Category: India News

#GobackModi trends on Twitter as Modi visits Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 2:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced a social media backlash as he arrived in Karnataka on Thursday for a two-day visit, with the twitter hashtag “#GobackModi” trending on the microblogging platform for several hours. While some twitteratitargeted Modi for not speaking on issues pertaining to the […]

Nifty, Sensex surge as trade deal hopes lift investor sentiment

BENGALURU – Indian stocks ended higher on Thursday, led by a surge in metals and infrastructure stocks, as hopes that the U.S. and China will sign a trade deal soon bolstered risk appetite. The Nifty ended up 0.8% at 12,282.20 on the second trading day of the year, […]

India’s December factory activity picks up to seven-month high but business optimism weakens

BENGALURU – India’s factory activity expanded at its fastest pace in seven months in December as a jump in new orders prompted companies to ramp up production, a private business survey showed on Thursday. Business optimism fell to an almost three-year low, however, as companies worried about challenging […]

4-year-old girl abducted, raped by relative

Karimnagar (Telangana), Jan 2: A four-year-old girl has allegedly been kidnapped and raped by her close relative in a village in Jayashankar Bhoopalpalli district, police said on Thursday. The girl, along with her mother and grandmother, was asleep in their house in Konampet village on Tuesday night when […]

Mamata writes to students, greets them on new year

Kolkata, Jan 2: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote individual letters to around 1.5 crore students in state-run schools as well as madrasas wishing them “a very Happy New Year”. The letters were sent on the chief minister’s official letterhead and signed by Banerjee herself. They […]

Building collapses after fire at factory, people trapped: Officials

New Delhi, Jan 2:  A building collapsed after a blast in a factory that caught fire in Delhi’s Peera Garhi on Thursday morning, an official said. The fire department said they received a call around 4.23 am about a fire in the factory at Udoh Nagar area after […]

BJP weakened Constitution, but protests should not be violent: Mayawati

Lucknow, Jan 1: BSP supremo Mayawati on Wednesday accused the BJP of weakening the Constitution through its communal approach but cautioned against any protests that are violent. “The New Year should not be painful like last year. Due to the communal and narrow thought process of the BJP governments […]

Coal-fired plants around New Delhi running despite missing emissions deadline

NEW DELHI – Coal-fired utilities around New Delhi were still operating on Wednesday despite threats from the Indian authorities to close them down if they had not installed equipment to cut emissions of sulfur oxides by the end of the year. Three senior executives at companies operating power […]

India approves third moon mission, months after landing failure

BENGALURU – India has approved its third lunar mission months after its last one failed to successfully land on the moon, its space agency said on Wednesday, the latest effort in its ambitions to become a low-cost space power. The Chandrayaan-3 mission will have a lander and a […]

State Assemblies have their own privileges: Ker CM on resolution against CAA

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 1: A day after the Kerala assembly passed a resolution against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday rejected BJP’s criticism against it, saying the state assemblies have their own privileges. Hours after the assembly had passed the resolution on Tuesday […]

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