Asserting that India-US strategic partnership has moved into a new “strategic plus” phase, US Ambassador to India, Richard Verma, says the two countries are focused on finding creative, realistic ways to move forward. “I believe we are witnessing a transformative time in US-India relations,” he told a Washington think tank on Friday outlining how President […]
IIT-Roorkee Director Pradipta Banerji said on Saturday that Indian industry should emulate the Western model and donate to academia in India while addressing the media on the sidelines of the Cognizance festival. He cited the examples of Cornell University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) which receive generous funds from industry and achieve great results. […]
Three women taxi drivers formerly employed with Goa’s first all women radio taxi service have alleged violation of labour laws by the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC), a state government-run corporation, which has outsourced taxi operations to a private firm. The women taxi drivers have alleged that at the time of recruitment last year they […]
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped on Saturday in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, police said. The incident was reported from Uttarpara area in the district. Police said the accused took the girl, studying in class 9, to a deserted building and raped her. “Two arrests have been made and they have been produced in […]
To ensure equitable access to health services to all Delhiites, a new initiative that promises to provide free cab rides to hospitals and medical centres of the patient’s choice was launched here on Saturday. Introduced by OXXY, claiming to be India’s largest healthcare network and radio cab company, Uber, the service includes free rides to […]
A court in New Zealand has found two Indian-origin men guilty of murder and they are expected to be jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of at least 10 years, media reported. Shivneel Kumar, 20, and Bryne Permal, 22, were on trial for nearly a month in the High Court at Auckland for […]
For the first time since its inception in 1950, the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) got a woman as its president when Poonam Mahajan was unanimously elected the head of the federation here on Saturday. Maharashtra State Basketball Association (MSBA) president Poonam, who is also a Member of Parliament from Mumbai North-Central Lok Sabha constituency, […]
India successfully put its fourth navigation satellite into orbit in copy book style on Saturday, bringing the country a step closer to having its own satellite navigation system. Exactly at 5.19 p.m., the rocket – the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C27) standing around 44 metres tall and weighing around 320 tonnes – tore into the […]
An immigration officer has been suspended for alleged verbal sexual harassment of a woman passenger who took a flight to Hong Kong on March 18 from Delhi, a home ministry official said on Friday. “The immigration officer has been suspended and a departmental inquiry has been initiated,” the official told IANS on the condition of […]
The Goa Police on Friday busted a prostitution racket being run from the coastal village of Calangute and arrested three persons from Bihar, said police. The three arrested are Vinod Kumar, Dinesh Madan and Dharmendra Kumar, all from Darbhanga in Bihar. “They were running a prostitution racket from Calangute. We have rescued four women, who […]