A special court here on Monday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against liquor baron Vijay Mallya, official sources said. On April 15, the Enforcement Directorate had moved the special court handling cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, seeking the warrant against Mallya who is currently outside India. On at least three occasions, Mallya […]
Three days after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s odd-even scheme was implemented in Delhi, it faced its real test on Monday when it witnessed maximum traffic during office hours. “Today is the litmus test for odd-even scheme. And just like our last time attempt to make it a success, we have to co-operate with each other,” […]
The Puttingal Devi temple here where a fireworks disaster killed 114 people opened on Sunday to devotees for the first time after a week. With devotees looking on, temple priest Unnikrishnan Nampoothiri opened the temple and offered the customary prayers, residents said. A huge pile of fireworks exploded early on the morning of April 10 […]
Three people were injured, one critically, on Sunday when a concrete slab being laid on the Lucknow Metro Rail route caved in, police said. The concrete slab collapsed at Sujanpura near the Alambagh bus station, said the police. The injured, said to be labourers, have been admitted to a nearby hospital, where condition of one […]
India’s top IT company Tata Consultancy Services has been fined $940-million by a US Federal Court in Wisconsin for allegedly stealing software information. The Indian company said it intended to appeal against the verdict in higher courts. Besides the punitive damages of $700 million, the US Federal Court of the Western District of Wisconsin has […]
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday visited curfew-bound Handwara town to take stock of the situation even as the central government has decided to send more paramilitary forces to the state – on the boil for four days over civilian killings by security forces. Mehbooba Mufti was accompanied by state Deputy Chief […]
The death of two Indian girl students in a Russian medical college hostel fire and that of a medical student from Srinagar in a Russian city will figure External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s trip to Moscow on April 18. “I am going to Moscow. The final investigation report into fire tragedy in which we lost […]
The president of the Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) here has paid glowing tributes to the memory of B.R. Ambedkar for the role he played in drafting of the Indian constitution, which set the stage for the campaign against all forms of discrimination in the country. “Ambedkar’s life is an inspirational story of achievement to […]
The Taj Mahal is ready for the hyped visit of British royal couple, prince William and Kate, on Saturday. According to the programme released here, the royal couple will have lunch and dinner at hotel Amar Vilas. They will see the Taj Mahal around 4.00 p.m., and leave late in the evening for Delhi by […]
India’s leading handset manufacturer Micromax, which opened its new manufacturing facility here on Thursday, plans to invest Rs.2,000 crore for expansion over the next five-six years. Rajesh Agarwal, co-founder, Micromax, told reporters that the company will expand its operatios to two to three countries this year. Already present in SAARC countries and Russia, it is […]