Agra: Scores of water activists late on Thursday sat in a boat placed on the dry Yamuna river bed to protest the government's apathy towards the river. "The whole idea of trying to sail the boat on the sand was to draw public attention towards the sad state of the river which should have water round the year," Shailendra Singh...
Ne Delhi: Rajya Sabha was disrupted on Friday over union minister and retired General V.K. Singh's comments after killing of two Dalit children in Haryana, forcing a brief adjournment soon after the house met. As soon as the house met, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati was on her feet. "Ever since BJP led NDA government haws come in the...
New Delhi: Sehnaj Singh's superb long range shot ensured a dramatic climax to help hosts Delhi Dynamos force a eventful 3-3 draw against Kerala Blasters in an Indian Super League (ISL) contest here on Thursday. Blasters were ahead 3-2 till regulation time and fourth victory in 14 group matches seemed set to clinch what would have been only their fourth...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked a man to pay Rs.5 lakh to his estranged wife for treatment of her life-threatening breast cancer, saying that it was his "pre-existing duty" to provide facilities for her treatment. "It is a primary duty of the husband only to provide facilities for the treatment of the petitioner (wife). This is a pre-existing...
Aizawl: Keeping in mind the grassroots level programme, Aizawl Football Club will train about 3,000 tribal children in the age group of 6 to 14 in a first three-year cycle which will kick-off in February 2016. With funding from the Tata Trusts, the North East Initiative Development Agency (NEIDA) will be the nodal agency of the project, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan...
Hyderabad: The National Association for Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) on Thursday said the industry will hire 2.75 lakh while the revenues will grow by $20 billion during the current financial year. The apex body of IT industry has thus revised the earlier hiring projection of 2.30 lakh. NASSCOM chairman B.V.R. Mohan Reddy attributed the earlier projection to the slow...
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi on Thursday tabled an amendment in the assembly, seeking a whopping 400 percent increase in the salary of legislators and ministers. The Member of Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Salaries, Allowances, Pensions, etc) (Amendment Bill) proposes the hike from the present Rs.88,000 to over Rs.2 lakh per month...
New Delhi: The Indian Navy was looking to create more infrastructure in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, navy chief Admiral R.K. Dhowan said on Thursday, terming the islands "strategically located". "There is particular focus on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as extended arms of the country," Admiral Dhowan said at the annual press conference ahead of Navy Day on Friday....
New Delhi: Five states, including Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, have issued notices inviting tenders for 28 of the proposed 70 mines to go under the hammer in the first phase of the auction process for mines like iron ore and limestone, it was announced on Thursday. "After amendment in the MMDR Act for transparent allotment of mines, the auction...
Zurich: World football governing body FIFA has approved a raft of reforms which will see an increase in the number of women involved in decision-making and term limits for senior officials, whose salaries will be made public. The main reforms in the proposal, which was introduced by the 2016 FIFA reform committee, include term limits for the FIFA president and...
