PM Modi interacts with schoolchildren in Tashkent
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with schoolchildren in Tashkent after he paid tribute to former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri here. Earlier, the Prime Minister laid a floral wreath at the bust of Shastri here. Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Vikas Swarup... read more »
“Scared” by number of deaths in Vyapam scam
Union Minister Uma Bharti on Monday said she is “scared” by the number of deaths associated with the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh and said there is “panic” in the state due to these deaths. There is panic in Madhya Pradesh due to the deaths. I am scared for the lives of... read more »
Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat assures safety to Char Dham yatris
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Monday said that each person taking up the Char Dham yatra is the responsibility of the state government. “Each person that comes here is our responsibility and we are here to keep them safe,” Rawat told the media here. The yatra to Kedarnath,... read more »
With stakes so high, politicians won’t give up easy in Vyapam scam
Cracking the mystery behind the serial deaths of people involved in the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh is perhaps the most complex whodunit in Indian history. That, more than 40 people, including alleged beneficiaries, perpetrators, investigators, witnesses and even journalists, died at regular... read more »
Ahmed Shehzad’s half-century steadies Pakistan against Sri Lanka in 2nd Test, Day 3
slammed his third Test half-century as Pakistan cruised ahead towards Sri Lanka‘s lead on Day Three of the second Test at P Sara Oval, Colombo. Pakistan were 129 for the loss of one... read more »
Separatist shutdown affects life in Srinagar
A separatist-called shutdown to protest ‘police high-handedness’ affected normal life in Srinagar on Saturday. The traffic on the strategic Srinagar-Jammu national highway,... read more »
BSF doing commendable job in guarding international border
Interacting with BSF jawans and officers posted in the Mizoram and Cachar Frontier yesterday, Pathak appreciated the hard work done by the troops and said they were doing a commendable job... read more »
Chennai metro tunnelling causes cave-in, road gulps car
Acrater more than 10 feet across swallowed a car after a combination of metro rail tunnelling and layers of loose soil apparently caused a sudden cave-in near Rajiv Gandhi Government... read more »
GOVT HIKES MINIMUM EXPORT PRICE OF ONION TO CHECK DOMESTIC MARKET...
In an effort to curb soaring prices of onion in the domestic market, the government has increased the minimum export price (MEP) of onion by more than 140% from $175 per tonne to $425 a... read more »