Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Keen to learn more about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bollywood filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee Monday batted for declassification of secret files related to the nationalist leader. The “Khosla Ka Ghosla” maker was keen to know about Netaji’s life but the authorities backed out of declassifying the files as promised, said a statement. […]
Chandigarh, Dec 29 (IANS) The Congress Monday demanded Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal should be booked for sedition for his Shiromani Akali Dal’s decision to hold protests against the Border Security Force (BSF) over the issue of drug smuggling. “The decision of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to hold four dharnas on […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Sending a clear signal to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut interest rates in view of industrial output slipping further in October, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Monday called for increasing the flow of funds in the market. “The cost of capital and, I think, in recent months or […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh-based gang that stole goods from cargo containers was busted here and one of its member arrested, police said Monday. Salauddin, driver of one of the trucks that normally transported the cargo containers and also a member of the gang, was arrested from his native place in Gopalganj […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) With the temperature plummeting to 2.6 degrees Celsius, homeless people in the capital struggled to find some warmth in the open. Lamenting the lack of assistance from the government, they said they feel ignored and hoped the inclement weather has mercy on them soon. “We are not getting any assistance […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) India Monday summoned Pakistan’s High Commissioner Abdul Basit and conveyed its “strong concern” at lack of effective action by authorities against alleged Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi following a Pakistani court ordering his conditional release. An external affairs ministry statement said that the Pakistan high commissioner was summoned […]
Mumbai, Dec 27 (IANS) Indian national team captain Sunil Chhetri was Saturday declared ‘AIFF Player of the Year’ for the third time in four years while Bala Devi has been declared the ‘Woman Player of the Year’. Sandesh Jhingan, who played for Kerala Blasters FC in the Indian Super League (ISL), was declared the ‘Emerging […]
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) Unorganised sector labour reforms are a priority of the Narendra Modi government which is also taking steps to boost the labour welfare measures, a union minister said Saturday. “My focus area will be the unorganised sector. First time in the country, led by Prime Minster Narendra Modi, we have taken a […]
Sydney, Dec 27 (IANS) Just over a week after the hostage crisis in Sydney which left three people dead, terrorism is rearing its ugly head again in Australia with a suspected jihadi threatening the police on social media. The Daily Mail Australia refers to tweets by a man who called himself Abu Abdullah, believed to […]
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) A youth in his mid-20s Saturday hurled a stone at AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal at a public gathering here, a party member said. An Aam Aadmi Party source told IANS that the incident occurred around 6.45 p.m when Kejriwal was addressing a gathering in south Delhi’s Deoli area. However, the […]