Tag Archives: New Delhi
Industrial growth touches 17.6 percent
New Delhi, June 11 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here today that industrial sector registered 17.6 percent growth for the period ending in April. “17.6 is quite encouraging, and touchwood if the monsoon keeps its date then it would be possible for us to reach the growth agriculture, and industrial manufacturing and service sector [...]
Chinese man sentenced to death for knifing 16 kids
New Delhi, June 11 (ANI): A Chinese man was sentenced to death for knifing 16 children and a teacher in a primary school. Chen, a teacher of Hongfu Primary School, entered Leicheng No.1 Primary School in Leizhou City with a 40-cm knife and attacked children on the fifth and sixth floors of the school building [...]
UPDATE 1-Zain, Bharti to close African deal on Tuesday-sources
June 8 (Reuters) – Kuwait’s Zain (ZAIN.KW) and India’s Bharti Airtel (BRTI.BO) are expected to close a $9 billion deal for most of the Kuwaiti firm’s African assets on Tuesday, sources said. Zain will receive $7.9 billion from Bharti on Tuesday before both firms make an announcement about the final closing, sources close to the [...]
India’s Ashis Roy completes 104th marathon
Washington, June 6 (IANS) Running his third marathon in 33 days, India’s grand old marathon man Ashis Roy has completed his 104th marathon finishing the Sunburst Marathon in South Bend, Indiana, in pouring rain. Roy, who turned 78 June 1, finished the 26.2 mile run through South Bend town and along St Joseph River Saturday [...]
Monitor children’s issues online, soon
New Delhi, June 5 — Need to know whether there are allegations of corporal punishment pending against a particular school? Want to know when moving to a new state, how its record on children’s issues is? Very soon, you’ll be able to check that and more on a dedicated website. The National Commission for Protection [...]
‘Balakrishnan tarnished image of judiciary’
New Delhi, June 5 — The stubbornness with which Justice K.G Balakrishnan, who retired as Chief Justice of India last month, opposed the implementation of the Right to Information in the judiciary has damaged the image of the institution, according to rebellious judge D.V. Shylendra Kumar. In one of the strongest attacks by any judge [...]
‘Insecure Modi attacking Nehru, Gandhi’
New Delhi, June 5 — The Congress hit out at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning the relevance of Children’s Day, saying the BJP leader was “full of insecurities”. At a convention of CMs of BJP-ruled states in Maharasthra, Modi wondered how Children’s Day has helped kids. Singhvi responded: “He should tell the nation [...]
In two days, Games tickets worth Rs 80 lakh sold
New Delhi, June 5 — In just two days since the sale began, tickets worth more than Rs 80 lakh were sold for 19th edition of the Commonwealth Games to be held from October 3 to 14 in the Capital. On day one, 1700 tickets worth Rs 20 lakh were sold. “The response is overwhelming. [...]
Cong fields Sharma from Rajasthan
New Delhi, June 5 — Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, whose Rajya Sabha term ended two months back, is being fielded for the Upper House from Rajasthan. Sharma had to get reelected within six months to continue as minister. As the Congress cannot get him reelected from his home state, Himachal Pradesh, Sharma is being shifted [...]
Court acquits Chandraswami in FERA case
New Delhi, June 5 — A Delhi court, on Saturday, acquitted self-styled godman, Chandraswami, in a 14-year-old Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had accused the godman of violating the FERA terms in a defamation suit filed by him 26 years ago. Additional Metropolitan Magistrate A.K. Pandey said the ED failed [...]
State boards yet to send results to DU
New Delhi, June 5 — Vijay Kandiya’s dream of studying in one of the Delhi University (DU) colleges might not materialise this year. Kandiya, a student of the Haryana board, doesn’t have his mark sheet yet despite the fact that his results are out. Most state boards declare their results later than ICSE and CBSE. [...]
A little cooling rain, and maybe more today
New Delhi, June 6 — Light rain on Saturday evening cleared the dust haze and brought much respite to the Capital, which was sizzling at 36.6 degrees Celsius. Despite the rain, the Met department has predicted a hotter Sunday, relieved by cloudy skies and more rain. There was a difference of as much as 10 [...]
Custodial death victim’s widow gets compensation
New Delhi, June 5 — The Delhi High Court has awarded a compensation of over Rs 6 lakh to the widow of a man tortured to death in Tihar Jail, three days after he was arrested. He was charged of “causing nuisance by consuming liquor in public”. Justice S. Muralidhar on Friday granted the compensation [...]
Man shot at, robbed by bikers
New Delhi, June 5 — Two bike-borne assailants shot at a 40-year-old businessman and robbed him in northwest Delhi on Friday night, the police said. “The incident was reported from Ranjit Singh Road, located in the Adarsh Nagar area, at 9.30 p.m.,” said a senior police officer on condition of anonymity, as he was not [...]
Fire kills one, three injured
New Delhi, June 5 — A person died and three others were seriously injured, after a fire broke out on Friday night in a four-storey footwear warehouse in northwest Delhi. Delhi Fire Service (DFS) officials said the incident was reported from Jai Mata Market located in Keshavpuram’s A2 block at 11.30 p.m. “The fire broke [...]
Youth arrested for robbery in Delhi
New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) A youth was arrested in the national capital for allegedly robbing a person after opening fire at him in north-east Delhi, police said today. He was apprehended from Seelampur yesterday following a tip-off, a senior police official said. Police has withheld his identity as they were verifying his age. The [...]
Three injured in wall collapse
New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) A woman and two children were seriously injured when the wall of an under-construction building collapsed here following rains, police said today. The incident took place in Sangam Vihar of south-east Delhi at around 8.30 pm yesterday, police said. The injured were rushed to the AIIMS Trauma Centre where their [...]
No consensus in CPI(M) Polit Bureau on political review draft
New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) The CPI(M) Polit Bureau today appeared to have failed to reach a consensus on a draft of their review on political decisions taken after 2007 Party Congress and decided to meet again next month to finalise it. The two-day meeting of the top party leaders, which ended here today, discussed [...]
Deshpande denies keeping IPL in dark about ”individual bid”
New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) The twists and turns in the Pune bid row continued today with City Corporation MD Aniruddh Deshpande refuting allegations that he kept the IPL in dark about his “individual bid” for the franchise but conceded that the company”s name was used in his bid documents. Deshpande”s denial comes in the [...]
Home-like B&Bs hope to cash-in on tourist influx during games
Avantika Shrivastava New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) Hoping to attract a large share of foreign tourists who are expected to flock the country for the Commonwealth Games, owners of bed-and-breakfast establishments are offering an Indian home experience that the tourists may not get during a hotel stay. “I would rather call it a home stay [...]