Power production falls short of target by 8 billion units
Power generation fell short by nearly 8 billion units of the target of 975 billion units in the last financial year. “Electricity generation by the utilities was targeted at 975 billion units of which 967.15 billion units was achieved during the financial year 2013-14,” the pre-budget survey... read more »
Gold extends gains on safe-haven bids
Gold prices on Friday rose further by Rs. 150 to Rs. 28,500 per ten gram in the national capital, tracking robust international markets as investors took shelter in precious metal on fears that Ukraine crisis would deepen. Silver also gained by Rs. 500 to Rs. 45,500 per kg on increased off-take by... read more »
World Bank chief to meet Modi, review key development priorities
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week to understand his development priorities. Mr. Kim, who arrives in New Delhi on Monday on a three-day visit, will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during his stay... read more »
College girl gang-raped
A 19-year-old college girl was on Friday gang raped by four youths after tying her 24-year-old male friend to a tree in a grove at Rayakottai village of Denkanikottai taluk in Krishnagiri district. The police on Saturday arrested and jailed all the four accused. Cheralathan (24), a cab driver of... read more »
SC/ST Amendment bill sent to standing committee
A Bill that makes it a punishable offence for public servants to “wilfully neglect” duties on matters relating to atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Tribes was referred to a... read more »
PM’s flight was close behind
Officials say they have no information of any Indians on board the ill-fated MH-17 flight that crashed over Ukraine on Thursday. However, Prime Minister Modi’s flight could possibly... read more »
Weak monsoon may result in 10% lower kharif output
If monsoon remains weak in key States in the next week, then kharif production is likely to be lower by an estimated 10 per cent, a top official of the Indian Agriculture Research Institute... read more »
Germany is a valued friend: Modi to Merkel
On his return journey from the BRICS summit in Brazil, Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his brief stopover in Frankfurt to telephone German Chancellor Angela Merkel, congratulate her for... read more »
Dozens injured in French train collision
Dozens of people were wounded in a train collision in southern France, BBC reported on Friday. The accident occurred when a high-speed TGV train on the Pau-Bayonne line was transporting 178 people... read more »
