New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) In a move apparently dictated more by politics, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday proposed a series of sops for Bihar and West Bengal, which are set to hold assembly polls this year and in 2016. Presenting the union budget for 2015-16, Jaitley announced special assistance for the two eastern states […]
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) The toll due to swine flu in West Bengal Saturday rose to eight with the death of a two and-a-half-year old child at a city hospital while three fresh cases were reported, taking the total number of positive cases to 115, an official said. “A child died today (Saturday) at a […]
Washington, Feb 28 (IANS) Police Saturday identified the gunman who killed seven people before committing suicide in a shooting spree in the US state of Missouri earlier this week. The attacker was identified as 36-year-old Joseph Jesse Aldridge, who had “a minor criminal history”, Xinhua reported citing police. Aldridge, armed with a handgun, reportedly shot […]
Gaza, Feb 28 (IANS) The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas Saturday slammed an Egyptian court’s decision listing the movement as a terrorist organisation, according to media reports. “The decision is a coup on history,” said Hamas, adding that “the decision is shocking and dangerous and directly targets the Palestinian people and their armed resistance”, Xinhua reported. […]
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Two drug traffickers, including a woman, were arrested in two separate raids and 500 grams heroin worth Rs.50 lakh in the international market seized from them, police said Saturday. The duo were apprehended in two separate raids conducted by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police at two different places in […]
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India’s defence ministry Saturday cleared a project worth Rs.32,000 crore for 12 mine sweeping vessels to be made in the country, along with some other projects including one for buying 38 basic trainer aircrafts. In a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, the government […]
Baghdad, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 41 people were killed and over 100 injured in Iraq Saturday, as Iraqi forces and allied militiamen clashed with Sunni jihadi group Islamic State, security sources said. In the deadliest militant attack, three suicide car bombers backed by dozens of IS militants attacked positions of the Iraqi army and […]
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday unveiled a slew of stringent steps to battle black money stashed abroad, including a new law that will entail rigorous imprisonment of up to 10 years and a penalty of 300 percent on its perpetrators. Those evading tax by sending money to foreign countries will […]
Tirupati, Feb 27 (IANS) The Venkateswara temple, India’s richest shrine located on the hills of Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati, has roped in software giant Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) as the technology partner to provide all online services. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which manages the affairs of the temple, Friday said TCS would take care […]
New Delhi/Mumbai, Feb 27 (IANS) Union minister Nitin Gadkari Friday denied any wrongdoing after a media report said he had enjoyed a two-day holiday on a yatch owned by the Essar group on French Riviera. An unruffled Gadkari told the media that he had gone “just to see” the yacht and stressed he never took […]