New Delhi, 11/2: Government nominees’, including AAP leader Jasmine Shah, appointed to the boards of power discoms in Delhi by the Arvind Kejriwal-led dispensation have been replaced with senior officials, sources at the Lieutenant Governor’s office said on Saturday. Besides Shah, a spokesperson of the AAP, those removed from the boards include Naveen Gupta, son…
Mangalore, 11/2: The Mangalore University campus, situated near here and spread over 353 acres, hosts a variety of bird species including three near-threatened species mentioned in the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a study has revealed. The study, ‘A checklist of avifauna of Mangalore University’ by five…
New Delhi, 11/2: Aviation regulator DGCA imposed a financial penalty of Rs 20 lakh on Air Aisa for violation of applicable DGCA Civil Aviation Requirements, ANI reported. According to the DGCA, few mandatory exercises of the pilots of Air Asia were not done during Pilot Proficiency Check as per schedule. A penalty of…
Beijing, 10/2: Chinese company Alibaba is learnt to have sold 3.16 per cent direct stake in digital financial services firm One97 Communications, which operates under Paytm brand, for about Rs 13,600 crore in a block deal, according to sources. With this deal, Alibaba has sold the entire direct stake in the company. Alibaba had a…
New Delhi, 10/2: In a major development, former Odisha chief secretary Bijay Patnaik, who superannuated from service in 2013, is all set to start a fresh chapter by joining the Congress. The retired bureaucrat, who was in touch with the Congress leadership over the past year, met the party leadership at the AICC headquarters…
Turky, 9/2: Freezing temperatures deepened the misery Thursday for survivors of a massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria that killed more than 16,000 people, as rescuers raced to save countless people still trapped under rubble. The death toll from Monday’s 7.8-magnitude quake is expected to rise sharply as rescue efforts pass the 72-hour mark…
Patna, 8/2: A miscreant tore the screen of a cinema hall in Bihar’s Bettiah to protest against Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan movie. The incident happened during the evening show (6 p.m. to 9 p.m.) on Tuesday in Lal Talkies located in Chanpatia block of the district. The accused along with one…
Jodhpur, 8/2: Union Minister Smriti Irani arrived here from Delhi on Wednesday morning for the wedding of her daughter Shanelle Irani. After arriving at the Jodhpur airport, the Union minister for Women and Child Development left for Nagaur by road. The wedding functions will be held at the 15th-century Khimsar Fort on Wednesday…
New Delhi, 8/2: The Reserve Bank of India’s key repo rate was raised by 25 basis points (bps) to 6.5 per cent on Wednesday as widely expected, the sixth straight increase, as core inflation remained high despite signs retail inflation has peaked. The central bank said that its policy stance remains focused on…
Mumbai, 7/2: The crisis within the Maharashtra Congress deepened further with veteran Congressman Balasaheb Thorat stepping down as leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) following differences with party’s state unit President Nana Patole in the backdrop of the elections to Nashik Division Graduates’ seat of the Council. Thorat shot off a letter to Congress…
