New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs on Wednesday said that reports about killing of 20 Indians in a Saudi-led alliance in air strikes on fuel smugglers at a Yemeni port on Tuesday are untrue. “Out of 20 crew members, 13 are alive and 7 are reported to be missing,” Vikas Swarup, MEA spokesperson said. “We’ve seen media reports about […]
» Read moreMaharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis today embarked on a four-day visit to Japan where he will inaugurate a memorial and statue of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and also hold consultations with captains of Japanese trade and commerce for investment opportunities back home. Fadnavis is accompanied by top officials of Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) and Mumbai […]
» Read moreNew Delhi: With the pilot union of German carrier Lufthansa extending its one-day strike of Tuesday to Wednesday also, the airline has cancelled about a third of its 3,000 flight affecting about 1.4 lakh passengers. In India, it has cancelled LH 765 Mumbai-Munich that was to depart on Tuesday night-Wednesday morning. It expects all its six other flights and those […]
» Read moreRangia: An FIR has been lodged against Opposition AIUDF MLA Gopinath Das in Assam in connection with the rape of his minor domestic help, police said on Monday. The 14-year old girl had filed the FIR with the Mandira outpost, under Boko police station, on August 29 that she was raped by the MLA inside his car in Guwahati, he […]
» Read moreIt is official now. Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has selected above 50 acres of land belonging to the Endowments Department at Nimmaluru on the national highway for its proposed expansion project. The proposal to finalise the site for the expansion of the BEL’s unit in Machilipatnam has been pending from late 2000s. Of late, the proposal by the BEL authorities […]
» Read moreChennai: Tamil Nadu to the launch of low cost ‘Amma salt’, the Jayalalithaa government on Saturday said it soon planned to expand sales pan India. “Sale of Amma salt will be launched in New Delhi,Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh soon by the Tamil Nadu Salt Corporation”, the policy note tabled in the assembly […]
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