New Delhi, Keeping the 2017 Punjab assembly polls in mind, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday appointed former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh as the state party chief. Amarinder’s comeback is likely to give a fresh impetus to the beleaguered and faction-ridden Congress in Punjab. “Consequent upon the resignation of Partap Singh Bajwa from the […]
Bhubaneswar, India on Friday successfully test-fired the indigenously built nuclear-capable Agni-I missile from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast. The surface-to-surface missile, capable of hitting targets up to 700 km away, was fired from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at 10.02 a.m. as part of Strategic Forces Command (SFC) training […]
New Delhi, Union minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot on Friday expressed regrets for saying that former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were assassinated because of Congress’ “wrong policies”. The social justice and empowerment minister’s regret came after the issue was raised by Congress members, who also gave notice over the remark made on Thursday […]
New Delhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday took on the Congress, saying those who imposed Emergency rule in the country and “snatched” the fundamental rights of the people were now talking about constitutional principles. “Fundamental rights were snatched during the Emergency. The government convinced the Supreme Court that during Emergency people lose the right […]
Mumbai, The Indian rupee dipped in the early hours of trade on Friday to its lowest level against the US dollar in over two years, mainly on account of the gaining strength of the American currency, but recovered somewhat on likely sales by the central bank. The Indian currency was at 66.88 to a dollar […]
New Delhi, The global air transportation body on Thursday predicted that India will become the third-largest air passenger market by 2026. As per the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) updated passenger growth forecast, India will displace Britain as the third-largest market by 2026. The forecast said China is expected to overtake the United States as […]
Jammu, Ceasefire violations by Pakistan has doubled this year, and the Islamic State can help push militants into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan, a senior BSF officer said on Thursday. Speaking to the media, Border Security Force Inspector General Rakesh Gupta said violation of the 2003 truce by Pakistani troops on both the international border […]
New Delhi, India is set to have more than half a billion (500 million) unique mobile subscribers, or actual individual subscribers, by 2015-end, thanks to affordable devices, easy tariff and digital literacy drives, a study by GSM telecom players global body GSMA said on Thursday. The report “The Mobile Economy: India 2015” said that 13 […]
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra government to consider and decide in two weeks applications for licence by hoteliers for dance performances in beer bars and restaurants. An apex court bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Prafulla C. Pant gave two weeks’ time as the court was told that the […]
Patna, Bihar will go dry from April 1, 2016, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced on Thursday. The chief minister made the announcement — a part of his election pledge — at an official function to mark Prohibition Day here. He said the poorest of the poor had been consuming liquor, badly hitting their families and […]