Hyderabad, The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Sunday suspended nine of its officers after they were caught red handed at a ‘mujra’ party. GHMC commissioner and special officer Janardhan Reddy suspended the officials including three tax inspectors and ordered an inquiry by the additional commissioner. The officers along with others including six women were […]
Paldev (Madhya Pradesh), The government is considering a policy whereby the contractors assigned to clean the Ganga river will maintain it as well, union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday. “We are considering a policy whereby the contractors hired for cleaning the river will also maintain it for 10 years,” Javadekar told IANS here. […]
Ferozepur (Punjab), BSF troopers on Sunday shot dead four smugglers, including two Pakistanis, in Punjab’s Ferozepur sector and seized nearly 10 kg heroin, a senior BSF officer said. The Border Security Force troopers also seized arms and ammunition from the spot. These included two 9 mm pistols, one locally-made pistol and 54 rounds of ammunition, […]
New Delhi, The external affairs ministry spent more than Rs.7 crore (over $1 million) on the 10th World Hindi Conference in Bhopal from September 10-12 last year, a reply to an RTI query has revealed. The reply also revealed that the union finance ministry had sanctioned Rs.10 crore to hold the conference. It added that […]
New Delhi, In an upshot of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UAE, home to 2.6 million expatriate Indians, Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will arrive in New Delhi on February 10 on a three-day visit. The crown prince will […]
Paradip (Odisha), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday dedicated to the nation a 15-million tonnes a year refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) here, and expressed regrets over delay in execution of different projects. “Projects are marred by delays due to legal and tender processes and local agitations, resulting in cost overruns to […]
Moran (Assam), Taking a potshot at the Congress leadership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said while the opposition wanted parliament to function, one family holding a grudge for its electoral defeat was not allowing the Rajya Sabha to function. “Those who were reduced from 400 seats to 40 seats (in the Lok Sabha) are […]
Ahmedabad, Thirty-nine people were killed and 24 injured when a Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) bus fell off a river bridge in South Gujarat’s Navsari district on Friday evening, police officials said. Expressing her condolences over those killed in the accident, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel announced compensation of Rs.4 lakh each to their […]
New Delhi, Gurpreet, an Indian woman allegedly kept at a refugee camp in Germany along with her eight-year-old daughter by her in-laws, will reach India on Thursday morning, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Wednesday. “Gurpreet and her daughter will reach New Delhi from Frankfurt by flight AI 120 at 9.35 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday) […]
Bengaluru/New Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced a Rs.551-crore loan to pay out pending salaries of striking workers of two civic bodies of Delhi and sought a CBI inquiry into financial irregularities in all the three municipal corporations of the national capital. The workers, however, said the announcement of a loan was […]