Separatist shutdown affects life in Srinagar
A separatist-called shutdown to protest ‘police high-handedness’ affected normal life in Srinagar on Saturday. The traffic on the strategic Srinagar-Jammu national highway, however, moved without any hiccups. Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, the chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, has called... read more »
BSF doing commendable job in guarding international border
Interacting with BSF jawans and officers posted in the Mizoram and Cachar Frontier yesterday, Pathak appreciated the hard work done by the troops and said they were doing a commendable job in keeping a vigil on the international border. Also appreciating their operational achievements, the DG... read more »
Chennai metro tunnelling causes cave-in, road gulps car
Acrater more than 10 feet across swallowed a car after a combination of metro rail tunnelling and layers of loose soil apparently caused a sudden cave-in near Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital on Poonamallee High Road at 2.15pm on Friday afternoon. As the road subsided without warning by at... read more »
GOVT HIKES MINIMUM EXPORT PRICE OF ONION TO CHECK DOMESTIC MARKET RATE
In an effort to curb soaring prices of onion in the domestic market, the government has increased the minimum export price (MEP) of onion by more than 140% from $175 per tonne to $425 a tonne. “Export of all varieties of onions will be subject to a MEP of $425 FOB (freight on board) per tonne,”... read more »
Can India really provide bank accounts to 1.2 billion people?
His recent pledge to provide bank accounts to all of his country’s 1.2 billion people – and in particular its poorest citizens – is one of the most audacious ever... read more »
‘Lusty’ vs ‘Napunsak’: Sena trash talks BJP but will have to yield...
On the face of it, there’s no end in sight to the tussle between the Shiv Sena and BJP over the seat sharing formula for the upcoming state elections in Maharashtra. And this is... read more »
After SpiceJet, Jet Airways, AirAsia India Join Fare conflict
AirAsia India is offering fares as low as Rs. 1,290 under a special promotional offer. This offer is applicable on bookings till September 21, 2014, and travel period between September 16,... read more »
Saradha group cos will face prosecution for violation of several laws: SFIO
Completing its probe into the ‘chit fund scam’ of 14 Saradha group firms, the Serious Fraud Investigation Office today said that these companies have been found to be running ‘ponzi... read more »
Hong Kong Protesters March as Leader Urges ‘Good Sense’
Pro-democracy activists staged a march yesterday demanding broader rights for Hong Kong’s first leadership election in 2017, defying a call by the city’s top official to back China on electoral... read more »
