Category: India News

Raj govt launches ‘Rajiv Gandhi Career Portal’

Jaipur, Feb 6: Rajasthan School Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara Wednesday launched ‘Rajiv Gandhi Career Portal’ for students from classes 9 to 12. The portal aims to provide career guidance with information on entrance examinations, scholarships and employment-oriented courses. It is a big step of the government towards providing […]

Train derails in eastern India, killing 7 people

PATNA, India — Seven people were killed and 29 injured when nine coaches of a New Delhi-bound train derailed early Sunday in eastern India, officials said. Most of the passengers were asleep when the train jumped the tracks. Soon after the accident, hundreds of villagers rushed to help […]

Indian cane farmers owed $2.8 billion as sugar prices fall – trade body

MUMBAI – India’s cane farmers are owed 200 billion rupees ($2.8 billion) by sugar mills in the world’s second-biggest producer of the sweetener as refined sugar prices have fallen below the cost of production, a leading trade body said on Monday. Farmers in key cane-growing states are protesting […]

Greenpeace India shuts two offices, cuts staff after donations row

NEW DELHI – Environmental group Greenpeace said on Saturday it had been forced to shut two of its regional offices in India and had asked many staff to leave due to a block on its bank account after accusations of illegal donations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationalist government […]

Seven passengers killed when train derails in Bihar

NEW DELHI – Seven passengers were killed and several others injured when a Delhi-bound train derailed in Bihar on Sunday, railways officials said. Eleven coaches of the Seemanchal Express left the rails near Sahadai Buzurg railway station, about 50 km (30 miles) from the state capital, Patna, early […]

Hurt & Shocked, Says Chanda Kochhar As ICICI Bank Fires Her, Stops Benefits

An independent enquiry conducted by retired Supreme Court judge BN Srikrishna has indicted Kochhar for violating various regulations. MUMBAI — Chanda Kochhar said she is “disappointed, hurt and shocked” by ICICI Bank decision Wednesday evening to treat her resignation as a “termination for cause” after an independent probe indicted her. Kochhar, the […]

BJP wins bypoll in Haryana’s Jind by over 12,000 votes

Jind (Har), Jan 31: Ruling BJP won the high-stakes Jind bypoll in Haryana on Thursday with party candidate Krishan Middha defeating his nearest rival, Digvijay Singh Chautala of JJP, by over 12,000 votes. The BJP wrested the seat from the main opposition INLD, which was decimated in the by-election. […]

Exclusive: Walmart’s Flipkart warns of major ‘customer disruption’ if new India rules not delayed

NEW DELHI – Walmart Inc’s online retailer Flipkart has told the Indian government the company faces the risk of “significant customer disruption” if the implementation of new curbs for e-commerce is not delayed by six months, a source told Reuters. India’s new foreign investment restrictions will, from Feb. […]

Govt petition on Ayodhya land ‘insidious’: Owaisi

Hyderabad, Jan 29: Describing theCentre’s plea in the Supreme Court to return excess land acquired by it in Ayodhya to their original owners as “insidious”, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi Tuesday said the NDA Government was trying to prevent fair adjudication of the dispute. “This insidious attempt by the Central […]

Have started preparations for minimum income guarantee to poor: Ashok Gehlot

Jaipur, Jan 29: Welcoming Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s announcement of minimum income guarantee to poor, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Tuesday said he has already started preparations about the scheme. Gehlot said that the country is capable of providing such a guarantee to its citizens. “This is a historic […]

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