New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Samples of Maggi noodles tested in the national capital were found unsafe, the Delhi government announced on Tuesday and said it may take action against the company manufacturing the popular snack. Health Minister Satyendra Jain said 10 in 13 samples of Maggi noodles sent for testing were found to have […]
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Film maestro Satyajit Ray’s widow Bijoya Ray, a lifelong inspiration for the master, died at a private nursing home here on Tuesday following an acute pneumonia attack, a nursing home spokesman said. Bijoya Ray, 98, left behind her filmmaker son Sandip, daughter-in-law Lalita and grandson Souradeep. “She was admitted to our […]
New Delhi/ Visakhapatnam, June 2 (IANS) India and the US are set to sign a high-level Defence Framework Agreement on Wednesday, as US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter arrived in India on a three-day visit on Tuesday. The 10-year agreement that will steer bilateral ties in the defence sector, which was renewed during the visit […]
Paris, June 2 (IANS) Online social networking service Facebook on Tuesday announced opening of a new artificial intelligence research centre in Paris. The US-headquartered internet giant said it had been building a programme – Facebook AI Research (FAIR) – to help users “sort through” ever increasing information generated online through “text, pictures, videos and more”. […]
New Delhi, (IANS) The Delhi government will ask the Centre to act against Uber, Ola and other app-based taxi services in Delhi, the city’s transport minister said on Tuesday. “Despite being banned in the capital, these cabs continue to ply as the Delhi government does not have mechanisms to crack down against them,” Gopal Rai […]
Panaji, June 2 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate, which is probing the Rs.35,000 crore illegal iron ore mining scam in Goa, has issued show cause notice to Goa-based iron ore export firm Magnum Minerals for under-invoicing exports and parking abroad the proceeds of iron ore sale to the tune of Rs.136.93 crore. An agency spokesperson said […]
Lucknow, June 2 (IANS) Alarmed at recent attacks on power stations and linemen of the electricity department, the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Abhiyanta Sangh has sought police protection. Seeking deployment of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) at power sub-stations and gunners for engineers, the organisation demanded that in view of the recent attacks on them, […]
Bengaluru, June 2 (IANS) Stanley Black and Decker (SBD) is focussing on localisation and commitment to acquiring companies as its way forward for in India, said a top official of the company while launching the Stanley brand of power tools on Tuesday. “SBD India has seen an encouraging growth rate. With this launch, we now […]
Abuja, June 2 (IANS) At least a dozen people were feared killed on Tuesday in a blast in a livestock market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, capital of the restive Borno State, a security source said. Many traders were hit by the bomb blast at Gamboru, a big market in the city, the source […]
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) AIIMS on Tuesday rejected allegations by its forensic department head Sudhir Gupta, who in a letter to Health Minister J.P. Nadda claimed there was an attempt to oust him from his post following his ethical stand in the Sunanda Pushkar murder case. “There was no extraneous pressure ever put on […]