RComm raises $804 million via share sale: sources
Reliance Communications Ltd (RLCM.NS) on Wednesday raised $804 million by selling shares, people involved in the process said, in what is the single biggest equity issue since the pro-business Narendra Modi government took office. The proceeds will help the company’s third-largest mobile... read more »
Oil minister to attend cabinet meet amid gas price hike speculation
Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan will attend a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, a government source said, amid speculation that India could raise gas prices from July 1. Pradhan is not a member of the cabinet committee, but can attend the meeting as a special invitee. The earliest possible date to... read more »
Pakistan: Gunmen open fire on plane at Peshawar airport, one dead
Bannu: Gunmen opened fire on a passenger jet as it landed in Pakistan’s troubled northwest, killing a woman passenger and wounding two crew in an attack staged as the military wages an anti-militant offensive. The Pakistan International Airlines flight, landing in Peshawar from Riyadh in... read more »
More than 60 women, girls abducted in Nigeria: local official
Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and young girls in restive northeast Nigeria, a local official and a vigilante leader said today. The group was kidnapped in the last week during a Boko Haram attack on Kummabza village in the Damboa district of Borno state, which... read more »
UGC chairman meets Smriti Irani over DU admission row
NEW DELHI: A day after issuing an order to Delhi University to roll back its four-year undergraduate programme, University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman Ved Prakash on Monday met HRD... read more »
No Information on Black Money List from Switzerland: Finance Minister
The government has not received any communication from Switzerland about “black money” suspected to be stashed in Swiss banks, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said... read more »
John Kerry lands in Baghdad to press Iraqi leaders as insurgency spreads
BAGHDAD: US secretary of state John Kerry landed in Baghdad on Monday to press Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to form a more inclusive government in response to a Sunni insurgency that has... read more »
How keeping cool could help you stay fit!
Staying in a cool environment may help you stay fit as researchers have discovered that such environment stimulates growth of brown fat that burns energy to generate heat and may protect... read more »
BJP govt’s Hindi push sparks strong protests
The government said that the directive would be applicable only in Hindi speaking states. The government was facing severe criticism from several quarters with critics claiming that the move was... read more »
