Veteran banker Vikram Limaye will quit the Committee of Administrators (COA) for BCCI on July 14 to take over as the Managing Director and CEO of National Stock Exchange (NSE). Former CAG Vinod Rai, who is head of the COA, told PTI that Limaye will hold his position till July 14, when the Supreme Court reopens, after which he will […]
» Read moreTwo persons were killed and one went missing when a merchant vessel rammed into a fishing boat off the coast of Kochi in the early hours of Sunday. According to police, the Panama-registered vessel, Amber L, rammed into boat Carmel Matha, about 16 nautical miles off the Puthuvype coast around 2.30 a.m. There were 14 fishermen on board when the […]
» Read moreThe U.S. is looking forward to host Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington later this month, the State Department has said. “We look forward to having the (Indian) Prime Minister here in Washington— I believe it’s later this month,” State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters at her daily news conference on Thursday. Mr. Modi is expected to travel to […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met his Pakistani counter part Nawaz Sharif in Astana ahead of SCO summit. Mr. Modi and Mr. Sharif attended a welcome banquet to the small grouping that currently comprises China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Mr. Modi landed in Astana to attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), where India and […]
» Read moreRumours of alleged sale of plastic rice at some grocery stores caused jitters among the people of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. Two days after a customer found plastic rice being used in a biryani point in Saroornagar in Hyderabad, another customer, this time from Meerpet, approached the local police on Tuesday claiming that the rice which he bought […]
» Read moreAn Army officer and three militants were killed and three soldiers and a civilian injured in an operation against a combined group of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K) in Nagaland on Wednesday. The Army said the civilian, an autorickshaw driver, was killed in the crossfire. Major David Manlum from the […]
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