New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Friday ruled that the December 16, 2012 gang-rape “juvenile” convict, slated to be released from an observation home on December 20, cannot be kept back, leading to dismay among various sections of society with the victim’s downcast family ruing that “crime has won”. The Delhi Commission for Women […]
New Delhi, India sharply cut its growth forecast by as much as one percentage point to 7-7.5 percent for this fiscal, cautioning that challenges remain despite progress, while also sounding circumspect on meeting the fiscal deficit target of 3.9 percent of GDP. This had a telling effect on Indian stocks, pulling key indices down by […]
Shimla, Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, is being beautified through a series of restoration projects at a total expenditure of Rs.144 crore, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said on Thursday. The projects include restoration and renovation of two British-era Catholic churches, he said after dedicating a 100-ft-high national flag at the historic Ridge here. Of […]
Mumbai, Jet Airways on Thursday announced the resignation of its chief executive Cramer Ball, effective from February 29, 2016. “Gaurang Shetty, whole-time director, will become the acting CEO of the company,” the airline said in a statement. Shetty has over 35 years of industry experience and has been with the airline for more than 19 […]
Mumbai, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Entertainment and Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks on Thursday announced the formation of Amblin Partners — a new film, television and digital content creation company. Participant Media led by Jeff Skoll and Entertainment One (eOne), leading US based entertainment companies, are also part of the joint venture and will work closely in the […]
New Delhi, Google will build a new campus at Hyderabad, hire more people even as it is working towards including as many people as possible to use the internet in India, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said here on Wednesday. “In our attempt to provide internet access to people, we have decided to provide Wi-Fi […]
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday increased by 100 percent the environment compensation charge (ECC) for the commercial vehicles entering Delhi and imposed a blanket ban on the registeration of diesel vehicles of engine capacity of 2,000 cc and above in the entire National Capital Region. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice […]
New Delhi, National passenger carrier Air India on Tuesday commenced its maiden flight from Ahmedabad to London via Mumbai, making it the first domestic airline to offer direct connection between the two destinations. The airline said that the inaugural flight AI 131 operated with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel […]
Mumbai, Value-buying propelled a barometer index of the Indian equity markets into provisionally closing with gains of 170 points on Tuesday. Initially, both the bellwether indices of the Indian equity markets opened on a slightly positive note in sync with their Asian peers and a rebound in oil prices that supported energy stocks. Nevertheless, latest […]
New Delhi, India’s retail inflation also firmed up in November to 5.41 percent from 5.0 percent in the month before, as in the case with the wholesale prices, ue largely to food items like pulses, official data showed on Monday. Data on consumer price index (CPI) released by the Central Statistics Office here, showed that the […]