At least four people — three pilgrims and one Ponywallah were killed and eight injured on Saturday morning in a landslide on old track to Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu region. A landslide hit the old track to the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Katra district, police said. “At least 12 people were hit […]
With 7,700 Indian workers employed with Saudi companies facing a financial crisis, a senior official of the Gulf kingdom’s labour ministry held a meeting with India’s Consul General in Jeddah on Wednesday. “Director General of Branch of Ministry of Labour and Social Development in Makkah region, Abdullah Al-Olayan, held here today a meeting with Consul […]
As the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday finally took up discussion on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill, with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley moving it for consideration and passage, industry stakeholders welcomed the move but also expressed some concerns. Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram batted for 18 per cent GST rate during the debate. Here […]
iving a refreshing look to its Galaxy Note series ahead of the Apple event, Samsung has introduced an iris biometric scanner in its flagship Note 7 which, according to company officials, is the first globally. Announcing this at its Galaxy Note Unpacked 2016 here on Tuesday, Samsung said the Note 7 with curved display will […]
North Korea fired a ballistic missile into east waters from its west region, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Wednesday. The projectile was launched from South Hwanghae province around 7.50 a.m. (local time), Yonhap news agency quoted the JCS as saying. Further details are being analysed, the official said. The launch came […]
A new upcoming Marathi movie Page 4 is produced by our own Melbourne duo Shailesh Walimbe and Jaydeep Yeole. Astonishingly the pair and their friendship have an amazing story to tell. They met in a very different situation about 12 years ago. Shailesh was working as a bartender in the casino and Jaydeep was a […]
The CPI-M politburo, which had its two day meeting in Delhi, decided not to intervene in the appointment of Harvard University professor Gita Gopinath as an economic adviser to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan despite the objections raised by veteran leader V.S. Achuthanandan. Achuthanandan, in a letter, had expressed his displeasure to Communist Party of […]
Assuring “all possible help” to the Indian contingent at the Rio Olympic Games 2016 scheduled to begin on August 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hoped that Indian sportspersons will be able to win hearts of people from across the world. “I hope these 119 sportspersons will perform well (in the games), and they […]
Japanese Emperor Akihito has planned to deliver a televised speech in August on his desire to abdicate in favour of his son Naruhito, officials said on Friday. Officials from the Imperial Household Agency said that Akihito, 82, intends to pass on the Chrysanthemum Throne to his son, 56, “in the coming years” because he feels […]
Hundreds of commuters on the Delhi-Jaipur route remained stuck on National Highway 8 after heavy rain left the Hero Honda Chowk here inundated, officials said on Friday. As NH 8 remained cut off, traffic moving towards Rajasthan and Maharashtra was stuck on the city roads and state highways throughout Thursday night. Around 1 a.m. on […]