Month: January 2019

4-year-old tiger found dead in MP’s Kanha Reserve

Bhopal, Jan 5: A four-year-old tiger was Saturday found dead in Kisli area of Kanha Tiger Reserve (KTR) possibly due to a fight with other animals, an official said. He said no suspicious activities were noticed in the vicinity which could have led one to believe that the death […]

Indonesian trade team arrives in Port Blair with goods

Port Blair, Jan 5:A trade expedition team from Banda Aceh in Indonesia arrived here Saturday with goods and material, to enhance bi-lateral relation between the two countries. The Indonesian team’s ship KM Aceh Millennium with goods and materials arrived here from Malahayati Port in Banda Aceh. The ship […]

Phoolka meets BJP leader Goel

New Delhi, Jan 5:Former Aam Aadmi Party member H S Phoolka, who quit the party earlier this week, met Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijay Goel on Saturday to greet the Union minister on his birthday. Goel called Phoolka a “good friend” and lauded his legal battle for the […]

SP, BSP agree ‘in principle’ on alliance

Lucknow, Jan 5: The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party have agreed to an alliance ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, an SP leader said Saturday. A formal announcement on the “gathbandhan” between the two Uttar Pradesh-based parties may take place later this month, SP’s national spokesperson Rajendra […]

New hearts forge new friendship for transplant recipients

CHICAGO — A suburban Detroit woman and South Side Chicago man are recovering in a Chicago hospital following rare triple transplant surgeries that gave them the healthy heart, liver and kidney each needed — and a new friendship they never expected. University of Chicago Medicine doctors announced Friday […]

Talks to resume after Trump says shutdown could last ‘years’

WASHINGTON— White House officials and congressional staffers will continue negotiations Saturday over the government shutdown, even after President Donald Trump declared he could keep it going for “months or even years.” Trump met Friday with congressional leaders from both parties as the shutdown hit the two-week mark amid […]

No blueprint of illegal mine; Centre facing difficulties in rescuing 15 miners: SC told

New Delhi :  The Centre Friday told the Supreme Court that they were facing difficulties in the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya since December 13 as there was no blueprint of the 355-feet well. The government told the apex court that […]

Sensex rebounds nearly 200 pts; Nifty reclaims 10,700 mark

Mumbai : The BSE benchmark Sensex Friday rebounded nearly 200 points and the NSE Nifty reclaimed the 10,700 mark, driven by recovery in auto, metal and banking stocks amid buying by domestic institutional investors. The 30-share index, however, pared some early gains and was trading 103.90 points, or 0.29 […]

No job losses due to merger of public sector banks: FM

New Delhi :  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said in Lok Sabha that there would be no loss of jobs due to merger of public sector banks. Earlier this week, the Cabinet approved merger of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda. Jaitley said that there […]

Govt revenue from telecom companies slips 22% in 2017-18

New Delhi : The government’s revenue mop-up from the telecom sector fell by about 22 per cent in the 2017-18 fiscal owing to a decline in earnings of service providers from sale of services, Parliament was informed Friday. The government collects license fee and spectrum usage charge (SUC) as […]

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