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Historian Ramachandra Guha, appointed by the Supreme Court as one of the four administrators of BCCI, today informed the court that he had resigned from the post due to personal reasons. A vacation bench of Justices M M Shantanagoudar and Deepak Gupta was informed by Guha’s counsel that he had tendered his resignation on May […]
India and Spain today signed seven agreements, including on cyber security and technical cooperation in civil aviation, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the European country. The agreements were signed after Prime Minister Modi held wide-ranging talks with Spanish President Mariano Rajoy at the Moncloa Palace in the Spanish capital. The two sides agreements […]
Key equity indices faltered by giving up their record hit in early part of the day as the Sensex was barely above 31,000 and the Nifty hovered around 9,600. Buying in heavyweight stocks as well as key FMCG and consumer durables kept the upside going. Sentiment was muted as most of the major world markets […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Dhola-Sadia Bridge, the country’s longest river bridge, over the Lohit in the eastern most tip of Assam connecting Arunachal Pradesh. After inaugurating the Rs 2,056 crore strategic bridge at Sadia in Assam’s Tinsukia district, Modi walked a short distance over it. A vehicle carrying the prime minister, union […]
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ helicopter crash landed at Nilanga in Latur district today after it suffered a snag, but he escaped unhurt. Our helicopter did meet with an accident in Latur but me and my team is absolutely safe and ok. Nothing to worry. — Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) May 25, 2017 A senior official […]
Today actor turned politician and BJP MLA from Ahmedabad (West) Paresh Rawal’s controversial remarks on Arundhati Roy be tied to Army jeep instead of stone pelter. Instead of tying stone pelter on the army jeep tie Arundhati Roy ! — Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) May 21, 2017 Rawal’s remarks drew both support and criticism from several […]
Union minister Harsh Vardhan today took over the charge of the environment ministry that fell vacant after the death of Anil Madhav Dave. Dave had passed away on May 18 after suffering cardiac arrest. He was 60. The government had subsequently handed over the additional charge of the ministry to Science and Technology Minister Harsh […]
A 58-year-old Indian man, who was in the US customs’ custody for entering the country illegally, has died after being hospitalised for shortness of breath. Atul Kumar Babubhai Patel was taken in custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Atlanta City Detention Centre for two days. He died on Tuesday afternoon at Atlanta’s […]
Environment Minister Anil Dave passed away here today. 60-year-old Dave complained of uneasiness at his home this morning and was rushed to AIIMS where he passed away, according to official sources. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha since 2009. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the death of Dave. “Absolutely shocked by the sudden […]
Vegetable khicdi, Rajma-rice and idli-vada will be among the dishes that will replace pizza, noodles and pastries in school canteens across Maharashtra as the state government has banned sale of junk food in school cafeterias. The Maharashtra government yesterday imposed a ban on sale of `High in Fat, Salt and Sugar’ (HFSS) food at school […]
