Chinese President Xi Jinping has been given a second five-year term as leader of the Communist Party. Mr. Xi returned to the post of secretary general following the inaugural meeting of the new Central Committee on Wednesday that was elected at the party’s twice-a-decade national congress on Tuesday. The party congress already elevated Mr. Xi’s status as China’s most powerful […]
» Read moreAfter pushing a Muslim reservation quota of 12 per cent, the Telangana government has decided to develop an industrial estate and information technology (IT) corridor exclusively for Muslims in the state. On Monday, after a review meeting at Pragati Bhawan, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced loans up to 100 per cent, subsidized loan of Rs 2.50 lac for Muslim […]
» Read moreNarendra Patel, a key member of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), has claimed that the BJP offered him ₹1 crore to break away from the Patidar agitation and join it. Mr. Patel joined the BJP on Sunday evening in the presence of Varun Patel, another aide of Hardik Patel who joined the party on Saturday after meeting BJP president […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of the ₹615 crore ‘roll-on-roll-off’ (Ro-Ro) ferry service between Ghogha in Saurashtra and Dahej in south Gujarat. He launched the first phase at a rally in Ghogha in the presence of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel. “This is the first of its kind project not […]
» Read moreSeven members of an Indian cargo vessel were on Saturday rescued by Sri Lankan fishermen, according to the spokesperson of the Sri Lankan Navy. A group of Sri Lankan fishermen had found the Indian cargo vessel heading for the Maldives. They rescued the crew members and handed them over to the Sri Lankan Navy, Navy spokesman Commander Lankanatha Dissanayake said. […]
» Read moreHyderabadis may have heaved a sigh of relief from the incessant rains that lasted almost a fortnight from October 1, but the quantum of rainfall the city had received is a record in 100 years. The number of rainy days during October is also a meteorological record with some or other part of the city receiving rainfall for almost 15 […]
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