New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) A thin layer of fog encompassed the national capital Sunday morning. The minimum temperature was 17.2 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average. “There was shallow fog in the morning. However, the sky during the day will be mainly clear,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department. The maximum […]
Panaji, Nov 8 (IANS) After accepting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s formal invitation to join his central cabinet because it was a matter of “national interest”, Goa Chief MInister Manohar Parrikar is expected to quit Saturday. Parrikar Friday told reporters that he was formally invited by Modi to join his central cabinet and although he felt sad […]
Varanasi, Nov 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday took his cleanliness drive to the ghats of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. He cleaned an area on the banks of river Ganga as a part of the Nirmal Ganga Mission. Modi arrived at the Assi Ghat here around 8.40 a.m. amid tight security arrangements. He prayed at […]
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) It was a pleasant Saturday morning here with a minimum temperature of 16.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average. “The sky will remain mainly clear with mist/fog in the morning,” said an India Meteorological Department official. The day’s maximum temperature is likely to hover around 32 degrees Celsius. Humidity […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 8 (IANS) B. Hridayakumari, winner of the Kerala Sahitya Academy award and a literary critic, died at a private hospital here Saturday, her family said. She was 84. She was suffering from age related illness. A respected figure in the social milieu of the state, she was the former principal of the Government Women’s […]
Thimphu, Nov 8 (IANS) Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, on a state visit to Bhutan, Saturday described ties between them as an “exemplary bilateral relationship between neighbouring countries” and said the two governments shared confidence and trust that they would remain “sensitive…to each other’s concerns and vital interests”. In an address at the Convention Centre here on […]
Hyderabad, Nov 8 (IANS) Bandaru Dattatreya from Telangana and Sujana Chowdary from Andhra Pradesh are likely to be inducted into the union cabinet, which is set to be expanded Sunday. Dattatreya, national vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is a member of Lok Sabha from Secunderabad, while Y. S. Chowdary, popularly known as Sujana […]
Varanasi, Nov 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday took his cleanliness drive to the ghats of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. He cleaned an area on the banks of river Ganga as a part of the Nirmal Ganga Mission. He then nominated nine people to spread the message of cleaning the river. Modi arrived at the […]
Panaji, Nov 8 (IANS) The landing strip at Goa’s Dabolim international airport is in a dangerous condition and needs to be repaired as soon as possible, according to outgoing chief minister Manohar Parrikar. The chief minister was making a case for a second airport in Goa, which he said would also ease off the congestion at […]
Bhubaneswar, Nov 8 (IANS) The number of dengue cases in Odisha this year increased to 5,535 with authorities Saturday confirming 31 new cases, although the toll from the virus has remained at nine. A senior state health official said that of the 31 new cases, the highest (11) have been reported from the coastal district of […]