Now Sri Lanka expresses unwillingness to attend Saarc summit

Now Sri Lanka expresses unwillingness to attend Saarc summit

Sri Lanka on Friday expressed its unwillingness to attend the upcoming Saarc Summit in Islamabad, saying the prevailing environment in the region is not conducive for holding the summit. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo, in a statement, said that the Saarc Charter requires that decisions at all levels are taken on the basis […]

Key Indian equity indices trade lower during early session

Key Indian equity indices trade lower during early session

Key Indian equity market indices opened in the red on Friday after the Indian Army disclosed that it had carried out surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, inflicting “significant casualties”. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 19.71 points or 0.07 per cent lower during […]

Uri attack soldier succumbs to injuries

Uri attack soldier succumbs to injuries

An Indian soldier who was injured during the recent terror attacks on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri town, died here on Friday morning taking the total toll of martyrs to 19, officials said. The soldier was identified as 35-year-old Raj Kishore Singh. He was admitted in the Army Research and Referral hospital […]

Pakistan Rangers violate ceasefire in J&K’s Akhnoor sector

Pakistan Rangers violate ceasefire in J&K’s Akhnoor sector

Pakistan Rangers on Friday restored to indiscriminate firing at Indian positions in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor sector of the International Border (IB). The police said Pakistan Rangers violated the ceasefire agreement by firing without any provocation at Border Security Forces (BSF) positions in Pallanwalla area. “Pakistan Rangers used automatics and small arms to target BSF […]

Operation of Fake e-Tourist Visa Websites

Operation of Fake e-Tourist Visa Websites

The correct Government of India websites for e-Tourist Visa for India is: indianvisaonline.gov.in. A number of fake visa websites are operating on the internet, claiming to provide e-Tourist Visa services to visa applicants desiring to travel to India. In order to mislead applicants, some of these websites have created images and home page templates like the Government of India websites. […]

Driving license application to go online in UP

Driving license application to go online in UP

Driving licences application in Uttar Pradesh would be made online from October 1, an official said on Thursday. While in Lucknow, the online process is the only option, for the other 74 districts the manual process might continue for some time. All Regional Transport Office’s (RTO) were asked to comply with the new system without […]

CCTVs compulsory for Goa beach shacks: Tourism Minister

CCTVs compulsory for Goa beach shacks: Tourism Minister

Setting up of CCTVs will be made compulsory for Goa’s beach shacks for safety and security of tourists, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said. Paruelkar told IANS that the 353 beach shacks will be awarded licences, only if they install CCTVs in their premises as per the newly drafted beach shack policy, which is awaiting the […]

Cabinet decides to ratify Paris agreement

Cabinet decides to ratify Paris agreement

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to ratify the Paris agreement on climate change. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Today the cabinet has decided to ratify Paris agreement,” Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters here. Modi had announced during the BJP national council […]

Over a million Indians don’t get a train seat daily: Study

Over a million Indians don’t get a train seat daily: Study

Indicating a whopping demand-supply mismatch, a new study released here on Wednesday has revealed that over a million Indians fail to get a seat every day on the Indian Railways due to unavailability of tickets. The study by RailYatri.in portal said that though the demand-supply gap on long-distance trains is well known since long, but […]

19th Saarc summit in Islamabad postponed

19th Saarc summit in Islamabad postponed

The 19th Saarc Summit to be held in Pakistan in November has been postponed. With India’s decision to pull out from the summit on Tuesday followed by Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan, the November 9-10 summit automatically stands postponed or cancelled. The formal announcement of the postponement will be made later by the Kathmandu-based Saarc Secretariat, […]