The national capital continued to be enveloped under dense fog Monday, after experiencing the season’s worst fog Sunday. With the visibility dropping to 300 metres, several flights and trains were disrupted. “My flight has been diverted to Ahmedabad, thanks to Delhi fog,” Anuja Mohan, who was on her way to Delhi from Dubai, told IANS. […]
Fog and the cold wave tightened its grip on Uttar Pradesh, disrupting normal life. The mercury will drop further in coming week, the Met Office here said Monday. Due to heavy fog Monday, a car climbed a divider in Noida, adjoining New Delhi, injuring five people. They were rushed to the hospital. Due to the […]
The Indian space agency will confidently look for heavy satellite carriage contracts from foreign parties after it successfully launches one more Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket, its chief said Sunday. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K. Radhakrishnan also said the space agency is working with its American counterpart for development of a satellite. […]
The Uttar Pradesh Police Sunday said three of their men had received the promise of a Rs.50 lakh reward each for the murder of Ajay Katara, key witness in the Nitish Katara murder case. Police said three security personnel who provided security to Ajay Katara Saturday filed a complaint with Superintendent of Police (Ghaziabad Rural) […]
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley Sunday slammed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s comments on a “breakthrough” with Pakistan, saying that such a development would go against India’s dignity. “The prime minister said there was almost an agreement on Kashmir. When Pervez Musharraf said this, we did not believe him… but now the […]
Kashmiri Pandits who left their homes and migrated to other parts of the country after militancy hit the state in the 1990s would themselves have to take a call on their return, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Sunday. Abdullah was addressing a convention of Kashmiri Pandits at Patta-Bohri near Jammu. The chief […]
In a relief for the Congress, its ally and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar Sunday expressed hope that despite recent political developments in the country, the party (Congress) will again rise from the ashes. “Indira Gandhi brought the party back to power from ashes in two years after being wiped out in 1977. […]
Delhi minister Rakhi Birla’s car was attacked by an unidentified person here Sunday evening, police said. The minister was unhurt. The incident took place around 6 p.m. in Mangolpuri area of west Delhi. Birla, a minister in the Aam Aadmi Party government, said in a complaint to police that she had gone to attend a […]
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev Sunday officially announced his support for BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. At a programme organised by Ramdev’s Bharat Swabhiman Trust, the yoga guru said “Congress’s anti-people policies destroyed the country”. “I had two options in front of me, Modi-ji, and the ‘shahzada’ who has not done anything for the country,” […]
Ailing Bengali screen goddess Suchitra Sen, who has been keeping away from public life for the past three decades, Sunday allowed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to meet her at a city nursing home. Overwhelmed after a 25-minute meeting with the actress, who has often been compared to Hollywood great Greta Garbo for her […]