New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on a plea asking them not to remove over 15,000 CCTV cameras installed here ahead of US President Barack Obama’s visit. Obama will be in the city as the chief guest at the Republic Day parade. A […]
Belgrade, Jan 16 (IANS) The Indian junior women’s boxing team punched their way to the top perch in the ongoing fourth Nations Cup, winning eight medals including three golds, three silvers and two bronze here Friday. Russia and Kazakhstan were second and third, respectively, on the medals tally. Sandeep Jajodia, president of Boxing India, joyfully […]
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Congress leader Kiran Walia will take on former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi constituency, the party announced Friday. She was among four candidates named by the Congress for Feb 7 Delhi polls in its fourth and final list Friday. The Aam Aadmi Party chief had defeated three-time chief […]
Bengaluru, Jan 16 (IANS) Indian IT bellwether Wipro Ltd Friday reported nine percent year-on-year (YoY) growth in net profit at Rs.2,193 crore for third quarter of fiscal 2014-15 and projected higher revenue from IT services for fourth quarter. “We expect revenue from our IT services to be in the range of $1,814-1,850 million ($1,832 million […]
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah Friday wooed thousands of Dalit voters and appealed to them to vote for his party in the coming Delhi assembly polls. “BJP always take an initiative for rights of poor people. I want your promise…ensure victory on all 12 reserved seats and put […]
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Harishankar Brahma would be the new chief election commissioner, an official release said Thursday. He will assume office Friday (Jan 16) as incumbent V.S Sampath retires Thursday.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday congratulated open water swimming champion Bhakti Sharma for setting a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in the one degree temperature in the Antarctic Ocean in 52 minutes. “We are all very very proud of Bhakti Sharma for her accomplishments! My best wishes to her”, […]
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Thursday closed trading 728.73 points or 2.66 percent up after the Reserve Bank of India carried out an unscheduled repo rate cut by 25 basis points. All the sectors ended in green. The rally was led by banking, auto, capital goods, realty, oil and […]
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) An online car rental company Thursday added a safety feature to its mobile phone app through which a passenger can trigger an SMS and an e-mail to three previously registered mobile numbers and signal a distress or emergency call. Through the app termed ‘SOS’, the company bookmycab.com says an SMS without […]
Melbourne, Jan 15 (IANS) Australia hockey national coach Graham Reid said national star Mark Knowles deserves the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Player of the Year for 2014 award that was given to him Thursday. “Mark is thoroughly deserving of the recognition he has received. It was just 12 months ago that he took on the […]