Shimla, Dec 14 (IANS) There was moderate to heavy snowfall at many places in Himachal Pradesh for the second day Sunday, hampering traffic on roads, specially in upper Shimla and Manali areas. Capital city Shimla saw the day’s minimum temperature recorded barely above the freezing point at 0.4 degree Celsius, the season’s lowest. The picturesque […]
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) A Delhi Police assistant-sub inspector and a constable were killed while a head constable was left critically injured when a call centre van, asked to halt at a police barricade, ploughed into them, the police said Sunday. The incident occurred shortly past Saturday midnight (12.45 a.m) in south Delhi’s Kalindi […]
Panaji, Dec 14 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar should stop playing a ‘shadow’ chief minister of Goa and fully focus on his new role as the minister of a sensitive central portfolio, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh said Sunday. Parrikar’s constant presence in Goa despite his elevation as defence minister indicated that the former chief […]
Kolkata, Dec 14 (IANS) Accusing West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress of trying to disrupt the CBI probe into the multi-crore rupee Saradha scam, the Congress Sunday said it will move the Supreme Court seeking its intervention. Congress leader Abdul Mannan, who played a key role in filing a petition on which the SC eventually directed […]
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) In a major decision impacting inter-connected sectors of energy, education and women, Power Minister Piyush Goyal Sunday announced that a government girls’ school in Punjab would be the first in the country to introduce energy efficiency as a subject in the school curriculum. “The Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar […]
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Cold wind and rain Sunday brought Delhi’s maximum temperature to 16 degrees Celsius, seven notches below the season’s average. The weather department has forecast a clear Monday but indicated rain is likely in the evening. “There will be a overcast Monday morning which will turn clear. Cold wind and rain […]
Hyderabad, Dec 13 (IANS) The K.Chandrasekhar Rao ministry in Telangana will be expanded Dec 16. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan will administer oath to the new ministers at Raj Bhavan at 11 a.m, said an official statement Saturday. Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Rao met the governor Saturday to convey his decision to expand his ministry – its first […]
Mumbai, Dec 13 (IANS) Actor Akshay Kumar took to micro-blogging website Twitter to unveil a glimpse of his role from his upcoming movie “Baby”. The actor also said that all the developments and scoops from the movie will reach his fans on the social networking platform first. “Starting today, I will introduce you to members […]
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) Thousands of Trinamool Congress supporters Saturday blocked roads, forcibly closed shops and brought out rallies across West Bengal, protesting against the arrest of minister Madan Mitra by the CBI in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam. Mitra’s supporters had an exchange of words with police in Alipore, where he was […]
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) A city court Saturday denied bail to West Bengal Transport and Sports Minister Madan Mitra – arrested in connection with the multi-crore rupee Saradha scam – and sent him to CBI custody till Dec 16. Arrested Friday by the Central Bureau of Investigation for “prima facie evidence of criminal conspiracy, cheating […]