Srinagar : Journalist Suhail Bukhari, a former media adviser to the Jammu and Kashmir government, joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in presence of party president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday. “PDP welcomes Suhail Bukhari, senior journalist and former media advisor to J&K government, who today formally joined our ranks,” […]
Gurgaon : As many as 442 people lost their lives in 1,214 road accidents in 2018 in Gurgaon, a senior police official said Tuesday. Gurgaon Police Commissioner K K Rao said traffic policemen are taking all measures to prevent road accidents in future. “We had registered 481 deaths in […]
Kolkata : West Bengal minister and city Mayor, Firhad Hakim, Wednesday registered a resounding victory in the by-election to a KMC ward by defeating his nearest BJP rival by a margin of 13,987 votes. Hakim, TMC’s candidate for by-poll to Ward 82 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), secured 16,564 […]
Washington : India’s GDP is expected to grow at 7.3 per cent in the fiscal year 2018-19, and 7.5 per cent in the following two years, the World Bank has forecast, attributing it to an upswing in consumption and investment. The bank said India will continue to be the […]
Melbourne : Suspicious packages were found on Wednesday at several diplomatic missions in Melbourne, including the Indian Consulate, prompting Australian authorities to launch a major emergency response. A major operation is underway after packages were delivered to at least 10 international consulates across Melbourne. Firefighters and Ambulance Victoria paramedics […]
Hyderabad : Unaccounted foreign currency to the tune of over Rs one crore was seized from a passenger at the international airport here early Wednesday, CISF said. During screening of baggages, the CISF personnel detected currencies of seven countries from the passenger, who was bound for Dubai, they said […]
Kolkata : Six sex workers of Sonagachi, Asia’s largest red light area in the city, have been trained by professional psychiatrists to provide inputs for a comprehensive database of the mental health condition of sex workers. This is the first such initiative aimed at combatting mental distress, depression among […]
New Delhi : It was a cold, foggy morning in the national capital on Wednesday with nine trains running late by an average of three hours. The minimum temperature was recorded at 8 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal, a MeT official said. The humidity level was 94 per […]
Chennai : IIT Madras scientists have created what they call ‘space fuel’ by simulating interstellar conditions in the lab, a method that may be used to convert atmospheric CO2 into a next generation energy source on Earth. The research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of […]
Mumbai : Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday began his tour of the drought-affected Marathwada region in Maharashtra. During his visit to Beed district in the region, Thackeray will hand over 100 cattle fodder-laden trucks and other essential supplies to farmers, a Sena leader said. After the distribution […]
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