Modi arrives in Vietnam
Hanoi, Sep 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here late Friday for a two-day bilateral visit to Vietnam. “Hello to Hanoi! PM @narendramodi makes a late night arrival in Vietnam to begin the first…
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India’s trade unions go on strike, cripple banking, hit mining, trade and transport
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) India’s banking sector, mining, trade and transport were hard hit on Friday as a nationwide day-long strike by Left and Congress-affiliated trade unions in protest against the NDA central government’s…
Hope Navjot Sidhu will continue fight against corruption and Badals: AAP
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The AAP on Friday said it hoped former BJP parliamentarian Navjot Singh Sidhu, who announced formation of a political front in Punjab, would continue with his fight against corruption and…
Nurses strike hits Delhi hospitals, as government cracks down
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Over 20,000 nurses in government hospitals in Delhi on Friday went on an indefinite agitation to press for higher salary and allowances, even as the government decided to crack down…
Call drops: Jio to report operator-wise data
Mumbai, Sep 2 (IANS) Reliance Industries on Friday asked incumbent telecom service providers to provide adequate interconnect points in their network to ensure calls from Jio subscribers go through to their users, and said it…
Wanted to bring White Paper on economy before 2014 budget: Modi
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he wanted to bring a White Paper on the economic situation in the country before his government presented its first budget in 2014…
All india strike by radiologists called off
Agra, Sep 2 (IANS) The indefinite nationwide strike by radiologists, x-ray clinics, CT scan and MRI centres was called off on Friday after the representatives of Indian Radiologists and Imaging Association met Union health department…
Did Reliance take PMO’s permission for Modi photo in ad, asks Congress
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Congress on Friday sought to know whether Reliance company had taken permission from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) before using Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photograph in their full page…
There was disappointment before NDA government: Modi
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said there was “huge disappointment” in India before the BJP-led NDA government was formed in 2014. Modi, in an interview to CNN News18, said…
Raj Kapoor was welcomed in Russia without visa: Rishi Kapoor
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore felicitates actor Rishi Kapoor at the inauguration of the BRICS Film Festival, in New Delhi on Sept 2, 2016. Also seen…
BJP, SP to win equal number of seats in UP polls: Survey
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh appear to be in a neck-and-neck contest in the state assembly election due early next year,…
India’s trade unions go on strike, cripple banking, hit mining, trade and transport
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) India’s banking sector, mining, trade and transport were hard hit on Friday as a nationwide day-long strike by Left and Congress-affiliated trade unions in protest against the NDA central government’s…
‘Sidhu’s new political front will have no effect on AAP’
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Senior AAP leader Durgesh Pathak on Friday said that former BJP parliamentarian Navjot Singh Sidhu’s move of forming a political front in Punjab will have no effect on the party….
Politicians should not make reckless statements: Modi
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that politicians should not make “reckless statements” as they are answerable to the nation. “I want to tell the politicians also…I will ask…
Mini-bang reforms the way forward for economy: Rajan
Mumbai, Sep 2 (IANS) Raghuram Rajan has a piece of advice before he steps down as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor on September 4. For the way ahead, he says that the Indian economy…
Ambulance driver orders parents off after child dies midway in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Sep 2 (IANS) In yet another shocking incident after Dana Majhi’s case in Odisha, a 108 ambulance driver allegedly ordered the parents of a seven-year-old girl to get off midway after the child died…
No scope for confrontation with judiciary, says PM
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Seeking to dispel the perception that there is a cold war between the judiciary and his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday maintained that under his dispensation there is…
SC notice to Maharashtra on plea against ban on slaughtering cattle
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Maharashtra government’s response on petitions contending that the ban on slaughtering of cattle in the state and sale of beef impinged on the…
Delhi government move to hike minimum wages hits LG bump
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Delhi government on Friday sent a file on hiking minimum wages back to Lt Governor Najeeb Jung for approval after correcting errors that he had pointed out, a government…
Paradip to be developed as world class smart port city
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Shipping Ministry on Friday said that it is planning to develop Paradip as a world class, global competitive and smart industrial port city. The rationale behind developing Paradip as…