Chauhan appointed MD and CEO of Oriental Bank of Commerce

Mumbai, Dec 31 (IANS) Following the central government’s directive of splitting the portfolio of chairman and managing director (MD) of PSU banks, Animesh Chauhan has been appointed the CEO and MD of Oriental Bank of Commerce, the bank said Wednesday. According to the directive, for the first time in India, PSU banks will have a […]

NMDC floats new subsidiary in Karnataka

Mumbai, Dec 31 (IANS) State-owned National Mineral Development Corp (NMDC) Wednesday said it has incorporated a subsidiary by the name of Karnataka Vijaynagar Steel (KVS) to develop a steel plant in the state. The plant will be set up through a special purpose vehicle, said company secretary Mohammad Imam in a filing with the National […]

Navy men who died were trying to save vessel: Parrikar

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The reason behind the sinking of a torpedo recovery vessel off the Visakhapatnam coast is still not known, but Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said the navy personnel who died in the accident were trying to save the ship. The minister during an interaction with journalists Tuesday night said the four […]

Chilly Wednesday in Delhi, New Year’s day to be cloudy

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) It was a chilly New Year’s eve here Wednesday and the moderate fog delayed over 62 trains, an official said. The Met Office has forecast a cloudy New Year’s day Thursday. “It will be a partly cloudy sky Thursday with moderate fog in the morning,” said an India Meteorological Department […]

Odisha teachers oppose guidelines on dropout counselling

Bhubaneswar, Dec 31 (IANS) A day after the Odisha government directed teachers to counsel children to curb the state’s dropout rate, the teachers Wednesday said the government should first focus on providing quality education to the students. The government has asked the teachers to visit the students’ houses in order to bring down the dropout […]

Swine flu cases in Delhi now 38

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Three fresh cases of swine flu were Wednesday reported in the national capital, taking the number this year to 38, a health official said. “The afflicted include a 30-year-old man from Krishna Nagar, and two women aged 46 and 52 from Paschim Puri and New Delhi area, respectively,” Charan Singh, […]

CBI’s credibility broken irreparably, says Trinamool

Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) In the wake of BJP president Amit Shah getting acquitted in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case, the Trinamool Congress Tuesday said the CBI’s credibility had been “broken irreparably”. “CBI’s credibility broken irreparably after today’s hogwash. Amit Shah discharged in fake encounter case after top lawyers defend him for three days […]

Rajnath ‘pleased’ as Amit Shah gets clean chit

New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday expressed satisfaction after BJP president Amit Shah was given a clean chit in an alleged staged shootout case. “Extremely pleased to know that the BJP national president Shri Amit Shah has been given a clean chit by the special CBI court,” he twitted. Shah was […]

Property dealer found murdered in Delhi

New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) A 73-year-old property dealer was found murdered in central Delhi early Tuesday, police said. The body of Naresh Kumar Bansal was recovered around 1 a.m. in Daryaganj. “Bansal’s neck was slashed with a sharp-edged weapon. His body was lying in the service lane around 50 metres far from Shanti Van,” […]

BJP forms 18-member core team for Delhi polls

New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The BJP Tuesday set up an 18-member core committee for the Delhi assembly polls. The committee includes Rajya Sabha member Vijay Goel, and all seven Lok Sabha members from Delhi – Harsh Vardhan, Manoj Tiwari, Parvesh Verma, Udit Raj, Ramesh Bidhuri, Meenakshi Lekhi and Maheish Giri. Ashish Sood and Rekha […]