Beijing, 12/3: General Li Shangfu, named on Sunday as China’s new defence minister, is a veteran of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) modernisation effort – a drive that led the United States to sanction him over the acquisition of weapons from Russia. Although his new post within the Chinese system is viewed as largely…
Mumbai, 10/2: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty declined by more than 1 per cent in opening trade on Friday due to heavy selling in financials, IT and capital goods stocks amid weak global trends. The 30-share BSE barometer plunged 730.17 points or 1.22 per cent to 59,076.11 as 25 of its constituents…
Varkala, 8/2: Adventure tourism at Varkala beach turned a harrowing experience for a tourist from Tamil Nadu on Tuesday afternoon after she and her paragliding instructor got entangled on a more than 50-metre tall high-mast lamp pole and were left hanging from it for nearly two hours before being rescued. Three people were arrested on…
Mumbai, 8/3: On the occasion of International Women’s Day on Wednesday, Maharashtra Assembly speaker Rahul Narvekar has listed the calling attention motions sought to be moved by women MLAs across parties in the business schedule. Calling Attention Motion is a process to call the attention of a minister concerning a matter of urgent…
Dhaka, 7/3: At least 14 people were killed and over 100 others injured on Tuesday in an explosion at a seven-storey building here in Bangladesh’s capital, police said. Several firefighting units were rushed to the spot after the blast, which occurred around 4:50 pm (local time), the bdnews24 news portal reported, citing the…
Tamilnadu, 7/3:Three female elephants were electrocuted in the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu during the early hours of Tuesday. The elephants, according to forest department officials, were electrocuted after coming in contact with an illegal electric wire at a farmland at Marandahalli in the district. The forest officials came to know of…
Philippines, 7/3: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with local authorities warning of aftershocks and possible damage. The shallow quake struck at about 2:00 pm (0600 GMT), a few kilometres from Maragusan municipality in the mountainous gold-mining province of Davao de Oro on Mindanao island….
Nagaland, 7/3: Despite having one of the highest number of political parties, the new Nagaland government is heading towards an oppositionless government with almost all parties extending unconditional support to the NDPP-BJP alliance which won the polls held last month. In the state assembly elections, the results of which were declared on March…
Khordha,6/3: In a shocking development, 4 person dead and 4 person critically injured because of a fire mishap during Dola Utsav at Bhusandapur village under Tangi police.The victims were making firecrackers for the Dola Utsav.The reson of the fire mishap is yet to be known.
Islamabad, 5/3: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan is likely to be arrested in Toshakhana case on Sunday as the Islamabad police reached Lahore with the deposed premier’s arrest warrant, local media reported. A non-bailable arrest warrant had been issued against Khan by a district and sessions court in the federal capital on February 28….
