Month: June 2019

Yoga is above everything, integral part of life: Modi

Ranchi, Jun 21: Appealing to people to take yoga to all sections of society, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said yoga is above everything, as he performed various asanas with around 40,000 enthusiasts at the Prabhat Tara ground here to mark the fifth International Day of Yoga. Modi […]

Rupee slips 28 paise against US dollar in early trade

Mumbai, Jun 21: The rupee Friday fell 28 paise to trade at 69.72 against the US dollar in early trade following foreign fund outflows and rising crude prices after Iran said it had shot down a US military drone. Subdued sentiments in domestic equity markets also influenced the trading […]

Yoga day celebrated in UP

Lucknow, Jun 21: The International Yoga Day was Friday observed across Uttar Pradesh, with Governor Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attending the main programme in the state capital.  The main programme was held at the Raj Bhawan in the state capital. BJP state vice-president Vidyasagar Sonkar said […]

Social Kinnect Evolves its Brand Identity to Kinnect

(Eds: Disclaimer: The following press release comes to you under an arrangement with PR Newswire. PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same.) MUMBAI, June 21, 2019/PRNewswire/ — As a brand, Kinnect represents a full-service agency that challenges the status quo, and is always dynamically evolving to harness […]

Shah credits PM for taking yoga to the world

Rohtak (Har), Jun 21: Crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking yoga to the world, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday said the ancient Indian practice has become ambassador of the country’s culture around the globe. Shah praised Modi’s efforts towards promoting Yoga and said it was due to […]

Fire breaks out in high-rise; 15 suffer from suffocation

Mumbai, Jun 21: As many as 15 residents of a high -rise suffered from suffocation and were hospitalised after a fire broke out in their building here in the wee hours of Friday, a fire brigade official said. The blaze erupted on the first floor of the 21-storey building […]

Sacked cop Sanjiv Bhatt gets life sentence in 29-year-old custodial death case

Jamnagar, Jun 20: A court in Gujarat on Thursday sentenced sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to life imprisonment in a custodial death case dating back to 1990 when he was posted as additional superintendent of police in this district. Bhatt, who earlier filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court […]

One dead, six injured in house collapse in J-K’s Rajouri

Jammu, Jun 20: A 35-year-old man was killed Thursday and six others, including a child, injured when a house collapsed in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The incident took place at village Devlian in Kalakote area, police said, adding that the seven family members were trapped […]

BSF recovers heroin worth Rs 25 cr near IB in Jammu

Jammu, Jun 20:  The Border Security Force (BSF) Thursday recovered five kilograms of heroin worth Rs 25 crore near the International Border (IB) here, foiling an attempt by the drug traffickers to smuggle the consignment into the country. The consignment, seized about 100 metres ahead of the fence […]

Prez addresses joint sitting of Parliament for second time this year

New Delhi, Jun 20: President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament for the second time this year. Dressed in a cream ‘bandgala’, Kovind was on Thursday accorded a ceremonial honour by the President’s Bodyguard (PBG) as he walked down the stairs of the […]

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