Heroin worth Rs.50 lakh sized, two held

New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Two drug traffickers, including a woman, were arrested in two separate raids and 500 grams heroin worth Rs.50 lakh in the international market seized from them, police said Saturday. The duo were apprehended in two separate raids conducted by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police at two different places in […]

Defence ministry clears mine sweepers, trainer aircraft deals

New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India’s defence ministry Saturday cleared a project worth Rs.32,000 crore for 12 mine sweeping vessels to be made in the country, along with some other projects including one for buying 38 basic trainer aircrafts. In a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, the government […]

Black money abroad? Be ready for jail, huge fines

Black money abroad? Be ready for jail, huge fines

New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday unveiled a slew of stringent steps to battle black money stashed abroad, including a new law that will entail rigorous imprisonment of up to 10 years and a penalty of 300 percent on its perpetrators. Those evading tax by sending money to foreign countries will […]

Police officers from 21 countries visit Telangana police HQ

Police officers from 21 countries visit Telangana police HQ

Hyderabad, Feb 27 (IANS) A team of police officers from 21 countries Friday visited the office of Telangana’s police chief. Director General of Police Anurag Sharma and other senior police officers briefed them about the functioning of state crime record bureau, fingerprint bureau and also explained them about the functioning of anti-Maoist force Grey Hounds. […]

Telesur of Suriname inks agreement with YuppTV

Hyderabad, Feb 27 (IANS) Telesur, a telecommunications service provider in Suriname, and India’s YuppTV, Friday signed an agreement to deliver over-the-top (OTT) internet television services in the South American nation. YuppTV, claimed to be a leading OTT content player for South Asian content, will provide a full turnkey technology solution to Telesur. It will aggregate […]

Bengal Inc lauds small industry-centric Bengal budget

Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) West Bengal’s major industry bodies Friday welcomed the state budget saying the proposals on tax revision, especially Value Added Tax, would facilitate the growth of small scale industries. “The state budget has further introduced a slew of measures to simplify and reform the taxation system which would stimulate the business and […]

Railway-linked firms’ stocks volatile ahead of budget

Railway-linked firms’ stocks volatile ahead of budget

Mumbai, Feb 26 (IANS) Ahead of Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu’s maiden budget, stocks of companies associated with the public transporter were volatile in Thursday’s pre-afternoon trade session. Stocks of companies like Texmaco Rail and Engineering, Transformers and Rectifiers (India), Kalindee Rail Nirman (Engineers) and Stone India were trading in the red. However, healthy gains were […]

Environment ministry, UPSC staffers held in document leak case

Environment ministry, UPSC staffers held in document leak case

New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Two officials from the environment ministry and the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) were arrested in connection with the official documents leak, police said Thursday. Delhi Police have arrested Jatinder Nagpal, who is personal assistant to the joint secretary in the ministry of environment, forests and climate change. Nagpal was […]