Attari (Punjab), March 22 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday that this was not the right time for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir. The remark came following two latest incidents of fidayeen (suicide squads) attacking a police station and an army establishment in the […]
Attari (Punjab), March 22 (IANS) Diplomatic efforts by India helped in securing the release of 57 boats belonging to Indian fishermen from the custody of Pakistani authorities, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Sunday. The boats, according to the home minister, will reach Porbandar along the Gujarat coast on Monday. The boats were confiscated […]
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Listed companies have to disclose board decisions within 30 minutes, while all other material information would need to be made public within 24 hours, Sebi said on Sunday warning of strong penal action for non-compliance. The Sebi board at its meeting here approved changes in its proposed Sebi (Listing Obligations […]
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) After testing her physical and mental strength for seven weeks, actress Nathalia Kaur has become the latest contestant to be eliminated from stunt-based reality TV show “Khatron Ke Khiladi – Darr Ka Blockbuster Returns”. The Brazilian model, who is best known for her stints in films like “Department” and “Commando […]
Bengaluru, March 22 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court on Sunday evening stayed the tabling of the CID’s interim report on the mysterious death of IAS officer D.K. Ravi by the state government in the legislature on Monday till the inquiry was completed. At a special hearing at his residence here, Justice Adbul Nazeer directed the […]
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Telling farmers that “lies” were being spread about the new land acquisition bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asserted that the proposed law was in farmers’ interest as it will improve infrastructure, employment, output and incomes in rural areas. Reaching out to farmers in his “Mann Ki Baat” programme […]
Kathmandu, March 22 (IANS) Five Indian nationals from a family, including two children, were killed and two minors were injured when their car plunged 200 metres down a gorge in Nepal on Sunday, police said. The jeep in which the family from Jharkhand were travelling skidded off the road in an accident-prone area at Simkhola, […]
Mumbai, March 22 Filmmaker Bobby Khan, who has roped in Sunny Leone for his film “Ek Paheli Leela”, says she was best suited for the role and he’s confident about her work in the movie. “I had the script of the movie for 12 years. It’s a very special film for me. For me, Sunny […]
Jammu, March 22 Jammu and Kashmir’s budget for 2015-16 proposes abolition of water tax, cash stipends for young girls and continuing VAT remission to industries till uniform GST comes into force in the country. Presenting the proposals on Sunday, Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu said the Rs.46,473 crore-expenditure budget also proposes development of Jammu and Srinagar […]
Indian Wells (US), March 22 Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza have completed a dream first tournament together, beating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-4 to win the BNP Paribas Open women’s doubles title. The No.1 seeds, Hingis and Mirza didn’t even lose more than four games in any set all fortnight. After cruising through […]