Lucknow, Dec 29 (IANS) Five members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were arrested by police Monday for allegedly putting up posters in Azamgarh that described Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav as “missing”. Yadav, who is the local MP, has not visited his Lok Sabha constituency ever since he won the polls from […]
Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) Engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Monday said it has won an offshore contract worth Rs.894 crore from state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for additional development of the Vasai East project. L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE) has bagged the complete turnkey contract from ONGC to improve the recovery […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The union cabinet Monday approved infusion of Rs.60 crore in Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) Ltd. to make it a government company by way of acquisition of preference shares from existing share holders, an official statement said. “The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved the […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The government Monday approved leasing of land owned by the state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) to the coast guard and navy for establishing surveillance facilities. The cabinet which met here said that owing to the illegal activities along the coast line, surveillance facilities are being developed by the coast […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) In the wake of the low intensity blast in Bengaluru, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday said if required the case could be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Rajnath Singh said that the central government is waiting for details about the incident from the state government. “Intelligence agencies […]
Seoul/New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Monday called on South Korean President Park Geun-hye and invited “bold investments” to benefit from the Indian government’s ‘Make in India’ programme. Official sources said that during the discussions, Sushma Swaraj invited Korean companies to build on their success in India. She said the Make […]
Chandigarh, Dec 29 (IANS) The Congress Monday demanded Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal should be booked for sedition for his Shiromani Akali Dal’s decision to hold protests against the Border Security Force (BSF) over the issue of drug smuggling. “The decision of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to hold four dharnas on […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Sending a clear signal to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut interest rates in view of industrial output slipping further in October, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Monday called for increasing the flow of funds in the market. “The cost of capital and, I think, in recent months or […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) With the temperature plummeting to 2.6 degrees Celsius, homeless people in the capital struggled to find some warmth in the open. Lamenting the lack of assistance from the government, they said they feel ignored and hoped the inclement weather has mercy on them soon. “We are not getting any assistance […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) India Monday summoned Pakistan’s High Commissioner Abdul Basit and conveyed its “strong concern” at lack of effective action by authorities against alleged Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi following a Pakistani court ordering his conditional release. An external affairs ministry statement said that the Pakistan high commissioner was summoned […]