PM Modi flags off Vande Bharat train connecting Secunderabad with Visakhapatnam

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged off Vande Bharat Express train connecting Secunderabad with Visakhapatnam via video conferencing, saying that it will link the shared heritage of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

This…

Amartya Sen's comments on Mamata's PM-like qualities irks BJP, Cong & CPI(M)

Kolkata (IANS) Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen's recent comments that Mamata Banerjee's qualities to achieve the chair of the Prime Minister of the country are unquestionable has irked the state leaderships of all the opposition parties.

Two earthquakes hit Himachal's Kangra

Shimla (IANS) Two earthquakes, one of a medium intensity measuring 3.2 magnitude on the Richter scale, hit Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district on early Saturday, the state disaster response department said.

The earthquake hit at 5.10 a.m.…

Calcutta HC ruckus: Special 3-judge bench to hear Justice Mantha's petition

Kolkata(IANS) The Calcutta High Court has constituted a special three-judge bench to hear the petition filed by Justice Rajasekhar Mantha regarding attempts by a section of Trinamool Congress confidant lawyers resisting their fellow professionals…

IITians, IIM graduates get pink slips in Goldman Sachs layoffs

New Delhi (IANS) The layoffs at global financial services firm Goldman Sachs has hit Indian workers hard as some of the impacted IITians and IIM graduates shared their plight on various social media platforms.

Global investment bank Goldman…

Pilots' body requests labour authority to restrain Air India from changing service conditions

New Delhi (IANS) Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) has written to the Labour authority requesting to take urgent note of the escalating situation and to restrain the Management of Air India from changing the conditions of service of its…

India to import 10 lakh tonnes of tur dal to offset possible production shortfall

New Delhi (IANS) In order to control domestic prices of pulses due to possible shortfall in production owing to weather and the 'wilt' disease, the government will import around 10 lakh tonnes of tur dal in the current marketing year (December-November)…

32 Swiss tourists to set sail on 'MV Ganga Vilas'

Varanasi (IANS) Thirty-two Swiss tourists will be part of the inaugural sail of 'MV Ganga Vilas' that will be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video conferencing on January 13.

The Swiss tourists will be a part of…

Cabinet approves setting up of 3 new multi-state cooperative societies

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved setting up of a national level multi-state cooperative seed society under Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002.

It will act as an apex organisation for production, procurement,…

Air India 'pee-gate': Delhi court reserves order on accused's bail plea

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday reserved its ruling on a bail plea filed by Shankar Mishra, who is accused of urinating on an elderly female co-passenger, while in a drunken state, on a New York-New Delhi flight in November last year.