Chennai, May 30 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi June 3 to submit a list of issues relating to the state that is pending with the centre, a statement said Friday. She will submit a memorandum to Modi June 3. It will contain the list of long pending crucial […]
Srinagar, May 30 (IANS) One person was killed and four injured in Jammu and Kashmir’s Leh town when a shell went off while labourers were collecting scrap, police said Friday. Five labourers from Jharkhand were collecting scrap Thursday evening from the army’s firing range in Leh, 470 km from here, when the shell went off, police […]
Jammu, May 29 (IANS) An Indian Army soldier committed suicide Thursday by shooting himself with his service rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, army sources said. “A jawan of 198 Field Regiment, identified as Satish Chander, shot himself with his service rifle, killing himself on the spot in Dhanni Dhar area of Rajouri district,” an […]
Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading 154.94 points or 0.63 percent down Thursday as IT and technology, media and entertainment (TECK) stocks slumped. Selling pressure was seen in IT, TECK, metal and oil and gas sectors. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which […]
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju said Thursday that he will discuss Air India’s revival with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking to reporters after taking charge at the Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, the headquarters of the civil aviation ministry here, Gajapati Raju said: “I will discuss Air India’s situation with the […]
Panaji, May 29 (IANS) Goa Governor Bharat Vir Wanchoo severely criticised the Goa government Thursday over rising crimes against women in the state. The criticism comes a few days after the state BJP demanded his resignation following the disclosure of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s intention to quiz Wanchoo in connection with the AgustaWestland chopper scam. […]
Hyderabad, May 29 (IANS) Police Thursday gunned down three red sander smugglers in the forests near Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district, bordering Tamil Nadu. The incident occurred after a team of police and forest officials came under attack by smugglers in Silathoranam forests. Some police and forest personnel were injured in the attack. Three smugglers […]
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Two days after a controversy erupted over her educational qualifications, Human Rresource Development Minister Smriti Irani said Thursday that “extraneous circumstances” were created by the opposition to divert her and requested the people to judge her on the basis of her work. “Extraneous circumstances have been created to ensure that my […]
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry called up External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to congratulate her on ministerial posting and discussed “re-energising strategic” ties, an official said Thursday. Kerry called up Sushma Swaraj late Wednesday night. It was the first congratulatory call that she received from one of her counterparts around […]
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) It was a humid Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded a notch below average at 26.3 degrees Celsius. The Met Office has forecast a clear day. “The skies will remain clear with the maximum temperature likely to hover around 42 degrees Celsius,” said an official of […]