Almost eight months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina reopened the Haldibari-Chilahati rail link, both the countries have started regular operation of freight trains through the restored rail route after a span of more than 50 years, officials said on Monday. A railway ministry spokesperson said that with the joint […]
Indian women’s hockey team captain Rani Rampal’s determination not to give an inch till the last minute of every single game she has played for the country perhaps comes from her upbringing in a poverty-stricken family, which couldnt even afford two square meals a day. She had to drink milk diluted with copious amount of […]
Taking inspiration from the men’s team that got into the medal rounds after a gap of four decades, Indian women’s hockey scripted a historic moment of their own by making their maiden entry into the semifinals at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Monday. India defeated world No. 2 Australia 1-0 in the quarterfinals to storm […]
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday congratulated the Indian women’s hockey team for making history and reaching the semi-finals of the Olympics 2020. “Proud of our Women #HockeyTeam for making it to Olympic Semi-Finals by beating three-time Olympic Champions Australia,” the Chief Minister tweeted. “Kudos to Gurjit Kaur from Amritsar who scored the lone […]
A UK court on Monday declared fugitive Indian businessman Vijay Mallya, the chairman of now defunct Kingfisher Airlines, as “bankrupt”. The UK court order comes as a massive boost for the consortium of banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI) to initiate freezing of assets owned by Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines, both in India […]
Actress-model Poonam Pandey claims businessman and Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundras husband Raj Kundra, upon a contractual disagreement in 2019, leaked her number along with a message that said “I will strip for you”. Kundra has been sent to police custody till July 23 after being arrested by Mumbai Police on charges of creating and […]
Jaipuria Institute of Management, one of Indias top MBA colleges, efficaciously concluded its academic sessions of 2020-2021 with its second e-convocation inviting tremendous participation from graduating students, distinguished guests, faculties and alumnus across four campuses from the institute. The e-convocation was graced by the honourable Chief Guest for the occasion, Rashesh Shah, Chairman and CEO, […]
The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) data shows that the pollution level in the Yamuna has worsened this year. The Yamuna enters Noida with no dissolved oxygen in it and exits in the city even with higher level of pollution. The UPPCB report does not mention the data for industrial effluents like quantity of […]
Global cues pushed fuel prices to increase again across the country on Thursday, adding more misery to the common man already grappling with rising food prices amid shrinking income. However, unlike uniform price movement earlier, oil marketing companies on Thursday continued with their practice adopted more than two months back to increase the price of […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the India’s first redeveloped railway station at Gujarat’s capital Gandhinagar on Friday. The redeveloped railway station hosts a number of world-class facilities including the first-of-its-kind 5-star hotel built over the railway tracks, officials said here on Wednesday. “Gujarat capital, Gandhinagar has the country’s first redeveloped railway station. The […]