New Delhi, 17/5: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday directed security forces to conduct coordinated counter-terrorism operations pro-actively in Jammu and Kashmir. He also said that to fulfil Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a prosperous and peaceful Jammu and Kashmir, the security forces should ensure zero cross-border infiltration to wipe out terrorism…
New Delhi, 17/5: India is considering selling up to a quarter of state-run refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd after failing to attract suitors for the whole firm, two officials said, as the government’s divestment programme moves slower than expected. New Delhi is considering inviting bids for a 20 per cent-25 per cent stake…
Colombo, 17/5:Sri Lanka’s new government plans to sell its national airline to stem losses, as part of efforts to stabilize the nation’s finances even as authorities are forced to print money to pay government salaries. The new administration plans to privatize Sri Lankan Airlines, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in a televised address to…
Bhubaneswar, 17/5:Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today called upon the college teachers to develop problem solving attitude among the students. Joining the orientation programme by Higher Education Department on virtual platform, the Chief Minister said that Society grows and gets ahead by solving its issues. It is therefore essential to develop a problem solving…
Bangalore, 17/5: The Karnataka State Election Commission on Tuesday told the High Court of Karnataka that the state government had taken away its powers making it unable to hold elections to Zilla Panchayat and Taluk Panchayats as mandated by the Supreme Court. A vacation division bench of the High Court comprising Justice SG Pandit…
New Delhi, 17/5: The Centre on Tuesday announced relaxation to its order restricting wheat exports. “It’s been decided that wherever wheat consignments have been handed over to Customs for examination and registered into their systems on or prior to May 13, such consignments would be allowed for export,” the government said in an order….
New Delhi,17/5: After the CBI conducted searches at premises linked to him and Karti, Congress leader P Chidambaram said that the search team found nothing and seized nothing. He pointed out that the ‘timing of the search is interesting’.
New Delhi, 17/5: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to interrogate Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee and his wife in Kolkata instead of Delhi in a money-laundering probe linked to an alleged coal scam in West Bengal.
Mumbai, 17/5:Shares in state-owned Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) had a tepid debut on Tuesday listing at Rs 867.20 — a 9 per cent discount to the IPO price of Rs 949. LIC shares were trading at Rs 872 in pre-open trade. The government had fixed the issue price of LIC shares…
Mumbai, 17/5:The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting searches at nine locations linked to senior Congress leader P Chidambaram and his son Karti across Mumbai, Chennai, Odisha, Punjab and Karnataka. The searches are being conducted in connection with a case against his son Karti Chidambaram. The allegations are that Karti took illegal…
