Month: October 2018

Bigg Boss 12, Day 44, October 31: Sreesanth, Vikas Gupta engage in war of words 

Residents of the Bigg Boss house woke up to the tunes of a Bollywood song and each of them looked quite charged up. As the day began, the contestants headed to the lawn to continue their ‘Diwali special’ task. Let’s see what happened in the Bigg Boss house on Day 44: The preachers Former contestants of Bigg...

October 31, 2018

Lenovo K9 goes on sale in India via Flipkart; check price, specifications

Lenovo K9 has a dual camera setup on its front and rear, and is available in two colour variants — black and blue. The phone comes with 12nm octa-core processor, 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB ROM expandable upto 256 GB.

October 31, 2018

PM Modi should dare to bring law for Ram temple on lines of Somanth: VHP

"The way Sardar Patel reconstructed Somnath temple in Gujarat, the Prime Minister should dare to bring a law in the coming winter session of parliament," said VHP spokesperson Vinod Bansal.

October 31, 2018

PM Modi expresses delight as South Korean President poses in ‘Modi jacket’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his delight on Wednesday after South Korean President Moon Jae-in posted photos of himself on Twitter while wearing a ‘Modi jacket’.

October 31, 2018

Himachal government invites suggestions for budget 2019-20

The Himachal Pradesh government has started process of formulation of the state budget for the year 2019-2020 and has invited suggestions. A spokesperson of the state government said on Wednesday that the government has invited suggestions from the general public, industries, trade and farmers’ associations on the budget in order to make it more people...

October 31, 2018

Oxford University Press India partners with CENTA for Teaching Professionals’ Olympiad 2018

This year, TPO is available in 21 subject tracks (up from 14 last year) across Primary, Middle, Secondary, and Senior Secondary school levels.

October 31, 2018

Amritsar train tragedy: Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife summoned for inquiry

Opposition leaders and locals alleged that Navjot Kaur fled the scene after the train mowed down the people.

October 31, 2018

Odisha government to install CCTVs in SC/ST hostels

Department Minister Ramesh Majhi said that out of the total 7,000 hostels, 1,000 would be under the cover of CCTVs in the first phase.

October 31, 2018

Ancient manuscripts found in remote Uttarakhand village thrill historians

The records are related to the Gorkha attack, revenue records, local vegetation, ayurveda, ritual literature, etc.

October 31, 2018

US retreats step-by-step on oil sanctions: Rouhani

Rouhani said that the Iranian government was not intimidated by the US threats.

October 31, 2018

Mortal remains of DD cameraman killed by Naxals in Chhattisgarh consigned to flames

The mortal remains of Doordarshan cameraman Achyutanand Sahu was consigned to flames at his village Ghusuramunda here on Wednesday. Achyutanand Sahu was killed by Naxals in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday when he was on duty and accompanying security forces. The Odisha police accorded a guard of honour before the body was laid to rest. Sahu is...

October 31, 2018

Aircel-Maxis case: ED opposes Chidambaram anticipatory bail plea

The CBI on July 19 filed a chargesheet against 18 persons in the case, including the former Finance Minister and Karti.

October 31, 2018

Delhi court grants bail to CBI DSP in case involving Rakesh Asthana

Besides them, two alleged middlemen -- Manoj Prasad and Somesh Prasad -- have also been named as accused in the case.

October 31, 2018

Sardar Patel played key role in integration of princely states: Jai Ram Thakur

“This statue was not only a true tribute to Bharat Rattan Sardar Patel but would also emerge as a major tourist destination of the country,” he added.

October 31, 2018

Railways take on airlines by offering discounted fares

On September 9, 2016, the railways had introduced flexi-fare for premier trains: 44 Rajdhanis, 52 Durontos and 46 Shatabdi Express trains.

October 31, 2018

Did Sardar Patel not ban RSS? Congress asks Modi

The government banned the RSS on February 4, 1948, days after Nathuram Godse shot dead Mahatma Gandhi here.

October 31, 2018

West Bengal remains optimistic with Deocha Pachmi coal block

Mitra said the state government has the vision of creating a mining equipment manufacturing and precision technology hub.

October 31, 2018