Thiruvananthapuram : There are no unmanned level crossings in Kerala, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said Thursday while laying the foundation stone for the new coaching terminal at Nemom here through video conferencing . He also unveiled the indigenously developed WAP-7HS passenger locomotive. “The present government has consistently focused on […]
Hyderabad : Senior Congress leader S Jaipal Reddy Thursday claimed that Rafale negotiations were brought to an “advanced stage” during UPA regime but the Modi government “delayed” the deal. “Rafale has been delayed because of (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi. The negotiations were brought to an advanced stage during the […]
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday took pride in her Trinamool Congress for having 35 per cent women MPs in the 16th Lok Sabha even as the Women’s Reservation Bill was yet to be passed in Parliament. “While the Womens Reservation Bill has not yet […]
Mumbai : The BSE benchmark Sensex Friday started on a negative note tracking weak cues from other Asian markets amid heavy selling by domestic institutional investors and depreciating rupee. After falling over 100 points, the 30-share index was trading 64.70 points, or 0.18 per cent, to 36,660.72. Similarly, the […]
Mumbai : The rupee opened 18 paise lower at 70.18 against the US dollar Friday on increased demand for the greenback from importers and banks amid lower opening of domestic equities. Forex dealers said, strengthening of the American currency in the overseas market weighed on the domestic currency. However, […]
Panaji : The state-run Goa Meat Complex Limited will outsource its abattoir operations to a private player for a period of five years starting June 1 this year, its managing director Rajendra Prabhugaonkar said Friday. He said the GMCL, set up in 1971 in North Goa’s Usgao village to […]
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday referred the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case for mediation and appointed former apex court judge Justice (retd) F M I Kallifulla as chairperson of the panel of mediators. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said […]
Mumbai : Having suffered two defeats against FC Goa in the league stage, Mumbai City FC would be thirsting for revenge when the two outfits clash in the first-leg semi-final of the Indian Super League on Saturday. FC Goa had blanked Mumbai 5-0 at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in […]
New Delhi : Indian boxer Dinesh Dagar (69kg) upstaged former Olympic bronze-medallist Evaldas Petrauskas to enter the quarterfinals of the 38th International GeeBee Tournament in Helsinki, Finland. India were assured of two medals at the event after draws came out with Asian Championships silver-medallist Sumit Sangwan (91kg) and […]
New Delhi : Over 150 rare postage stamps from the Ewari collection that dates back to Nawab Iqbal Hussain Khan, the postmaster general under the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, will be on display at a new exhibition. “Property of a Gentleman, Stamps from the Nizam of Hyderabad’s Dominions”, by […]
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