Category: India

An officer posted with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was chased and shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Bijnore district of Western Uttar Pradesh. The officer’s wife was also shot at and she is admitted in a critical condition at a hospital in Noida. The officer was posted as Deputy Superintendent of Police in NIA. He was on deputation from […]

Gatiman Express, the country’s fastest train, will start plying between Agra and Delhi from April 5. The state-of-the-art train will take one hour and forty minutes to complete the journey. Ironically, on the same route runs a passenger train which takes around eight hours to cover the 195-km distance. Railway officials have made all the required arrangements to start the […]

Parking for vehicles of tourists visiting the Mysuru palace has been streamlined for hassle-free parking and to prevent fleecing. Electronic gates had been installed at the palace parking lot near Varaha gate with the Mysuru Palace Board launching the new parking management system. Deputy Commissioner C. Shikha inaugurated the electronic gates on Friday. M.K. Somashekar, MLA, board director Indiramma, and […]

Showcasing significant investment opportunities in manufacturing and infrastructure sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has invited Australian businesses to come and invest in India as he wraps up his four-day visit to the Asia Pacific country. During his visit, Mr. Jaitley met Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg, Treasurer Scott Morrison, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and several other top […]

Aadhaar enrolments are set to cross the 100 crore mark in a couple of days, a development which will boost the government’s plan to provide subsidies and benefits under various social sector schemes directly. As per the website of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which is implementing the Aadhaar project, .“99.91 crore is the total number of Aadhaars issued […]

A 33-year-old Delhi-based businesswoman was allegedly raped by a man whom she had met over lunch to discuss business at a hotel in Connaught Place on Friday. The incident came to light when the woman called up the police in the evening and reported the matter, a senior police officer said.