The Union government today announced Rs 10,000 crore road and bridge development projects for Nagaland besides committing a slew of road projects for the entire northeast India in five year period. Road and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari told reporters here that Nagaland road project will be taken up till March 2017. Turning to the infrastructure development of entire northeast India, […]
» Read moreWith e-catering being introduced by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), Indian Railways has started withdrawing pantry cars from long-distance trains but this may not go down too well with passengers just yet. Some of the trains from which pantry car services have been withdrawn pass through stations without e-catering services during breakfast, lunch or dinner time. Passengers […]
» Read moreNEW DELHI: India has moved up one position to become the world’s seventh most valued ‘nation brand’, with an increase of 32 per cent in its brand value to USD 2.1 billion. The US remains on the top with a valuation of USD 19.7 billion, followed by China and Germany at the second and the third positions respectively, as per […]
» Read moreFirst, Rs 38 lakh went missing from a builder’s house on Tuesday. On Thursday, his 14-year-old daughter was “abducted” while three of her friends went missing too. On Saturday, the girls and the cash — most of it — were found in Dehradun. What unfolded was the story of a bored schoolgirl and her devious plans for an escapade with […]
» Read moreCAIRO: Egyptian military has spotted the wreckage of a Russian passenger plane that crashed today in the Sinai Peninsula with 224 people on board, the government said. “Military planes have discovered the wreckage of the plane… in a mountainous area, and 45 ambulances have been directed to the site to evacuate dead and wounded,” a cabinet statement said. A “Russian […]
» Read moreMillionaire NRI Robin Raina to see slums being demolished and scores of people rendered homeless as India dressed itself up for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Raina. Raina, who runs a highly successful billion dollar American software company and recently won a multi-million dollar deal with London Stock Exchange, decided to come to the rescue of Delhi’s Bawana refugees by building […]
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