IndiGo flight to Surat from August
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier IndiGo on Friday said that it will commence flight services to Gujarat’s Surat from August. According to the airline, it will operate new flights to and from…
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Assam activists want ‘detention camps’ for foreigners closed
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Activists from Assam’s Barak Valley on Friday urged the Central government to close the “detention camps” set up for those identified as “illegal immigrants” and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Beef up probe arm, raise conviction rate: Rajnath to Delhi Police
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday told Delhi Police to beef up its investigation and increase conviction rate in crimes committed in the city. Chairing a review meeting of…
Inadequate funds allotted for national highway works: Mamata
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the Centre’s allotment of Rs 153 crore for national highway works in the state for current fiscal was “extremely inadequate” considering its…
Madanlal Saini appointed Rajasthan BJP chief
New Delhi/Jaipur, June 29 (IANS) BJP Rajya Sabha member Madanlal Saini was on Friday appointed the party’s Rajasthan President after two and half months of deliberations between Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and party President Amit…
Naidu releases commemorative coin on Mahalanobis
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday released a commemorative coin of Rs 125 denomination to celebrate the 125th birth anniversary of scientist Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis and 12th Statistics Day. Describing…
Give an affidavit on stopping felling of trees, AAP to Centre
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) In wake of Union Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announcing replanning the redevelopment project involving axing down of 17,000 trees here, Delhi’s ruling AAP on Friday demanded that the…
Congress targets Modi on jump in Indians’ Swiss bank deposits
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for 50 per cent jump in Swiss bank deposits by Indians, saying he had promised to bring back all…
Rahul, Raina, Pandya propel India to 213/4 vs Ireland in second T20I/
Dublin, June 29 (IANS) India rode brilliant half centuries from Lokesh Rahul and Suresh Raina, and an explosive cameo from Hardik Pandya to post a massive 213/4 against Ireland in the second and final T20…
Monsoon covers entire India, Delhi to receive rainfall till July 3
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The monsoon this year has covered the entire nation, 17 days ahead of its normal onset date, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. According to IMD officials, Sriganganagar…
World Cup: Struggling Argentina, France meet in mouth watering tie
Kazan (Russia), June 29 (IANS) Both Argentina and France will need to improve their respective forms when they meet in a Round-of-16 clash at the 2018 FIFA World Cup at the Kazan Arena here on…
Portugal, Uruguay look to Ronaldo, Suarez to deliver the goods
Sochi, June 29 (IANS) Superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez will go toe-to-toe when Uruguay and Portugal lock horns in a FIFA World Cup pre-quarterfinal here at the Fisht Stadium on Saturday. The marquee match…
Thiago Alcantara acknowledges Spain underwhelmed so far at World Cup
Krasnodar (Russia), June 29 (IANS) Spain midfielder Thiago Alcantara on Friday acknowledged that although they qualified for the knockout stage of the ongoing FIFA World Cup, the team has somewhat underperformed. Spain, the 2010 World…
PNB sells stake in ICRA for over Rs 108 cr
Mumbai, June 29 (IANS) State-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Friday said that it has sold its entire stake in credit ratings agency ICRA for Rs 108.60 core. According to a BSE filing, the bank…
Punjab DGP orders crackdown on drugs
Chandigarh, June 29 (IANS) With the Congress government in Punjab drawing flak for being unable to curb the drugs menace, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Suresh Arora on Friday issued strict directives to the…
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Delhi Minister sends legal notice to BJP leaders over ‘defamatory’ statement
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Friday sent a legal notice to the BJP’s Leader of Opposition Vijender Gupta and MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa as well as rebel AAP leader…
Films biggest bridge to connect mankind: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Films, by way of capturing universal emotions, are a unifying medium for people irrespective of language and country, Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Friday….
PM meets tribal students who scaled Mt Everest
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met a group of tribal students from Maharashtra who had scaled Mt. Everest last month. The students were a part of a team of…
India’s Forex reserves plunge by $2.25 bn
Mumbai, June 29 (IANS) India’s foreign exchange (Forex) reserves plunged by $2.25 billion as on June 22, official data showed on Friday. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) weekly statistical supplement, the overall…