Kolkata, March 20 City-based jeweller Senco Gold and Diamonds (SGD) on Friday said it is investing Rs. 350 crore in a pan-India expansion drive to become the third largest national jewellery firm in terms of highest number of stores by early 2018. “We are planning to invest Rs.350 crore for our pan India expansion and […]
Bengaluru, March 20 Thousands of Indian techies working in the US on H-1B visa are highly trained and skilled, the IT industry’s apex body Nasscom said Friday, refuting claims by former Infosys staffer Jack B. Palmer that they had “minimal skills and little business knowledge” Nasscom said the US government had recognised the competitiveness of […]
Rae Bareli/Lucknow, March 20 At least 32 people were killed when the engine and three coaches of a passenger train derailed near Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh after the driver overshot a signal on Friday. Northern Railway spokesman Neeraj Sharma said in New Delhi that nearly 50 people were warded in hospitals. Doctors in Lucknow […]
All general retail shops in the Perth metropolitan area will be allowed to open from 8am until 6pm on Easter Monday, April 6, and the Anzac Day public holiday, April 27. Commerce Minister Michael Mischin said the decision provided more flexibility for retailers, who previously were only allowed to open between 11am to 5pm […]
Dhaka, March 20 Customs officials at the Shah Amanat Airport in the Bangladeshi city of Chittagong seized 16 gold bars weighing around two kg from a United Arab Emirates (UAE) flyer, media reported. The passenger, Jahangir Alam, landed at the airport on an Air Arabia flight from Ras al Khaimah in the UAE around on […]
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive David Richardson today issued the following statement following comments about the match officials in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 quarter-final between Bangladesh and India in Melbourne on Thursday. “The ICC has noted Mr Mustafa Kamal’s comments, which are very unfortunate but made in his personal capacity. […]
Chennai, March 19 India is likely to put into orbit its fourth regional navigation satellite on March 28, with the country’s space agency now in the process of loading the rocket with the satellite, an official said on Thursday. “The process of integrating the IRNSS-1D (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System) is underway and it is […]
Panaji, March 19 LGBTs are suffering from “psychological” disorders caused by following American lifestyle, and a health and medicine expo organised jointly by Goa and the central government and an RSS-linked NGO will have “counselling centres to cure such maladies”, organisers said on Thursday. The three-day expo will begin on March 27. Speaking to reporters […]
New Delhi, March 19 Over 200 representatives of Panchayati Raj institutions and urban local bodies on Thursday urged the government to ensure people’s right to water and sanitation with the present context to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet initiative — Clean India Campaign. They said that though the government has set a target of making […]
Aden, March 19 A fighter jet that took off from Yemen’s capital Sanaa bombed the republican palace where President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi stays in the southern port city of Aden on Thursday afternoon, a government official based in Aden told Xinhua news agency. “The military warplane fired one rocket on a building inside the republican […]