Patna, Apr 17 : Recalling Mahatma Gandhi’s Champaran struggle, President Pranab Mukherjee said that to keep India united, people must celebrate its diversity. The President said Indians today needed to fight ‘another take home battle’ : the one against communalism and all sort of prejudices. “If today India is an emerging developing economy, having highest growth […]
New Delhi: From May 1, petrol and diesel prices will change every day in sync with international rates, much like what happens in most advanced markets. Here’s progress! Pondicherry, Vizag, Jamshedpur, Udaipur, and Chandigarh will kick off the new rate regime. State-owned fuel retailers Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan […]
New Delhi: Shiv Sena members rooting for the unruly MP Gaikwad who assaulted an airline employee with a slipper, tried to intimidate the civil aviation minister. The Congress termed as “reprehensible” the action by Shiv Sena MPs in Lok Sabha and hoped it would not be repeated (April 6). Shiv Sena members, including Union Minister […]
New Delhi: Cash withdrawal has been falling rapidly, post demonetisation, as borne out by the fact that it is down to Rs 32,500 crore in the week to March 24 from a peak of Rs 52,800 crore for the week ended January 13, says a report. According to SBI research report Ecowrap, even in the […]
New Delhi: The apex consumer commission has directed a hospital in Chennai to pay Rs three lakh for medical negligence which led to the death of a 15-year-old boy in 2000. The boy was treated for two days for measles, when he, in fact developed TEN disease. Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a potentially life-threatening […]
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has supported a petition for scrapping of tax on sanitary napkins. It may be mentioned that BJP minister Maneka Gandhi has also supported the idea of removing taxes on the item. Mrs Gandhi recalled that during previous UPA government she had called for providing napkins free to BPL families. […]
Puducherry (Pondicherry): Hours after Chief Minister V Narayanasamy termed the Assembly Speaker’s ruling over replacing a top civic official as “final”, Lt Governor Kiran Bedi again said the transfer order was invalid. She said an officer appointed by the Lt Governor can be removed only by the Lt Governor. “The order of transfer of Municipal […]
New Delhi, Apr 2: The Election Commission is set to buy next generation EVMs that become “inoperable” the moment attempts are made to tinker with it, a move which comes amid claims by some parties that the machines were tampered with during the recent assembly polls. The ‘M3’-type electronic voting machines (EVMs) are also equipped […]
New Delhi: A lot of people, who at first took Maywati’s comments with a pinch of salt (She is the Bahujan Samaj leader whose party did miserably in the recent elections in Uttar Pradesh), are now shocked that an electronic voting machine appeared to be grossly inaccurate, favouring the BJP party symbol! At first the […]
Calcutta: This is no April Fool’s joke. The Censor Board’s regional office has recommended six cuts for Bengali film “Shunyota” themed on the effects of demonetisation on the common man. Confirming this, director Suvendu Ghosh told a wire service that the CBFC recommended six cuts in his film. He has no choice but to “abide […]
Guwahati, Assam: President Pranab Mukherjee said India’s traditions never allowed the practice of intolerance as unity in diversity with mutual coexistence and understanding is the strength of the country. (March 31) Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the ‘Namami Brahmaputra’ festival here, Mukherjee said he does not agree when people label Indians as intolerant. “There […]
A question of tattered ‘patriotic’ symbolism? India’s tallest flag, which towers over the border with arch-rival Pakistan, is causing red faces – because it cannot stand up to the weather, says a BBC report. The tricolour was hoisted last month but keeps getting torn by the wind and is being replaced for a fourth time. […]
