Nearly 41 per cent of the samples collected from 386 mines of Coal India Ltd have been downgraded after an analysis of 871 samples done by the Coal Controllers Office. The samples were from `size fractions and sidings’ of 386 (of the 406) mines of the public sector behemoth. CIL said that while 51.5 % of the samples retained their […]
» Read moreCongress leader Arvinder Singh Lovely joined the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the MCD election in the Capital. Lovely, a popular face in Delhi’s political circles, was a minister in the Sheila Dikshit government. His joining the BJP is being read by many as a big setback to the Congress. Sheila Dikshit called Arvind Singh Lovely’s decision to join […]
» Read moreEmbattled businessman and loan defaulter Vijay Mallya was arrested on Tuesday by Scotland Yard on an extradition warrant by India. He will be produced before the Westminster Magistrates’ Court later in the day. British authorities have informed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) about the arrest. Mallya was later granted bail, according to news agency Reuters which cited media reports.
» Read moreSecurity at three major international airports in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai has been stepped up after agencies were informed about a possible hijack attempt of an aircraft from these facilities. Officials said high alert has been issued to the three facilities after Mumbai Police received an e-mail on Saturday from a woman living there. The e-mail mentions that the woman […]
» Read moreRuling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) candidate Dilli Ram Thapa on Saturday defeated BJP’s Suresh Khanal Sharma to win the Upper Burtuk Assembly bypoll, garnering over 8,000 votes. According to the Election Commission, Mr. Thapa secured 8,406 votes to claim the Upper Burtuk seat while nearest rival, Mr. Sharma, could only garner 374 votes out of the total 9,427 polled on […]
» Read moreNational Conference president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday won the bypoll to the Srinagar-Budgam Lok Sabha seat, beating his PDP rival Nazir Ahmad Khan by a margin of over 10,000 votes. “This vote is for the rejection of the PDP,” Mr. Abdullah said after he was declared winner.
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