As part of the monthly price revision, oil marketing companies on Monday hiked prices of non-subsidised LPG, or cooking gas, that consumers buy after exhausting their subsidised quota, by Rs.27.5 for a 14.2 kg cylinder. With this rate increase, that comes on the back of four straight monthly reductions, the non-subsidised LPG cooking gas now […]
Triggering a significant consolidation in telecom business in the country, industrialist Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications on Monday announced a major accord to acquire the Indian business of Russia’s Sistema, which is operating under the ‘MTS’ brand, in a unique stock-cum-spectrum-fee payment deal. The deal first calls for a demerger of the telecom business of the […]
Prominent CPI-M leader Hashim Abdul Halim, who served as West Bengal assembly speaker for 29 years at a stretch – the longest stint by any presiding officer of a legislature in independent India – died at a nursing home here on Monday, his family said. He was 80. Halim, also a former state minister, is […]
On the 141st day of the protest by ex-servicemen demanding OROP, over 200 retired paramilitary personnel on Monday also launched a three-day protest in the capital. These paramilitary personnel want the ‘One Rank One Pension‘ scheme for around 13 lakh retired and serving personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). The already protesting veterans […]
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for rising food prices and questioned his silence on the issue. “Modi is responsible for the soaring prices of pulses and other essential commodities. But his silence has shocked the people,” Gandhi told an election rally in Araria district. “The Modi government has […]
The annual Divali Nagar festival in Trinidad and Tobago offers “a dynamic platform for deepening of the appreciation of our cultural multiplicity”, according to the Caribbean nation’s cultural minister. Speaking at the 29th Divali Nagar’s opening ceremony on Sunday night, Minister for Community Development, Arts and Culture Nyan Gadsby-Dolly said her ministry is pleased to […]
Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday asked what did the writers now protesting against intolerance do during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The Bharatiya Janata Party leader also said that the Congress and the Left were “intolerant” of the people’s mandate for Narendra Modi in last year’s Lok Sabha election. “Conscience keepers were silent […]
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis came up with another stupendous performance on Sunday to win the women’s doubles title of the prestigious $7 million WTA Finals at the Singapore Indoor Stadium here and comprehensively underline their supremacy in the category. The top seeds took just an hour and seven minutes to rout Spanish eighth seeds […]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday the World Bank’s latest ranking of India should have actually been “significantly higher” as the bank had not factored in all the steps taken by the government to improve business environment. “The World Bank has upped India’s ranking in the Ease of Doing Business by twelve positions. Last […]
Four members of a family, including two women, were hacked to death on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharsawan district on Sunday, police said. The victims have been identified as Jinkaru Mundain (75), her daughter Soru Mundain (55), and two sons Ghasia Munda (50) and Hagal Munda (40), police said. According to police, Shyamlal […]