Tried to dodge elevation to NDA cabinet: Parrikar

Tried to dodge elevation to NDA cabinet: Parrikar

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had tried to dodge Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s offer to elevate him to the union cabinet, he has said, adding that it took him a couple of weeks to take a call on it. “On October 26, I had gone to meet Modi to discuss the Goa mining issue and provide […]

Negative global cues, profit booking subdue equity markets

Negative global cues, profit booking subdue equity markets

Negative Asian markets, along with profit booking, subdued the Indian equity markets on Tuesday. Consequently, the key indices of the Indian equity markets traded flat — marginally in the red, during the morning session. Heavy selling pressure was witnessed in automobile, information technology (IT) and oil and gas stocks. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the […]

Eight Mizoram girls rescued while being trafficked to Gujarat

Eight Mizoram girls rescued while being trafficked to Gujarat

At least eight tribal girls from Mizoram were rescued from a car while being trafficked to Gujarat, police said on Sunday. As many as two tribal youths were also arrested in this connection, the police said. “They were rescued from a small vehicle on Saturday night while being trafficked to Gujarat via Guwahati,” police inspector […]

India Post to soon deliver Gangajal at doorsteps: Prasad

India Post to soon deliver Gangajal at doorsteps: Prasad

New Delhi After getting mobile phones, saris, jewellery and apparel through the e-commerce route, it is time for Gangajal (water from Ganga river). “I used to get several requests that with this vast network of post can we get Ganga water?” Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. “I have directed the Postal Department to utilise […]

Fundraising Dinner in Honour of the Brave Hearts

Fundraising Dinner in Honour of the Brave Hearts

Fundraising Dinner In Support Of The Establishment Of A Memorial To Those Australians Of Indian Heritage Who Served In The Australian Defence Force. Australian Indian Heritage committee  organised the first fund raising dinner on, 28th May, 2016 at RSL Sunnybank to initially raise $30,000 towards building monument to honour serviceman and women of Australian Indian […]

Three workers killed in blast in RCF’s Mumbai plant

Three workers killed in blast in RCF’s Mumbai plant

At least three persons were killed and three others injured in a blast in the Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers Ltd factory here on Saturday, officials said. A RCF spokesperson said that the blast at the factory in Chembur area of northeast Mumbai occurred around 4.30 p.m. in boiler No. 2 which had been shut down […]

Indian girl among 20 killed in Bangladesh Islamic State attack

Indian girl among 20 killed in Bangladesh Islamic State attack

Islamic State militants slaughtered at least 20 foreigners, including an Indian girl, with sharp weapons before security forces rescued 13 hostages and gunned down six gunmen on Saturday morning, ending a long drawn-out overnight siege at a Bangladesh cafe popular with both locals as well as foreign visitors, officials said. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj […]

Flying Tejas felt like being on top of the world

Flying Tejas felt like being on top of the world

Flying the indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) after its induction into the Indian Air Force (IAF) was like being on top of the world, said Group Captain Madhav Rangachari here on Friday. “I felt like being on top of the world when flying the Tejas fighter. It’s an honour and a privilege to pilot […]

Monsoon to hit Delhi in next 48 hours

Monsoon to hit Delhi in next 48 hours

Delayed by nearly a week, monsoon this year will hit Delhi and the National Capital Region within the next 48 hours, the weather office said on Friday. “Within the next 48 hours, we are expecting the rains to hit the entire Delhi, NCR and Chandigarh area,” an official at the India Meteorological Department told IANS. […]

IAF inducts two Tejas fighters into 45 Squadron

IAF inducts two Tejas fighters into 45 Squadron

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday inducted two Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) into its ‘Flying Daggers’ 45 Squadron here. Southern Air Command Air Officer Commanding-in Chief Air Marshal Jasbir Walia received the certified documents of the indigenous fighters from state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Chairman T. Suvarna Raju at a function here. IAF […]