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Former India captain Sourav Ganguly was today appointed the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), ending the suspense on who will take over the state cricket body following the death of Jagmohan Dalmiya. The announcement of Ganguly was made by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in presence of senior CAB officials and […]
Two Indians, including a woman, were among at least 717 people killed and over 860 others injured in a stampede today when Haj pilgrims jostled their way to perform symbolic stoning of the devil here, marking the culmination of the annual pilgrimage. At least two Indian pilgrims were among the injured in the tragedy, the […]
The Narendra Modi government has made way for enactment of a controversial anti-terrorism legislation passed by Gujarat which was thrice rejected by its predecessor United Progressive Alliance.Home ministry has cleared the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime ( GCTOC) Bill, 2015 — which has been hanging fire since Modi first introduced it in 2001 […]
Recently Gurgaon observed the ‘No Car’ day, in winter Ahmedabad city will also observe its first ‘No Car’ day. Day will be observed on a Sunday and extended to weekdays depending on the response from citizens. A day after Gurgaon observed a ‘car-free day’ to free the roads from traffic congestion, the National Green Tribunal […]
Today morning Hardik Patel, Patidar leader who went missing on Tuesday night and alleged he was abducted by some unidentified persons, will appear before Gujarat High Court his lawyer said. Hardik went missing from Tejpur of Aravali district on Tuesday, his aides moved a habeas corpus plea through his lawyer, BM Mangukiya, in Gujarat High […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived here today on his second visit to the US, has a “packed schedule” ahead of him, during which he will address world leaders at a landmark UN sustainable development summit and interact with top CEOs and the Indian diaspora in the Silicon Valley. During his stay in the financial […]
AAP MLA Somnath Bharti faces arrest in connection with a domestic violence and attempt to murder case lodged by his wife as the Delhi High Court today declined to grant him anticipatory bail. “This petition (for anticipatory bail) is dismissed,” Justice Suresh Kait said. Soon after the order was pronounced, advocate Vijay Aggarwal, who appeared […]
Government has proposed to make storage of all encrypted messages, including SMSes and emails, sent from any mobile device or computer mandatory for 90 days under the New Encryption Policy. The draft of New Encryption Policy proposes that users of encrypted messaging service on demand should reproduce same text, transacted during a communication, in plain […]
Days before Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan unveils his bi-monthly monetary policy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday asserted common sense says the interest rates should come down. Jaitley said inflation is “very much under control” and the country is better prepared than most emerging economies to weather the global economic turbulence. “Common sense says […]
Indian envoy to Nepal Ranjit Rae today briefed the government on the latest situation in that country after it adopted its new fully secular and democratic Constitution amid violent protests in several parts of Nepal along the Indian border. Rae, who had spoken to the Nepalese Prime Minister yesterday to convey India’s concerns over the […]
