New Delhi, 26/3: Taylor Hawkins, the hard-hitting, charismatic drummer for Foo Fighters, has died at 50. A statement posted to the band’s social media and sent by its representative confirmed the death, but did not provide a cause or location. The band was scheduled to play a show Friday night in Bogotá, Colombia,…
New Delhi, 25/3: The Centre is considering granting online voting rights to Indians working abroad, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said during the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha on Friday. “I have already told the Election Commission that we will make provisions and give suggestions as to how we will allow our…
Lanjigarh, 25/3:Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh unit, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, has launched a Skill Training Program to create employment opportunities for local youth by enhancing their skillsets in the housekeeping trade. The company has partnered with NABARD for the program, which will be implemented by the Vedanta Foundation. Inaugurated by Mr. Malay Kumar…
New Delhi, 25/3: Spectrum auctions will be conducted very soon, and the next-generation 5G services are expected to commence before the end of the year, Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday. Replying to a supplementary question during Question Hour, Chauhan also said that the four…
New Delhi,25/3:The Lok Sabha on Friday approved the Finance Bill, which gives effect to new taxation, thus completing the Budgetary exercise for 2022-23 fiscal. The Finance Bill was approved by the Lower House after accepting 39 official amendments moved by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and rejecting the amendments proposed by the opposition by…
New Delhi, 25/3:India plans to restrict sugar exports for the first time in six years to prevent a surge in domestic prices and could cap this season’s exports at 80 lakh tonnes, government and industry sources told Reuters. An announcement could come early next month, they said. Shares in sugar manufacturers slid…
Aska, : Gangpur police officer Dev Kumar Gamango was shot dead by his own gun. According to sources, he was holding his gun in his couch at the Gangpur police station today when he was shot in the butt. There was a lot of blessing over from the shooting. He was rushed to aska hospital,…
Chandigarh, 25/3:Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday targeted AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal over the 2015 sacrilege issue, asking who was stopping his party’s government in the state from taking action against those involved in the desecration of religious text. Sidhu, the former Punjab Congress chief, shared a video clip from last…
Bhubaneswar, 25/3: Odia Mountaineer Shri Siddharth Routray today met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in his assembly chamber and shared his experiences of mountaineering. He has till now has scaled three summits of three continents. They are Mt Dennali in North America, Mt Aconcagua in in South America and Mt Kilimanjaro in Africa. He has…
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are understood to have held talks on Friday focusing on the eastern Ladakh row and the geopolitical implications of the crisis in Ukraine. Wang arrived in Delhi on Thursday evening in the highest-level visit between the two countries after the ties…
