The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs.3 lakh each to families of the 20 people, mostly Tamils, killed by police in Andhra Pradesh as sporadic protests took place in Tamil Nadu against the widely condemned killings. As a section of lawyers urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure justice to those […]
At least 263 militants and 35 soldiers were killed in the ongoing military operation in Pakistan’s northwest tribal area of Khyber Agency, an army statement said on Wednesday. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of the Pakistan army released the statement saying the troops killed the hardcore terrorists after surrounding them in restive Tirah Valley area of […]
Saudi Arabia, the largest supplier of crude oil to India, is keen to participate in the Make in India initiative of the Narendra Modi government and has asked its businesspeople to explore the opportunities in India under the scheme, the kingdom’s envoy has said. “I think it is a very good idea the initiative of […]
Is it an emotion, wrath or anger? Yograj Singh, father of ace cricketer Yuvraj Singh, in a remark that could trigger a major controversy and war of words, has blasted India’s ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his son’s exclusion from the ICC World Cup 2015 squad. An emotional Yograj also cursed the Indian captain […]
Fabindia officials, including its managing director and the chief executive officer, will appear before the crime branch of Goa Police in “two to four days”, the company said on Wednesday. “Over the coming two to four days, other members of the team who have been asked to attend the proceedings, including the CEO and the […]
Since it began in 2008, the Indian Premier League cricket season has seen lines increasingly blurred between the sport and Bollywood, both of which are among the biggest cultural passions in the massive country. Six weeks long, and with a brand value of some $3.2B, the IPL has similarities to both the U.S.Super Bowl and […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a bank with a corpus of Rs.20,000 crore to extend credit of up to Rs.10 lakh to small businesses and regulate micro-finance institutions, to promote their growth, add to the country’s output and create jobs. The move is aimed at benefiting some 58 million small businesses in the […]
With the rural wage growth coming down to a nine-year low at 5.5 percent this January and inflation seemingly stabilizing, India is bracing for a long period of higher sustainable growth and lower prices, financial services firm Morgan Stanley said on Monday. “We are more constructive on inflation outlook and we expect the retail price […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met a group of Muslim leaders who voiced their concerns, including the growing radicalisation of the young in the country’s largest religious minority. As they sought the government’s support in providing better facilities to Muslim youths particularly in education, Modi gave them a patient hearing, an official statement said. […]
A spat over yielding space in a traffic jam ended fatally for a middle-aged motorcyclist, who was beaten to death by five people even as his sons, who witnessed the entire incident, unsuccessfully tried to get police to intervene. One of the accused was arrested on Monday. Shahnawaz, a resident of Mata Sundari Road in […]