Accra (Ghana), Dec 29 (IANS) Saudi Arabian authorities have refused to grant over-flight permits to Nigerian cargo planes carrying military equipment including armoured tanks from Pakistan which Nigerian authorities have procured in order to fight the Boko Haram rebel group, media reported Monday. It may be recalled that IANS, quoting Pakistani officials in Abuja early […]
Srinagar, Dec 29 (IANS) A large blaze Monday gutted the district magistrate’s office in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said. “Fire started in the office in Pulwama district around 3.30 p.m. Timely action by the staff of the office saved official records,” an official here told IANS. “Fire tenders were immediately pressed into service […]
Ramallah, Dec 29 (IANS) Israeli troops Monday shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses said. Israeli soldiers at Za’tara roadblock, south of Nablus, opened fire on a group of Palestinian teenagers, killing the 16-year-old boy, Xinhua reported citing the witnesses. Israeli Radio quoted the army as saying that […]
Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) Engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Monday said it has won an offshore contract worth Rs.894 crore from state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for additional development of the Vasai East project. L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE) has bagged the complete turnkey contract from ONGC to improve the recovery […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The union cabinet Monday approved infusion of Rs.60 crore in Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) Ltd. to make it a government company by way of acquisition of preference shares from existing share holders, an official statement said. “The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved the […]
Athens, Dec 29 (IANS) Four bodies were found Monday by rescuers in the waters off Corfu island near the Italian ferry Norman Atlantic which has been adrift since early Sunday after it caught fire, Greek Shipping Minister Militiadis Varvitsiotis said. In statements made in parliament in Athens on the sidelines of a vote for the […]
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Telecommunications infrastructure major Viom Networks, an over Rs.20,000 crore company, is considering expanding its overseas footprint by entering Africa to provide consultancy and managed services, a top official said. “We are evaluating Nigeria and Kenya in Africa. We would like to look internationally, said company vice chairman and managing director Sunil […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The union cabinet Monday approved an ordinance to amend the Land Acquisition Act, adding five more areas which will be exempted from the requisites given in the act. “There is a need to strike a balance between farmers’ interest and industrial growth,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said at a briefing […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and veteran actress Rekha have been named the hottest vegetarian celebrities by People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Early leaders Kangana Ranaut and Shahid Kapoor as well as Amitabh Bachchan, R. Madhavan, Jacqueline Fernandez and Hema Malini put up a real fight. But after […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The government Monday approved leasing of land owned by the state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) to the coast guard and navy for establishing surveillance facilities. The cabinet which met here said that owing to the illegal activities along the coast line, surveillance facilities are being developed by the coast […]