Swimmers’ Club and Swim Club will host the 15th National Paralympics Swimming Championship 2015 here. The championship is being organised by the Paralympics Swimming Association of Karnataka affiliated to the Paralympics Swimming Federation of India and Paralympics Committee of India. It will be held at J.N. Medical College Swimming Pool in Nehru Nagar for two days from November 28. Announcing […]
» Read moreDenying CBI custodial interrogation of former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran in the illegal telephone exchange case, the Supreme Court on Friday directed him to appear before the CBI for questioning regularly for six days between November 30 and December 5 without fail. Mr. Maran will answer questions from the CBI between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. during this period. “We […]
» Read moreOla has appointed Rajiv Bansal as its chief financial officer (CFO). The former Infosys CFO will be joining Ola’s leadership team in January next year. Its current CFO Mitesh Shah will lead strategic finance initiatives as part of Bansal’s team. Bansal, who was a former EVP and CFO at Infosys, resigned from the second-largest IT services firm in October. He, […]
» Read moreTwenty fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan naval personnel on charges of allegedly violating the International Maritime Boundary Line this morning. Their four boats were also taken into custody, assistant director of fisheries department Gopinath said. Eleven of the fishermen belonging to Rameswaram were arrested near Katchatheevu, an islet ceded to Sri Lanka by India in 1974 and they were […]
» Read moreBihar will go dry from April 1, 2016, chief minister Nitish Kumar announced on Thursday. The chief minister made the announcement – a part of his election pledge – at an official function to mark Prohibition Day here. He said the poorest of the poor had been consuming liquor, badly hitting their families and their children’s education. Increasing liquor consumption […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi would accompany Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe to Kashi on December 12. Both premiers would enjoy Ganga Aarti in the evening followed by a dinner hosted by Modi for Abe at a hotel. Following intimation, senior district officials, including Nitin Ramesh Gokarn, DIG Varanasi Range SK Bhagat, district magistrate Rajmani Yadav and SSP Akash Kulhari, held a […]
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