In October 2014 Karuppasamy (name changed), a farmer in Tamil Nadu’s western district of Pudukkottai, had no choice but to rent a pump-set to irrigate his farm when the rains were delayed and insufficient. ...
BJP parliamentarian Kirit Somaiya on Friday wrote to Justice (retd) S.N. Dhinga, who is heading the probe into the controversial land deals in Gurgaon district, and provided more documents to investigate the alleged involvement of businessman Robert Vadra's company Skylight Hospitality. ...
At least seven people were killed following cloudburst and landslides as heavy rains lashed Pithoragarh and Chamoli districts of Uttarakhand, officials said on Friday. "As many as 30 people have been trapped in the debris following landslides in Bastia village of Kanalichhina block in Pithoragarh district. Bodies of four persons have been recovered by the di...
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday inducted two Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) into its 'Flying Daggers' 45 Squadron here. Southern Air Command Air Officer Commanding-in Chief Air Marshal Jasbir Walia received the certified documents of the indigenous fighters from state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Chairman T. Suvarna Raju at a functi...
A "significant" part of the banks' non-performing assets (NPAs) were a result of loans obtained by fraudulent methods, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Shashi Kant Sharma said here on Friday. "There is a significant part of NPAs that amount to fraudulently obtained advances," Sharma said at the Assocham (Associated Chambers of C...
Technology will be the main enabler of access to quality education, healthcare and financial services in empowering people in non-urban and rural areas and Digital India is slowly but steadily connecting rural India with the mainstream, industry leaders said on Friday. Reacting to the first anniversary of the government's ambi...
A "significant" part of the banks' non performing assets (NPAs) were a result of loans obtained by fraudulent methods, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, Shashi Kant Sharma said here on Friday. ...
Moving swiftly, the Thane police have cracked the Rs 9.16 crore armed dacoity of a cash van on June 28 by nabbing six persons and recovering Rs 3.12 crore from them, a top officer said here on Friday....
A Hindu priest was hacked to death on Friday in Jhenaidah district, the latest of dozens of brutal attacks in Bangladesh....
The first squadron of the indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft Tejas -- christened 'Flying Daggers 45' -- was inducted into the Indian Air Force on Friday. ...
