Schoolgirl acid attack: NCW team in hospital, DCW to issue notice to Delhi Police

New Delhi (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken cognizance of the acid attack on a schoolgirl in Delhi, and its team reached the hospital to inquire into the matter, said an official on Wednesday.

Rekha Sharma, the NCW chairperson…

ICAO rejects Spicejet's audit story

New Delhi (IANS) Days after the budget airline SpiceJet claimed that its safety processes were found to be strong during an exhaustive audit by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the UN's civil aviation agency clarified that…

Wholesale inflation falls to 21-month low of 5.85% in Nov, FM gives credit to PM

New Delhi (IANS) The wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation fell to a 21-month low of 5.85 per cent in November on account of low prices of food.

Reacting to the fall in WPI inflation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Lok Sabha…

'PLA was planning to set up observation post near Arunachal's Holy waterfalls'

Kolkata (IANS) Like in Galwan, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) was planning to set up an Observation Post (OP) on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at Yangste in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, when the Indian Army personnel intervened. This…

Nifty Bank closes at 44,049 points on Wednesday

Chennai (IANS) With growth in bank credit and lending rates going up faster than the interest on deposits, bank stocks performed well at the NSE with Nifty Bank touching a high of 44,151.80 points on Wednesday.

The Nifty Bank index opened strongly…

Coal businessman shot dead under mysterious conditions

Dhanbad: A youth involved in the coal business was shot dead under mysterious conditions in Vikash Nagar under the Bank More police station of the coal city. The police officer said that the incident occurred between 1.30 am to 2 am
on the intervening…

Ishaan Kishan reaches Ranchi to play for Jharkhand in Ranji against Kerala

Ranchi: Indian team’s explosive batsman Ishaan Kishan reached Ranchi on Monday. Fans gave a warm welcome to their local boy in Ranchi. He accepted everyone’s greetings and also answered the questions of the media.

When he was asked about the…

We changed the system prevailing for 20 years, that’s why the opposition is upset: CM

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who reached Gumla as part of the Khatiyani Johar Yatra, lashed out at the former governments. He has said that for the last five, 10, 15, 20 years people used to get tired of going around the block office for their…

Tribals, Dalits, backward and minorities need to be intellectually strong: Hemant Soren

Gumla: Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that Tribals, Dalits, Backward and Minorities need to be intellectually strong for which the best medium is education. 

While addressing girl students at St Patrick’s Cathedral Complex here he told the…

India has firm control on 17,000-ft peak in Arunachal, Rajnath holds high-level meet

New Delhi (IANS) After a clash between the Indian Army and Chinese PLA on 17,000-ft high peak in Arunachal Pradesh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a high-level meeting with the NSA, Army chief and CDS. Sources have said that India was firmly…