Mumbai, Dec 8 (IANS) India’s current account deficit widened to $10.1 billion for the quarter ended Sep 31, 2014, data released by Reserve bank of India (RBI) showed. According to the central bank, the net difference between inflows and outflows of foreign currencies also known as the current account showed a deficit that widened by […]
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Sanskrit will be offered as one of the options in lieu of an elective subject in Class 11 from the 2015-16 session in all Kendriya Vidyalayas having senior secondary classes, an official statement said Monday. In a circular dated Dec 5 which was shared with the media Monday, the Kendriya […]
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Women activists Monday demanded a total ban on Uber cab across India, saying the company had lost the right to operate in the country as it employed a driver, who was a repeat sex offender, without any police verification. Terming the Delhi government’s ban on Uber in the city as […]
Lucknow, Dec 6 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has directed its principal secretaries and secretaries to resolve issues raised by entrepreneurs during a state-level meet within a fortnight. Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan has directed the principal secretaries and secretaries of the concerned departments to ensure resolution of issues raised in the Friday’s state-level Udyog Bandhu […]
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) It was a pleasant, sunny Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 10 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. “The sky will remain clear through the day. There was a light mist in the morning,” said an official of India Meteorological Department. The maximum temperature will […]
Ranjoo Mann, New Delhi If ‘PK’ is the movie wrapped in a mystery, then Aamir Khan is wrapped in the truth of human. Amidst the days of promotion of ‘PK’, which opens on 19 December 2015, Aamir smiles often. Fresh even after the long hours of movie promotions, Aamir picks his words carefully. He does […]
“Can you go to Bhopal immediately? Something big seems to have happened. Many people have died. You can help out our local bureau and return after two or three days.” This was U.R. Kalkur, a marvel of a journalist who was the deputy general manager of UNI. He spoke hours after the Bhopal gas leak […]
More than 70 percent of Kashmir’s saffron cash crop, one of the costliest spices of the world, has lost its purple bloom this season due to the hostile weather. Its prices have increased 60 to 80 percent. To optimise revenues, trade representatives say, cheaper saffron imported from Iran is mixed with the prized local saffron […]
Keeping up with the tradition of introducing Indian audience to global thinkers and writers, the Jaipur Literature Festival 2015 has chosen luminaries from the field of art, literature and poetry to talk on various themes, organisers said. The festival, brainchild of NamitaGokhale and William Dalrymple, will be held in Jaipur from January 21-25, 2015. It […]
Raipur, Dec 2 (IANS) Terming Maoists a “challenge to the nation”, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday said the government would surely overcome the challenge as the country was united in the fight against Left-wing extremism. Rajnath Singh, however, ducked a question on whether the army needs to be deployed in Maoist-hit areas to eliminate them. […]