Petrol price was raised on Saturday by 89 paise a litre, the sixth increase in rates since September, and diesel by 86 paise a litre, the third increase in a month. The price hike announced by Indian Oil Corp (IOC) is excluding local sales tax or VAT and will be effective from October 5th midnight. After including VAT, petrol in […]
» Read moreKamala Harris, California’s Attorney General, is on the cusp of becoming the first Indian- American Senator in the US Congress with latest polls placing her “far ahead” of her rival days before the November 8 general elections. Harris, 51, has already got the backing of US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden to be the state’s next Senator, brightening […]
» Read moreA militant was on Saturday killed and a soldier injured as an encounter broke out between ultras and security forces after the latter launched a search operation in a village in Shopian district of south Kashmir, police said. Police assisted by security forces cordoned off Dobjan village, 60 km from here, after getting information about presence of four militants there, […]
» Read moreOver a week after Cyrus Mistry was ousted as Chairman, Tata Sons on Friday announced organisational changes bringing in S Padmanabhan as the group human resources head. Besides, the former Tata brand custodian under Mistry’s regime Mukund Rajan has been given the responsibility of overseeing operations of the overseas representative offices of Tata Sons in the USA, Singapore, Dubai and […]
» Read moreIn a crackdown to curb its soaring immigration figures, the United Kingdom government has announced changes in its visa policy for non-EU nationals, which will affect a large number of Indians, especially IT professionals. Under the new visa rules announced evening by the Home Office, anyone applying after November 24 under the Tier 2 intra-company transfer (ICT) category would be […]
» Read moreTwo American service members were killed on Thursday fighting the Taliban near the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, and more than 30 civilians were killed in air strikes called in to protect Afghan and U.S. troops, officials said. Afghan officials said there was heavy fighting overnight in the village of Buz Kandahari, about 5 km (3 miles) from the centre […]
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