National Conference (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said his son and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will take the final decision on ties with the Congress party. Asked if the NC would continue it’s alliance with the UPA in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Abdullah said: “We will do what Omar suggests. We […]
laneThe government Wednesday approved creation of 75 posts for technical staff at the aviation regulator to look after safety, training and certification responsibilities. The civil aviation ministry said the 75 posts were created in the flight standards directorate (FSD), an arm of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) which will comprise of chief flight […]
pakPakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Wednesday announced the formation of a four-member team to hold negotiations with the Pakistani Taliban. Addressing a session of the national assembly, Sharif accepted the invitation of the Taliban to hold a dialogue and said the government wanted to give peace another chance, Dawn online reported. Sharif said Interior Minister […]
An Indian family in Saudi Arabia, which could not return to India during the amnesty period granted by the country’s authorities to illegal expatriates last year, has finally been repatriated. Members of Zahid Hussain’s family, hailing from India’s Maharashtra state, have been deported and have reached home, the Arab News reported Wednesday. Zahid, however, was […]
Mere compliance with rules or carrying out welfare initiatives for the staff does not fall in the ambit of corporate social responsibility (CSR), a senior functionary said here Wednesday. Under the new Companies Act, CSR will become mandatory for companies with profit of Rs.5 crore and more, said Bhaskar Chatterjee, director general and chief executive […]
At least eight passengers were killed and 11 injured when a private luxury bus rammed into an oil tanker and caught fire on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway early Wednesday, police said. The accident took place when the Ahmedabad-bound bus was near Kuregaon village in Thane district’s Manor town, said Investigating Officer Sudhakar Yenare. According to preliminary […]
Forty-three kg of gold and 57,000 kg of silver offered by devotees at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir have been found to be fake, an RTI application has revealed. The RTI query elicited the information that 193.5 kg of gold and 81,635 kg of silver was offered at the shrine […]
Criticising President Pranab Mukherjee’s comment against “populist anarchy”, Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti Monday asked in a tweet whether the 1984 and 2002 riots were agitations? He later deleted the tweet. “If AAP actions were Anarchy, what would Hon President consider 1984 and 2002 riots as? Agitation? Lol. A good joke Mr President !!!” Bharti […]
ainThe Jain community has been included in the list of minorities, an official statement from the minority affairs ministry said Monday. They will be in addition to the five communities already notified as a minority. These are Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis). The cabinet last week approved notification of Jains as a minority […]
aapSixty-three percent Delhiites would vote for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) if the state assembly polls were held tomorrow, a survey revealed here Monday. A total 51 percent of the city’s electorate also said they would vote for the AAP if general elections were held tomorrow. The ABP News-Nielsen opinion poll, conducted Jan 25 and […]