External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said that she has received a report that a 26-year-old Indian national was shot dead in Washington on Thursday. “I have received a report on the shootout incident resulting in the tragic death of Indian national Vikram Jaryal in Washington State USA,” she said in a series of tweets. The youth had reached […]
» Read moreIIT-Kharagpur will be the first technology institute to offer medicine courses, set to start from the 2019 session with a batch of 50 students. A 400-bed hospital on the campus , which will act as a teaching facility, will start admitting patients from mid-2018. The institute will seek permission from the Medical Council of India only after the hospital starts […]
» Read moreThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two persons in connection with its crackdown on 500 shell companies suspected to be generating huge amounts of black money. The agency identified the two as G.D. Reddy and K. Liakath Ali and said they have been arrested under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in separate cases during follow-up […]
» Read moreA cargo ship with 11 Indian crew members on board has been hijacked by pirates off the Somalian coast, officials from the Directorate General of Shipping said on Monday. “It is not a big ship but a dhow. It was hijacked yesterday and is now sailing towards the shore of Somalia,” DGS Malini Shankar said. The Indian-flagged ship was on […]
» Read moreThe price of petrol has been cut by Rs 3.77 per litre and that of diesel by Rs 2.91 a litre, the first change in rates in two-and-a-half months. State-owned oil firms cut rates with effect from midnight tonight. Petrol currently costs Rs 71.14 a litre in Delhi and Diesel is priced at Rs 59.02 per litre. Petrol price will […]
» Read moreThe Gujarat Assembly passed The Gujarat Preservation (Amendment) Bill that has stringent provisions for punishment for those found involved in cow slaughter, transportation and sale of beef or beef products in the State. In the statement of objects of the bill, the state government has noted that “it is considered necessary to provide for more deterrent punishment for offences committed […]
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