The West Indies defeated India by 2 wickets in the second one day international cricket match at Visakhapatnam last night, to level the 3-match series one-all. Put in to bat, Team India posted 288 for 7 in the stipulated 50 overs. In-form batsman Virat Kohli missed out on a century, as he was out on […]
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that the Centre has allocated 1,000 crore rupees for the skill development of 10 lakh youth in this fiscal. The Finance Minister said this while inaugurating a rural skill development centre at Amaravathiputhur in Tamil Nadu set up by the National Skill Development Corporation. He said, only 15 […]
West Indies were 35 for the loss of 2 wickets against the target of 289 set by India in their 2nd ODI cricket match at Vishakhapatnam when reports last came in. Earlier, India scored 288 for 7 in their stipulated 50 overs. The highlight of the Indian inning was Virat Kohli scoring 99 and Skipper […]
A panel of ministers on disinvestment is to meet on Friday to decide on the price band for the disinvestment of Power Grid, which is expected to raise around 7,400 crore rupees at current stock price. The Power Grid issue is likely to remain open from December 3 to 5. The government will sell 18.51 […]
Capping four days of negotiations, representatives of the US, the UK, Russia, China, France and Germany reached a landmark deal with Iran today to slow it’s controversial nuclear programme in return for a limited sanctions relief. The deal, struck in the early hours in Geneva, was formally announced by the EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine […]
In Nepal, the Nepali Congress, which has won 105 seats out of 240, has now emerged as the largest party under first-past-the-post , the direct electoral system. With this, Nepali Congress has regained its lost glory. The CPN_UMl has bagged 91 seats , and currently leads in the proportional seats. The UCPN (Maoist) has won […]
UN climate talks in Poland have ended with delegates reaching a compromise on how to fight global warming. After 30 hours of deadlock, they approved a way out for a new global climate treaty to be signed in Paris in 2015. It will replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which set targets for developed countries to […]
Election Commission has proposed before Supreme Court that any person against whom a court has framed charges for offences punishable with a jail term of five years or more, should be barred from contesting polls. In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the EC said that after being named in a case, a person […]
The stage is set for polling for the 230-member assembly in Madhya Pradesh and 40-member Mizoram Assembly tomorrow. Polling materials are being distributed to polling parties who are expected to reach their polling booths by this evening. Campaigning in the two states ended at five yesterday evening. Counting of votes will be taken up in […]
In Assam, at least 9 persons have been kidnapped by militants near Bagori range of Kaziranga national park in Karbi Anglong district. Karbi Anglong S P Mugdhajyoti Mahanta said that underground outfit Karbi People’s Liberation Tigers, KPLT abducted them yesterday. The abducted people are believed to be involved in illegal timber business but exact cause […]