was one of the seven promises Nitish Kumar made ahead of the assembly elections which his Grand Alliance […]
Mumbai, The Indian rupee dipped in the early hours of trade on Friday to its lowest level against the US dollar in over two years, mainly on account of the gaining strength of the American currency, but recovered somewhat on likely sales by the central bank. The Indian currency was at 66.88 to a dollar […]
According to the Joint United Nations’ Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), there were more than estimated 36 million people living with HIV at the end of 2014. In Australia, there were more than 23 thousand people living with diagnosed HIV infection in 2014. People from CALD backgrounds represented 40 per cent of new diagnoses in Australia […]
A record number of shoppers are expected to head online this year to do their Christmas shopping, a new nationwide survey commissioned by Australia Post reveals. The Australia Post research highlights 87 per cent of people will be turning to online shopping to buy one or more of their presents this year, compared to only […]
The achievements of the State’s tourism industry were celebrated last night during a special ceremony at Dockside Pavilion to mark the 2015 NSW Tourism Awards. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres said these Awards provide a fantastic opportunity to publicly showcase the quality products and experiences that are continuously delivered across NSW […]