Somnath Bharti raid: women’s panel to meet Lt Governor today to deman...
New Delhi – Members of the Delhi Commission for Women are likely to meet Lt Governor Najeeb Jung today to demand that an FIR or a First Information Report be registered against Law Minister Somnath Bharti, who is at the centre of a controversy over his “midnight raid” last week... read more »
Google fixes Gmail after brief outage around the world
San Francisco – Google Inc suffered a service outage on Friday that briefly took down Gmail, the email service used by hundreds of millions of people and many businesses across the globe. Google, which first acknowledged the outage at 11:12 a.m. Pacific Time (1912 GMT), said a little over... read more »
Kejriwal’s dharna: SC pulls up Delhi Police
The Supreme Court Friday pulled up the Delhi Police for allowing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues to hold dharna Jan 20 and 21 when prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) were in force. Directing the Delhi Police commissioner to... read more »
Gold, silver prices rise on brisk buying, global cues
Gold prices rose by Rs 200 to Rs 30,370 per ten grams in the national capital on Friday on brisk buying by stockists for the marriage season amid a firm global trend. Silver prices also jumped by Rs 500 to Rs 45,000 per kg on increased offtake by jewellery fabricators and industrial units. A... read more »
Legendary Telugu actor Akkineni Nageshwara Rao’s funeral today
Hyderabad – The Telugu film industry will take the body of Akkineni Nageshwara Rao in a procession from the AP Film Chamber of Commerce from Jubilee Hills to Annapurna Studios where... read more »
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) unlikely to cut rates despite dip in food prices
The Reserve Bank of India will likely hold interest rates steady when it meets next week thanks to easing inflation and as it waits for more data, according to a Reuters poll of economists,... read more »
China January manufacturing PMI falls to 49.6, first contraction in 6 months
Beijing – Activity in China’s factory sector contracted in January for the first time in six months as new orders declined, a preliminary private survey showed on Thursday,... read more »
Edward Snowden Denies Being a Russian Spy
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden denied allegations that he was acting as a Russian spy when he took classified intelligence documents and later fled the U.S. “This... read more »
All pre-2005 notes go out of currency from March 31
RBI on Wednesday decided to withdraw all currency notes issued prior to 2005, including Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 denominations, starting March 31. The step was aimed at curbing black money and fake... read more »
