Day: January 8, 2019

Inaugural issue of Jal Charcha released

E-version of the magazine also launched Shri Gadkari stresses on the need to implement successful practices in water conservation Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin Gadkari released the inaugural issue of the monthly magazine of the Ministry – Jal Charcha – in New Delhi […]

Strike disrupts rail and road traffic in Odisha

Bhubaneswar :  The two-day nationwide strike called by central trade unions to protest the Centre’s alleged anti-worker policies disrupted rail and road traffic in Odisha on Tuesday. Train services were hit as trade union activists staged rail roko on the first day of the 48-hour strike at many places […]

No protests for first time during Q hr in winter session

New Delhi :  Lok Sabha for the first time in the winter session saw no protests by opposition parties in the Well during the Question Hour on Tuesday. Protests in the Well with sloganeering and display of placards by members of various parties were a common scene in this […]

Modi to address rally in Agra on Wednesday

Agra (UP) :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick-start the BJP’s election campaign in Uttar Pradesh with a rally in Agra on Wednesday. Modi is scheduled to fly to Agra from Bidar in Karnataka and reach around 3.15 pm. According to party sources, he is expected to inaugurate a […]

Cold conditions continue in Punjab & Haryana

Chandigarh :  Cold conditions continued to prevail in many places of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday. Fog reduced visibility in the morning in places like Ludhiana, Adampur, Halwara, Bathinda, Hisar and Karnal. Adampur near Jalandhar was the coldest place in the two states with a minimum temperature of 5.3 […]

Govt introduces quota bill in Lok Sabha

New Delhi :  The Government on Tuesday introduced a Bill in Lok Sabha for 10 per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions for economically backward section in the general category. The Bill, approved by the Union Cabinet on Monday, was brought in on the last day of the […]

Four TN fishermen held by SL Navy for “fishing” off

Rameswaram(TN) :  Four Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing off Neduntheevu early Tuesday, a fisheries department official said. The fishermen from Kottaipattinam in Pudukottai district had ventured into the sea last night and were fishing near Neduntheevu when the Lankan naval personnel […]

Night temperatures increase in Kashmir

Srinagar : Cold-wave conditions in Kashmir eased after the minimum temperature rose even as some places in the Valley witnessed light snowfall in early hours of Tuesday. The minimum temperature in Srinagar rose by two degrees to minus 2.0 degrees Celsius on Monday night against the previous night’s minus […]

Women representation in CRPF, CISF to be made 15 pc

New Delhi :  Women representation in the CRPF and CISF will be made 15 per cent while it will be five per cent in BSF, ITBP and SSB, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said Tuesday. Rijiju said in Lok Sabha that the central government has been working for enhancement of […]

Amazon emerges as most valuable US firm amid market turmoil

SAN FRANCISCO  — Amazon has eclipsed Microsoft as the most valuable publicly traded company in the U.S. as a see-sawing stock market continues to reshuffle corporate America’s pecking order. The shift occurred Monday after Amazon’s shares rose 3 percent to close at $1,629.51 and lifted the e-commerce leader’s […]

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