Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Rahul Gandhi on his elevation as Congress president. “I congratulate Rahul Ji on his election as Congress President. My best wishes for a fruitful tenure. @OfficeOfRG,” PM Modi tweeted. Earlier today, the Congress named Rahul its new president. I congratulate Rahul Ji on his election as Congress President. My best wishes for a […]
» Read moreThree Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, two bank guards and a woman were killed in two separate shootouts in the Kashmir Valley on Monday. “Three Pakistani militants were neutralised by the joint team of forces in Unsoo, Handwara,” Director-General of Police S.P. Vaid said. One woman, identified as Misra Bano, was also found dead near the site. A police spokesman said the […]
» Read moreCongress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was elected unopposed as president of the Indian National Congress here on Monday. Briefing reporters, the party’s central election authority chief Mullappally Ramachandran said Mr. Gandhi will formally take over on December 16. “Since the withdrawal of date/time is over and as there is only one candidate (Rahul), as per Article XVII (d) of the Constitution […]
» Read moreThree militants were killed by security forces in an operation in north Kashmir’s Baramulla on Monday morning. A woman also died near the operation site. “Three Pakistani militants have been neutralised by the joint team of forces in Unsoo, Handwara,” said Director General of Police, Kashmir, S.P. Vaid. A police official said the militants were killed in a gunfight during […]
» Read morePost the merger of its five associates, State Bank of India has changed names and IFSC codes of nearly 1,300 of its branches. The country’s largest lender has changed the names and IFSC codes of branches located in major cities such as Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Lucknow, among others. “Some of our old associate branches are […]
» Read moreThree young Mumbaikars’ steadfast determination to make a change in health care, education and gender violence, has earned them the coveted Queen’s Young Leaders Award. Aditya Kulkarni, 27, Deane De Menezes, 24, and Trisha Shetty, 27, will be felicitated at a special ceremony by Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace in London next June. The trio, who received personal […]
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