Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh on Thursday left for South Sudan leading the government’s ‘Operation Sankat Mochan’ to evacuate Indians from the African country which has been hit by violence that has claimed hundreds of lives. “#OperationSankatMochan begins at crack of dawn. Two C 17 aircraft leave for Juba with @Gen_VKSingh on […]
Curfew continued for the fifth day in most parts of the Valley on Wednesday as 34 people died during this period in the vicious cycle of violence that has plagued Kashmir after the killing of Hizbul commander, Burhan Wani. Despite relative calm in the Valley on Tuesday, clashes occurred between the security forces and unruly […]
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 27,912.14 points, touched a high of 27,928.76 points and a low of 27,829.51 points. On Tuesday the Sensex closed at 27,808.14 points. The Sensex is trading at 27,850.52 […]
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday greeted the government and people of the Central Pacific island republic Kiribati on their Independence Day. “Warm greetings and felicitations to the government and people of Kiribati on their Independence Day,” Mukherjee tweeted. Kiribati got independence on July 12, 1979. In a message to the President of Kiribati Taneti Mamau, […]
Positive Asian markets, combined with short covering and healthy monsoon rains buoyed the Indian equity markets on Tuesday. Consequently, the key indices of the Indian equity markets traded in the positive territory, during the morning session. Healthy buying was witnessed in banking, automobile and consumer durables stocks. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock […]
No yatri was allowed to move towards the Kasmir Valley from winter capital Jammu to perform the Amarnath Yatra for the third consecutive day on Monday, police said. “No Yatri will be allowed to move towards the Valley from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu city today,” a senior police officer said. “The Yatra has […]
Strict curfew continued on Monday in most parts of the Kashmir Valley following heightened tension over the death of 22 people during protests against the killing of a top Hizbul commander, Burhan Wani. The victims comprised 21 protesters and a police driver. They were killed during clashes with security forces, mostly in Anantnag, Shopian, Kulgam […]
Even as Odisha’s tribal welfare minister on Sunday said he was unaware of the killing of five tribal villagers in Kandhamal district, the Congress and the BJP flayed the Navin Patnaik’s government on the issue. Both opposition parties said a shutdown will be observed in Kandhamal district on Monday to protest the death of five […]
The second unit of Kudankulam atomic power project in Tamil Nadu went critical or started nuclear fission on Sunday at 8.56 p.m., said officials of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). “Criticality achieved at 8.56 p.m.,” H.N. Sahu, Station Director of first and second units, told IANS on Sunday. Sahu on Saturday told IANS […]
Andhra Pradesh will sign a MoU with Kazakhstan’s capital Astana to work together on building new state capital Amaravati, an official statement said on Sunday. This was decided when Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who is currently on a visit to Kazakhstan, met Astana Mayor Asset Issekeshev. The MoU will be signed in a few […]