In a landmark move, the Union government on Wednesday approved a plan to replace a decade-old rule of allowing new domestic airlines set up in India to fly on international routes. New airlines, such as Vistara and AirAsia, can now fly to international routes after operating at least 20 aircraft in the domestic market. The new norms were a part […]
» Read moreThe State Government is planning to launch NTR canteens on a pilot basis at Velagapudi, the upcoming interim Secretariat by the end of this month. The government has decided to supply idli-sambar and Pongal as tiffins in the morning. Lemon rice, sambar rice and curd rice would be supplied as lunch in afternoon. The cost of the tiffin and lunch […]
» Read moreChennai: The vice-president of Pudukudi village panchayat in Tirunelveli, arrested by Karnataka Police officers on Monday in connection with the 2013 blast near the BJP office in Malleswaram, Bengaluru, had close connections with subversive elements and sleeper cells of terrorist organisation Al Ummah in Tamil Nadu, investigators revealed on Tuesday. He also supplied them explosives on at least three occasions. […]
» Read moreBeijing: Web-based loan sharks in China have found an unconventional way of guaranteeing loans: demanding naked photos from female borrowers. The state-run Southern Metropolis Daily reported this week that private lenders are asking female borrowers to send nude photos of themselves along with their ID cards, warning that the photos will be made public if payments are not made on […]
» Read moreAndhra Pradesh is perhaps the first State to have obtained a telecom licence and it can issue phone numbers starting with the ‘797’ series from August this year! It indirectly got the opportunity to start an internet based telephone service ‘without requiring any further registration’ after it obtained permission from the Telecom Ministry for starting its own IPTV — Internet […]
» Read moreTwo-wheeler major India Yamaha Motor today launched a disc brake variant of its scooter, Cygnus Alpha, priced at Rs. 52,556 (ex-showroom Delhi). “The scooter market has witnessed a rapid growth in the last few years and Yamaha has been able to make steady inroads in the segment,” Yamaha Motor India’s Vice-President, Sales & Marketing, Roy Kurian said in a statement. […]
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