Russia’s transportation minister says flights between Moscow and the Egyptian capital of Cairo are to resume in February after a two-year hiatus. Moscow suspended flights to Egypt after an Islamic State bomb brought down a Russian airliner over Sinai in October 2015, killing all 224 people on board. The attack decimated Egypt’s vital tourism industry. Maxim Sokolov said in comments […]
» Read moreChief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu gave his approval to the design of the Legislative Assembly building from two options at a meeting with the officials of the A.P.-Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) and representatives of the Foster+Partners (F+P), in which film director S.S. Rajamouli had made some suggestions on giving a cultural dimension. A tower having the Assembly hall on […]
» Read moreFive suspected naxalites of CPI (ML) Chandra Pulla Reddy (Bata) faction were killed in an encounter with the police in the Mellamadugu forest area of Tekulapalli mandal in the early hours of Thursday. Three more members of the “naxal group” are understood to have suffered gunshot wounds in the incident. This is the first major “exchange of fire” involving the […]
» Read moreA suicide bomber in police uniform blew himself up inside a police training camp in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday, killing at least 13 police officers, officials said. Police spokesman Major Mohamed Hussein said the attacker, with explosives strapped to his body, infiltrated the General Kahiye Police Training Academy and struck during a police parade. Abdikadir Abdirahman, the director of […]
» Read moreChennai-based industrialist C.V. Karthik Narayanan died on Wednesday morning in Chennai. He was 79 and is survived by his wife Uma, son Ram Gopal and daughter Gayathri. Narayanan, was Chairman of Ucal Auto Pvt Ltd and an independent director at Sundram Fasteners Ltd (SFL). He also spearheaded Standard Motor Products of India Ltd, which was an iconic brand in the […]
» Read moreOver 14 crore Permanent Account Numbers (PANs) have been linked with Aadhaar till now, official sources said on Tuesday. With this, about 41% of PANs are now linked with Aadhaar numbers. There are about 33 crore PAN cards, while Aadhaar has been issued to about 115 crore people. “Over 41 crore PANs have been linked with the Aadhaar till now. […]
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