Ahmedabad: Pitching himself firmly as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate even before being formally anointed, Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on national security and challenged him to a public debate on governance, saying the nation is “restless for change”. He also slammed the Prime Minister for India’s “weak […]
Kochi: Kerala sportspersons came down against the controversial deletion of the name of Tom Joseph, former International spiker from the list of those selected for Arjuna award. Former Asian Games silver medalist Mercy Kuttan, told reporters here that Kerala athletes and players had always been discriminated. She claimed that she herself was given the Arjuna […]
Mumbai: Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s close aide Iqbal Mirchi, an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, died of a heart attack in London. Mirchi, 63, the right hand man of India’s topmost terrorist, was also facing drug smuggling charges in India. Ranked among the world’s top 50 drug barons, Muhammed Iqbal Memon or […]
Newdelhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that differently-abled children are as efficient in handling challenges of life as other kids provided they are given support and opportunities. Mr Mukherjee, who was interacting with some differently-abled children on the occasion of the 67th Independence Day today, said that Rashtrapati Bhavan will set an example in […]
Newdelhi: The Indian contingent of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, UNIFIL organized a medical camp in south Lebanon on the occasion of 67th Independence Day of the nation. INDBATT, in cooperation with Al-Kayaan medical clinic, conducted a Multi-Speciality Medical Camp in the southern region of Arqoub. The UNIFIL commander Maj. Gen. Paulo Serra inaugurated […]
The Indian Navy has released the names of the 18 crewmen who were present in INS Sindhurakshak, the submarine that exploded on Wednesday. The personnel include three officers and 15 sailors. Informing the media about rescue operations in Mumbai, the Defence PRO yesterday said that the trapped personnel have not yet been sighted or recovered. […]
Newdelhi: The Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram will launch the National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme in New Delhi this evening. This scheme is likely to benefit about one million young men and women in the next 12 months. The Finance Minister had first announced the scheme in parliament in his budget speech for […]
Defence minister AK Antony on Wednesday said that he feels sad about the sailors who lost their lives in the fire on an Indian Navy submarine in Mumbai.”I feel sad about those Navy personnel who lost their lives for the country,” Antony told reporters outside Parliament. In a major setback to the Indian Navy, a […]
Mumbai:India Cements has cut its capital expenditure plan of Rs 300 crore by Rs 50 crore, company officials said on a recent earnings call. “The company’s current gross debt stands at Rs 3,230 crore and the company doesn’t intend to spend on capacity expansion in fiscal 2014. However, it may look at expansion over the […]
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to make a rare speech in Parliament if the government’s flagship Food Security Bill is discussed in the Lok Sabha today.The Bill was tabled in Parliament last week but has not been taken up for discussion due to repeated disruptions. In Tuesday, the opposition BJP targeted the government […]