Petrol price was on Thursday reduced by 89 paise a litre and diesel by 49 paise per litre. Petrol will cost Rs 64.76 a litre in Delhi from Thursday midnight. On the other hand, diesel will now cost Rs 54.7.
» Read moreRailway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday launched ‘Nivaran’ portal, an online system for redressal of service-related grievances of serving and former Railway employees. Speaking on the occasion,Prabhu said it was a new system which would also be launched in regional languages. “The external grievance redressal portal is successful because of the work of railways employees. Today we are launching the portal for […]
» Read moreTaliban militants launched a twin suicide attack on Thursday, targeting a convoy of buses carrying Afghan police cadets outside of the capital and killing 37 people, mostly policemen, and wounding 40, an Afghan official said. The attack took place in Paghman district, some 20 kilometers west of Kabul, according to Mousa Rahmati, the district governor of Paghman.
» Read moreAn Indian-American physicist has donated $11 million to University of California to establish a center devoted to advancing knowledge of the basic laws of nature, the largest donation in the history of the varsity. “I thank Mani Bhaumik for his philanthropic leadership and for believing in UCLA,” said UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. Bhaumik rose from poverty to become an eminent scientist […]
» Read moreAt least eight people were killed and one seriously injured after a fire broke out around 6 am at Wafa Medical Store at Juhu Galli in Andheri West. The medical store in Wireless Road is located on the ground floor of the building, while families were staying at the first and second floors. According to a fire brigade official, a […]
» Read moreIndia today successfully test-fired a new surface-to-air missile developed jointly with Israel, from a defence base off Odisha coast. The medium range missile, which will fulfill a huge Indian army requirement, was fired from a mobile launcher in the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur around 8.15 am, said an official of the Defence Research and Development Organisation or DRDO. “The […]
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