Parrikar likely to meet protesters demanding OROP
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is expected to meet protesters who are demanding implementation of the One Rank One Pension (OROP) here today, a television channel has reported. Parrikar’s expected meeting comes in the wake of other media reporting that ex-servicemen organisations are... read more »
Turkish Airlines flight makes emergency landing at IGI airport
A Turkish Airlines flight, with 148 people on board, has made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. According to reports, the flight, which was plying between Bangkok and Istanbul, received a bomb threat. Media reports have stated that the plane has been taken to... read more »
SC issues notice to political parties on petition that they be brought unde...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to political parties on a petition filed demanding all that parties be brought under the Right to Information Act. “Today the Supreme Court has sent a notice to the Government of India, Election Commission as well as six national parties, in a... read more »
Textile Minister Santosh Gangwar lays foundation for apparel & garment...
Textile Minister Santosh Gangwar today laid the foundation stone for an apparel and garment making centre in Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram. “The centre will be the beginning of setting up an organised industry in Mizoram,” Gangwar said. Apparel and garment making centres are being... read more »
Rail Minister D.V.Sadananda Gowda proposes FDI in Railways to attract investments
Sparing passengers of any further fare hike, Railway Budget for 2014-15 proposes to attract private domestic and FDI in infrastructure projects and pursuing private-public partnership to... read more »
Railway Budget 2014-15: Highlights
No new increase in passenger fares and freight charges Bullet train in Mumbai-Ahmedabad sector Highest ever plan outlay of Rs. 65,455 crore for 2014-15 Expenditure in 2014-15... read more »
Bollywood ‘Baby Doll’ Sunny Leone starrer song ‘Pink Lips’ notches...
Sunny Leone is once again all the rage on YouTube with her latest video song ‘Pink Lips’. Bollywood ‘Baby Doll’ Sunny Leone-starrer song “Pink lips” is turning... read more »
Former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani wins Afghan presidential election
Kabul – Afghanistan declared former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani the winner of last month’s presidential election run-off on Monday on preliminary results that threaten to split... read more »
Powerful typhoon smashes Japan’s southern islands
A POWERFUL typhoon is pounding the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa, as residents take refuge from destructive winds, towering waves and storm surges. Airports closed and residents were evacuated... read more »
