Panaji, Oct 28 (IANS) Three Russian women tourists drowned when their boat capsized while on a dolphin-sighting excursion off a beach in Goa, police said Tuesday. The tour operator has been booked for negligence and endangering lives. A representative of the Russian consular services, however, asked how a boat could be allowed to venture into the […]
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday restrained the media from reporting proceedings in a case of alleged sexual harassment by a former woman additional district and sessions judge in Madhya Pradesh against a state high court judge. Directing the listing of the matter for Oct 30, the bench of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar […]
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Japanese telecommunications company SoftBank Corporation’s chairman and chief executive officer Masayoshi Son met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi here Monday, an official statement said. “Chairman and CEO of SoftBank Corporation, Japan, Masayoshi Son, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today,” the statement said. The company operates in investment space and recently […]
Panaji, Oct 27 (IANS) The Congress Monday denied its Goa unit or its leaders of having any connection with mining magnate Radha S. Timblo, named for stashing black money abroad, even as a spokesperson accused the BJP of selective targeting of individuals. Congress spokesperson Sunil Kawthankar told a press conference at the party’s state headquarters: “Instead […]
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea by S. Nalini Srikaran, undergoing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi killing, who had challenged a provision in the law that mandates the state government take prior consent of the centre before remitting the sentence of a convict whose offence was investigated by the […]
Kolkata, Oct 27 (IANS) Three people were killed and many others seriously injured Monday in political clashes in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, police said. The killings in Makra village under Panrui police station area came days after three policemen were injured when villagers hurled bombs at a police team that raided a hideout in the area […]
Jaipur, Oct 27 (IANS) French multinational Saint-Gobain Monday inaugurated its $185 million glass manufacturing unit in Rajasthan. State Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje inaugurated the World Glass Complex at Bhiwadi, Alwar district. The plant has a capacity to manufacture close to 1,000-tonne of glass per day and is a fully automated, futuristic (with state-of-the-art robotics), integrated glass […]
Srinagar, Oct 27 (IANS) The National Conference Monday launched a scathing attack on Congress leader and former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, saying giving it (NC) a full six-year term to govern Jammu and Kashmir after the 2008 elections was no favour. Azad had blamed the decision to let the NC hold the chief minister’s post […]
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) The AAP Monday accused the central government of being “selective” in revealing names of foreign bank account holders, asking it to make public all those with money stashed abroad. Addressing a press conference here, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal said the government was not disclosing all the names because […]
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Behind the step-by-step approach in the government’s disclosure of names of foreign bank account holders is the confidentiality clause under the Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty (DTAT) that prevents making public the identity of the account holders. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had earlier said the names of persons would be disclosed as […]