New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) A Left delegation Monday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to have all fraudulent chit funds operating in eastern India thoroughly investigated. Only then would the “alarming financial irregularities and fraud committed by 186 financial companies” or chit funds in West Bengal be understood, the delegation said […]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) It was the coldest Dec 22 in five years in the national capital, with the minimum temperature dipping four notches below average to 4.2 degrees Celsius. Dense fog affected the movement of nearly 100 flights and over 150 trains. The Met department has forecast a clear Tuesday. A cold wave […]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi is “feeling better” and her “condition is improving”, the hospital treating her for an infection in her lower respiratory tract said Monday. “The health condition and test reports of (Sonia) Gandhi were reviewed today (Monday) morning by treating doctors. Her test results are showing progressive improvement […]
Islamabad, Dec 22 (IANS) Two Pakistani courts Monday suspended the execution of seven convicted terrorists citing various grounds even as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif directed the country’s attorney general to take legal steps to get such suspension orders revoked. The Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Rawalpindi bench Monday suspended the convictions of five prisoners who were […]
Shimla, Dec 22 (IANS) Copies of FIRs (first information reports) should be uploaded on the police website within a day of filing of the case, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government. “The direction for uploading the FIR on the (police) website shall be given effect from Jan 26, 2015,” Justice Tarlok […]
Mumbai, Dec 22 (IANS) A few weeks after they were left out of the 30-member preliminary squad for the 2015 World Cup, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh were Monday dropped from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) contracts list while medium pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar was promoted to a Grade A contract. Pacer […]
London, Dec 22 (IANS) English Premier League club Hull City have recalled Tom Ince and Maynor Figueroa from loan spells in order to reinforce the squad and climb out of the relegation zone. “Tom Ince and Maynor Figueroa have been recalled from their loan spells with Nottingham Forest and Wigan Athletic respectively,” said a statement […]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The central government will ask of all five states – Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu – where Japanese encephalitis cases are reported to utilize funds meant for the disease’s prevention, union Health Minister J.P. Nadda told parliament Monday. Replying to a calling attention motion in the […]
Kochi, Dec 22 (IANS) The Kochi Muziris Biennale (KMB) has made India an important centre for contemporary art with its assembly of beautifully installed exhibits that are well-chosen in their narration and materiality, said curator critic Okwui Enwezor. The KMB 2014 “feels incredibly familiar in a powerful way”, the 51-year-old Nigerian said Monday, adding that […]
Chandigarh, Dec 22 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday said there was no question of Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majitha resigning over his alleged involvement in a drug racket. “I have never demanded resignation from anybody,” Badal said when journalists wanted to know if Majitha would be asked to step down till the […]