Category: India News

CJI writes to PM, seeks increase in number of SC judges

New Delhi, Jun 22: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to increase the strength of judges and raise the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years. Gogoi has also urged the prime minister to make tenure appointments of retired […]

Make process for new water connections simpler: Kejriwal to DJB

New Delhi, Jun 22: Chief Minister and Delhi Jal Board chairman Arvind Kejriwal Saturday directed officials to make the process for getting new water connections “as simple as possible” and to restart more than 100 “non-functional” tubewells in Malviya Nagar to ensure adequate water supply in the area. At […]

Doctor collapses to death while playing badminton

Mangaluru, Jun 22:A 48-year-old doctor, who was participating in a badminton tournament at a stadium here, collapsed and died while playing a match Saturday. Dr Rajesh Bhat, obstetrician and gynaecologist, suffered a heart attack and collapsed while playing in the Mangalore Premium League, tournament officials said. Other doctors […]

CBI books alleged arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, others in Pilatus aircraft deal

New Delhi, Jun 22: The CBI has booked controversial arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari and others in connection with the alleged corruption in the Rs 2895 crore deal of 75 Pilatus basic trainer aircraft for the Indian Air Force in 2009, officials said Saturday. The agency has carried out searches […]

Eight held on kidnapping charge in Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad, Jun 21: Eight persons were arrested on the kidnapping charge here, Kavi Nagar police said Friday.  The complaint in this regard was given by one Lalit Kumar, who alleged that his younger brother Nirdosh Rana (21) was abducted on June 19.  Kumar alleged that next day, he received […]

2 liquor smugglers held in UP, 20 cartons seized: Police

Muzaffarnagar, Jun 22: Two alleged liquor smugglers have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district and 20 cartons of alcohol worth over Rs 1.5 lakhs were seized from them, police said Saturday. The two men, Bhim Singh and Krishan Malik, used to allegedly smuggle liquor from Haryana to UP, […]

AP govt transfers 32 IAS officers

Amaravati(AP), Jun 22: The Andhra Pradesh government transferred as many as 32 IAS officers and gave postings to seven others, in a bureaucratic reshuffle. The transfer orders were issued Friday midnight. Three senior IAS officers including a Special Chief Secretary, who served in the previous Chief Minister’s Office, have […]

Minor fire doused at RML hospital

New Delhi, Jun 22: More than 200 patients were shifted to safety after a minor fire broke out at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here early on Saturday, according to a statement. The Delhi Fire Services received information about the blaze at around 4.19 am, following which five fire […]

FATF: India says Pak must take verifiable, irreversible steps against terrorism

New Delhi, Jun 22: India on Saturday said it expects Pakistan to take all necessary steps to effectively implement the FATF action plan fully by September and take credible, verifiable, and irreversible measures to address global concerns related to terrorism and terrorist financing emanating from its soil. In response […]

Discussing with banks to provide foreign currency loans to exporters: Goyal

New Delhi, June 21: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Friday said the ministry is in dialogue with banks to see ways to extend foreign currency loans to exporters. Addressing members of the CII here, he said there are ways to resolve the problem of inadequate and expensive credit […]

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