New Delhi, 14/4: In a major development, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has been summoned by the CBI on Sunday (April 16) for questioning in the Delhi excise policy case. The summons comes as AAP leader and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia is in jail in connection with the same case and the…
Beijing, 14/4: Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu will discuss global and regional security at planned talks on April 16-18, the defence ministry in Moscow said on Friday. Russia and China have declared a “no limits” partnership” and have moved to further strengthen their economic, political and military ties since…
Java, 14/4:A 7.0-magnitude earthquake was recorded in the sea north of the Indonesian island of Java, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Friday. The strong quake struck at 4:55 pm local time (0955 GMT), the UGSS said, with Indonesia’s geological agency ruling out a tsunami after the epicentre was detected to be…
Darlipali, 14/4:NTPC Darlipali paid floral tributes to Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, the architect of India’s constitution on the occasion of his 132nd birth anniversary. Marking the day, NTPC Darlipali took the initiative of plantation for 150 plants of different fruit bearing & dense forest saplings at Darlipali weekly market. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Ajai…
Ranchi, 14/4: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested seven people, including a government officer, after it conducted raids in Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged land grab case, official sources said Friday. Those taken into custody have been identified as Afshar Ali, Imtiaz Ahmed, Pradeep…
New Delhi, 14/4: India’s financial system remains “completely” insulated from the recent developments in the US and Switzerland, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said, asserting that the country’s banking system is resilient, stable and healthy. The governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) told a press conference here on Thursday that at the…
Turkey, 14/4: The Turkish State Mint has reduced the size of the coins of lira, the Turkish currency, to deal with the rising minting costs, local media reported. The one-lira and half-lira coins are now half millimetre thinner and have a different composition of copper, zinc and nickel, the NTV reported on Thursday….
Telengana, 13/4: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will be unveiling the 125-ft tall statue of B R Ambedkar here on Friday, the birth anniversary of the architect of the Constitution, on a grand scale. Rao recently held a meeting with Ministers and officials with regard to the inauguration of the giant Ambedkar statue, the…
Uttarakhand, 13/4: A staff member at a local de-addiction centre allegedly tortured a 25-year-old inmate to death, officials said on Thursday. Siddharth, the victim, was allegedly kept hungry, not given water and beaten with a baton by the accused staff member till he fainted on Monday night. He was found dead on…
New Delhi, 13/4: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, including the Line of Control and International Border, sources said. Shah was given a detailed presentation on the prevailing law-and-order situation in Jammu and Kashmir by security officials of the central government and the union…
