Uber’s China rival Didi Kuaidi may join Ola fundraising
MUMBAI: The Uber vs Ola war is about to get more intense, and maybe even spill beyond the streets of India. Didi Kuaidi, China’s largest taxi-aggregator app, which is backed by Alibaba, the internet behemoth, is learnt to be investing in homegrown Ola, giving both players greater firepower to... read more »
RBI’s job is to keep inflation low at all times, says Rajan
MUMBAI: Despite the clamour for a rate cut to boost the stagnating economy, Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan has made it clear that the central bank favours a rate of interest that benefits both borrowers and savers. “For the RBI, the key tasks are to keep inflation low not just today... read more »
Israeli aircraft strike Gaza after rocket fire
Israel carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after Palestinian militants there fired rockets into southern Israel. The overnight air strikes targeted two training camps belonging to the Islamist group Hamas, causing no injuries, officials and witnesses said. Late on Friday, Gaza... read more »
Saudi-led coalition mistakenly kills 15 in Yemen
About 15 pro-government fighters were killed when Saudi-led warplanes shelled their military positions by mistake in Yemen’s oil-rich province of Marib, a military official has said. “A convoy of tribesmen fighting alongside with the Saudi-backed government forces was mistakenly hit by... read more »
Coal scam: Madhu Koda, eight others put on trial
Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda, former coal secretary H C Gupta and seven others were today put on trial by a special court here in connection with a case pertaining to alleged... read more »
Pakistani Woman Crosses Over To Punjab Without Passport, Arrested
JALANDHAR: In a major security lapse, a Pakistani woman managed to cross the Attari border without a passport and other travel documents and travelled till Jalandhar in Punjab before being... read more »
Heavy floods in Odisha, lakhs affected
Sorrow grapples Odisha as lakhs of people in six of it’s districts are badly affected by flood, Jajpur district being one of the worst affected areas. A high alert has been issued... read more »
Modi govt is firm on rooting out terrorism from India: Rajnath Singh speaks on Gurdaspur a...
New Delhi: Linking the Gurdaspur attack to Pakistan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the three terrorists had infiltrated from there to carry out the strike and asserted that... read more »
4 Indians, 2 each from Hyderabad and Karnataka, kidnapped in Liby...
NEW DELHI: Four Indians have been kidnapped by militants in Libya, the ministry of external affairs spokesman, Vikas Swarup, said on Friday. Of the four Indians kidnapped in Libya, three are teachers... read more »
