Bhubaneswar, April 4 The Election Commission has transferred four senior officers, including three district collectors, in Odisha following complaints against them by the opposition parties, an official said Friday. The district collectors Niranjan Sahu of Khurda, Ratnakar Rout of Kendrapada and Shyam Sunder Nayak of Nabrangpur have been replaced respectively by Shalini Pundit, Nitin Bhanu […]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) It was a warm Friday morning here and the Met Office has forecast a clear day. “The sky will be clear. Mist was recorded in the morning,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department. The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 33 degrees Celsius. Thursday’s maximum temperature was recorded […]
Dubai, April 4 (WAM) Mashreq, a leading financial institution in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has launched a new mobile payment solution called Tap n Go that is expected to redefine the world of mobile payments. This UAE’a first near field communication (NFC ) sticker solution, the Tap n Go sticker makes low-value purchases exceedingly […]
Bangalore, April 3 Karnataka’s 46 million electorate is spoilt for choice as 434 candidates, including 21 women, woo them, with political parties rolling out their big guns for campaigning. National and regional political parties are bracing up for a hectic campaign over the next two weeks across Karnataka, going to the Lok Sabha elections in […]
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets touched a record high of 22,620.65 points for the ninth consecutive day Thursday, surpassing the high of 22,592.10 points it touched Wednesday. Selling pressure was seen in banking, capital goods and oil and gas sectors, while marginal good buying was observed in metal sector. The […]
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party will on Thursday release its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls. Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will launch the manifesto at his Tilak Lane residence here. In its manifesto, the AAP will favour decriminalisation of homosexuality, supporting the Delhi High Court’s 2009 decision on consensual gay sex. The […]
Bhubaneswar, April 3 (IANS) The BJP has fielded the highest number of tainted candidates in the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls in Odisha April 10, while three of AAP’s candidates have criminal cases against them, an election watchdog here said Thursday. As many as 98 candidates are in the fray for the 10 Lok […]
Hyderabad, April 3 (IANS) Union textiles minister Kavuri Sambasiva Rao Thursday resigned from the union cabinet to protest bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. Rao sent his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, sources close to the minister said. He, however, has not yet taken a decision on whether to quit the Congress. He is reportedly planning to […]
Shweta Sharma It was a hot, humid morning in old Delhi’s ChandniChowk area which was already humming with activity — and awaiting a politically tumultuous day ahead with balloting just a week away. ChandniChowk, the old “silver street” of the Mughal era that leads down from the majestic Red Fort and is now a centre […]
Gujarat is the 7th largest state in India, located in the western part of India with a coastline of 1600 km (longest in India). It is one of the most popular tourist regions in the country, and was visited by 19.8 million tourists in 2010-11. Gujarat offers scenic beauty from Great Rann of Kutch to the beautiful beach of Somnath. Gujarat is the one and […]