Category: India

Senior IAS officer Aruna Sundarajan was on Wednesday appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Steel as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the government. Ms. Sundarajan, a 1982 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, is presently Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund under Department of Telecommunications. She has been appointed in place of Rakesh Singh, who superannuated on September […]

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said India has the second biggest internet community in the world. The CEO of the social networking giant was addressing a townhall gathering at IIT Delhi. Taking questions from a gathering of over 900 students and others, Zuckerberg revealed that the social networking giant has over 130 million users in the country and India is […]

A massive earthquake hit North India today, which was measured at 7.5 magnitude on Richter scale today that shook the entire region from Kashmir to Delhi. In Pakistan, as many as 12 people have been reportedly killed while in Afghanistan at least, 12 schoolgirls have died – details are awaited. Two Army personnel were injured when their bunker collapsed under […]

JAKARTA: Indian fugitive Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, also known as Chhota Rajan, wanted over a series of murders in India, has been arrested in Indonesia, police said on Monday. Acting on a tip-off from Australian police, Indonesian authorities detained Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje on Sunday as he arrived in the popular resort island of Bali from Sydney, Bali police spokesman Heri Wiyanto […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday commended Tamil Nadu for its organ donation programme, saying the state has done “extremely well” in this regard. In his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address, Modi highlighted the need for organ donation in the country, saying there was an annual need of more than 2.5 lakh kidney, heart and liver donations. “Only 5,000 successful transplants […]

Maruti Suzuki Baleno, India’s biggest carmaker’s first premium hatchback, was launched today at a starting price of 4.99 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The Baleno with a host of well-rounded features steps into an intensely cut-throat segment with cars like the Hyundai i20, Honda Jazz, and Volkswagen Polo. The newest Maruti Suzuki hatchback gets 2 engine options, a petrol and a diesel, along […]