Month: February 2019

25% of network integration complete across India: Voda-Idea

New Delhi :  Vodafone Idea has completed integration of mobile network in eight telecom circles post merger of the two entities, leading to two-times improvement in 4G services, the telecom operator said Sunday. “Vodafone Idea successfully consolidates 25 per cent of its nationwide radio network in just five months,” […]

Tourism generated USD 234 bn revenue in 2018: Alphons

Guwahati : Union Minister K J Alphons Sunday said the country’s tourism sector fetched USD 234 billion revenue last year, registering a growth of over 19 per cent. Delivering the inaugural speech at the 2nd ASEAN-India Youth Summit here, he said the country was ranked third in the tourism […]

Sri Lanka arrests Maldivians flying drone near airport

Colombo : Sri Lankan authorities arrested four Maldivian nationals, including a woman, for illegally operating a drone near the country’s main international airport, police said Sunday. The suspects were taken into custody on Saturday night after they were seen using a drone within the high security zone of the […]

UK’s May says she is “armed with fresh” Brexit mandate

London : British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she will be “armed with a fresh mandate and new ideas” when she meets European Union negotiators over her Brexit deal. EU officials have insisted that the deal — rejected by British lawmakers — is not open for renegotiation. […]

China’s economy made steady progress, policies in place to deal with risks: Xi

Beijing : Playing down concerns over economic slowdown in China amid the intense trade war with the US, President Xi Jinping on Sunday said the world’s second largest economy has made “steady” progress as his government took new steps for reforms and opening-up of economy to avert major risks. […]

PM Modi inaugurates first-ever university in Ladakh

Leh :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday launched University of Ladakh, the first-ever varsity in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. The Jammu region has four universities besides an IIT and an IIMC, while the Kashmir Valley has three universities and a National Institute of Technology (NIT). After […]

Kharge dissents regularly, says Jaitley

New Delhi : Accusing Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge of dissenting excessively, Union minister Arun Jaitley Sunday said he has made the appointment of CBI director look like a political battle which was never envisaged. Kharge on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving his dissent on the appointment […]

With surgical strike, India has declared its new policy to tackle terror: Modi

Srinagar : With surgical strike across the Line of Control, India has shown the world its new policy (neeti) and tradition (reeti) in tackling terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday. Addressing a function here, Modi said every terrorist will be dealt in a befitting manner and asserted that […]

Left leaders call for removal of Modi from Centre, Mamata from WB

Kolkata :  The Left Front Sunday called for throwing out the BJP from power at the Centre and the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, accusing both of being “corrupt and throttlers of democracy”. Alleging that the BJP and the TMC were hand in glove with each other, CPI(M) general […]

Will return Padma Bhushan if govt doesn’t fulfil promises: Hazare

Ralegan Siddhi (Maha) :  Social activist Anna Hazare, whose indefinite hunger strike entered the fifth day on Sunday, warned that if the Narendra Modi government did not fulfil its promises, he would return his Padma Bhushan. Earlier in the day, Bharatiya Janata Party ally Shiv Sena came out in […]

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