IndiGo to launch 14 new flights
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Budget carrier IndiGo on Thursday said it will launch 14 new flights across key cities in India. According to the airline, the new flights will further consolidate its position as…
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Visas not issued to two Chinese activists
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Following reports in the media that the government has revoked visas issued to two Chinese activists planning to come to India for a conference, it is reliably learnt that visas…
Kanhaiya, ABVP activists on indefinite hunger strikes in JNU
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and 19 other students have begun an indefinite hunger strike to protest against the punishment handed out to them by a high-level committee. Members of…
Shopmatic launches operations in Singapore, Hong Kong
Bengaluru, April 28 (IANS) International e-commerce platform Shopmatic, which promises to offer the entire online sales ecosystem, on Thursday launched operations in Singapore and Hong Kong, aimed at helping SMEs and individual entrepreneurs go digital…
Biker gangs creating panic in Jharkhand; Rs.7 lakh looted
Ranchi, April 28 (IANS) Biker gangs have created panic among the people of Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad and other Jharkhand districts with incidents taking place almost every other day. On Thursday, Rs.7 lakh were looted in…
Two killed as 54 percent vote in Bihar panchayat polls
Patna, April 28 (IANS) Two people were killed and at least 50 others injured, among them police officials, in sporadic violence on Thursday during the second phase of the panchayat elections in Bihar, officials said….
SC to hear plea against Sonia, Manmohan in chopper deal
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it would hear, next week, a PIL seeking the registration of FIR against Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh and…
Power shortage last fiscal at lowest level of 2.1 percent
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Power shortage in India during the last financial year was at 2.1 percent, thus recording the lowest level in a single year, parliament was informed on Thursday. “During 2015-16, the…
Severe heat wave warning in coastal Odisha
Bhubaneswar, April 28 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday sounded a severe heat wave warning in coastal Odisha for the next 3-4 days. Odisha continued to reel under the scorching sun on Thursday,…
Bollywood ex-actress, spouse under probe in narcotics racket
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Former Bollywood actress Mamta Kulkarni and her Kenya-based husband Vicky Goswami have come under the scanner of police and enforcement agencies in connection with a Rs.2,000-crore narcotics racket unearthed in Thane,…
No Indian thermal power plant facing coal shortage: Goyal
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Declaring that there is no shortage of coal in the country, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday that none of the thermal power plants in the country…
NCA would be self-defeating exercise, Centre tells SC
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The government on Thursday opposed the plea for the setting of National Court of Appeal (NCA) with regional benches in Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, saying that it would be a…
Efforts on to revive dying Hindon river: Uma Bharti
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) With dissolved oxygen levels as low as 0.4 milligram per litre, Hindon river, a tributary of Yamuna, is not in a good condition and efforts are on to revive the…
US economy expands 0.5 percent in Q1, slowest in two years
Washington, April 28 (IANS) The US economy grew at an annual rate of 0.5 percent in the first quarter of this year, pulled back by slowing consumption, the commerce department said on Thursday. The economy…
Government invites suggestions on MAT report
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The government on Thursday invited suggestions and comments on the committee report on computation of book profit for levy of MAT (minimum alternate tax). “The stake holders and general public…
Indefinite strike in nine districts from Friday: Punjab petrol dealers
Chandigarh, April 28 (IANS) The Petrol Pump Dealers Association of Punjab on Thursday announced an indefinite strike from Friday in nine districts bordering other states over high taxes on petroleum products which it said were…
Woman gives birth on flight, baby named after airline
Canberra, April 28 (IANS) A woman who unexpectedly gave birth on a Jetstar flight has named her son after the airline, in a tribute to the flight attendants who helped deliver the child. Jetstar, a…
Dolkun Isa hid facts in visa application, says government
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The government on Thursday for the first time publicly commented on its revocation of visa to Germany-based dissident Chinese Uyghur activist Dolkun Isa, saying he suppressed facts while applying. Look,…
BJP wants to divert attention through chopper deal: Congress
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday said the BJP just wanted to “keep the pot boiling” on AgustaWestland chopper deal to deflect public attention from the central government’s inaction. “You (Bharatiya Janata…
Two held with gold worth Rs.64 lakh near Bangladesh border
Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) Two people were apprehended and gold worth over Rs.64 lakh seized from them on Thursday from near the Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, the BSF said. The…