New Delhi : About 65,000 troops from various central and state police forces will be deployed for the first-phase of the assembly polls in naxal-hit Chhattisgarh, officials said Wednesday. Elections to the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly will be held in two phases on November 12 and November 20. In two […]
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday mocked Congress president Rahul Gandhi, saying he keeps repeating things like a stuck gramophone but people would not accept his “childish” claims and “lies” against the government as they make “fun” of such remarks. With campaign for assembly elections in five […]
Mumbai : India number one Ankita Raina fought back doggedly to subdue long-time rival Rutuja Bhosale in three sets and move into the second round of the L and T Mumbai Open tennis championship here on Wednesday. Direct entrant Ankita, ranked 197, overcame Rutuja, ranked 366, 4-6, 6-2 7-6 […]
New Delhi : A 35-year-old businessman died allegedly after being hit with an iron rod, stabbed and then run over by his two friends, one of whom had borrowed money from him and was unable to repay, police said Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Pawan Bathla, they added. […]
Noida : In an inter-state operation, the Gautam Buddh Nagar police Wednesday claimed to have helped bust an illegal liquor factory in Haryana’s Gurgaon, officials said. Police in the district’s Greater Noida had Tuesday intercepted a vehicle and seized 30 cartons of illegal liquor from it. Four people, including […]
Noida (UP) : Four suspected drug traffickers were arrested and over 22 kilograms of cannabis allegedly seized from their possession in separate incidents in Noida, police said on Wednesday. Dheeraj Singh, a local, and Vijay Kumar, who hails from Bihar, were arrested in Sector 22 with 15.85 kilograms of […]
Mumbai : The rupee rebounded 11 paise to 73.84 against the dollar in early trade Thursday on increased selling of the American currency by exporters. At the interbank foreign exchange, after opening higher at 73.88 rupee strengthened further to quote at 73.84 against the dollar registering a recovery of […]
Itanagar : The third round of the Indian National Rally Championships — the country’s premier motorsports event — will be held here from Friday. The November 2 to 4 event will be flagged off by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu. Top motorsports competitors from across the country will […]
Jamshedpur : Over 55 tons of garbage and waste were removed from the Ganga by a 40-member team during its month-long expedition in the river, said its leader Everester Bachendri Pal. The team found the Ganga polluted all through its ‘Mission Gange’ expedition route of 1500 km from Hardwar […]
Washington/New Delhi :India improved its ranking on the World Bank’s ‘ease of doing business’ report for the second straight year, jumping 23 places to the 77th position on the back of reforms related to insolvency, taxation and other areas. India was ranked 100th in the World Bank’s Doing […]
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