Former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Tuesday took oath as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh. Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Hemant Gupta administered the oath of office to Patel in a function at the Raj Bhavan. Parliament Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his cabinet colleagues were present […]
Cold wave in the valley and bone chilling freeze in the Ladakh region on Tuesday continued unabated. However sunny days have helped the people of Jammu and Kashmir to brace the biting cold during the nights over the last two weeks, the Met said. The day temperatures were likely to hover around 12 degrees Celsius […]
A number of disqualified AAP MLAs on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging a notification disqualifying them on the ground of holding ‘office of profit’ as Parliamentary Secretaries. The Aam Aadmi Party MLAs mentioned the matter before a Division Bench headed by Justice S. Ravinder Bhat seeking quashing of the notification and got it […]
US President Donald Trump has signed a temporary funding bill ending a nearly three-day government shutdown, capping off deadlock and reinstating funds for a fortnight, a senior official said. The federal government is expected to be back in business on Tuesday. Thousands of federal employees who had been placed on temporary, unpaid leave since Saturday, […]
Shree Rajput Karni Sena activists have forced cinema halls to stop advance bookings for “Padmaavat”, officials on Tuesday said. In Patna, online bookings for the movie were stopped following protest and threat by Karni Sena’s activists. “Fear of Karni Sena is such that Cinepolis has not only stopped online booking of ‘Padmaavat’. It cancelled 50 […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a roundtable meeting with the CEOs of top global companies before his keynote address at the plenary session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) here on Tuesday morning. India also got a thumbs up from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday, which reaffirmed that India’s economy is […]
Projection of India’s healthy economic growth outlook, along with bullish global cues lifted the key Indian equity indices to their new highs during the morning trade session on Tuesday. Accordingly, the S&P BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty50 breached their previous respective intra-day high levels. In the process, the barometer Sensex crossed the 36,000-points-mark and […]
Virat Kohli named captain of both sides; Warner, de Kock and Stokes other players to feature in the two sides India’s Virat Kohli has been named as captain of the ICC Men’s Test and ODI Teams of the Year 2017, which were announced today by the International Cricket Council. Apart from his own […]
The highest level in January since 2010 and further increase is expected today Electricity spot market prices sky-rocketed yesterday, from around $100 per megawatt hour to over $12,000. The average price was $905 over the day, representing the highest level for January since 2010, when average prices reached $1,153 over the day. A further increase […]
McSweeney hits 156 and Ralston takes 7-15 in Australia’s 311 runs victory over PNG; Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe join PNG in Plate Championship · Photos from Australia v Papua New Guinea, India v Zimbabwe and Pakistan v Sri Lanka matches available on the Online Media Zone for free download and editorial use. Please credit ICC/Getty Images […]