Typhoon Hits China’s Hainan After Shutting Down Hong Kong
HONG KONG: A powerful typhoon slammed into China’s Hainan island on Tuesday after sweeping past Hong Kong where it disrupted flights and forced the closure of the stock market and container ports. Typhoon Kalmaegi buffeted Hong Kong with gusts of up to 159 kilometres (98 miles) per hour as it... read more »
China President Xi’s India visit: PM Narendra Modi invokes timeless I...
AHMEDABAD: Ahmedabad is buzzing with excitement. For, not every day does a Chinese President come calling on a state, forget about flagging off his India tour from one. But these are different times, and Ahmedabad is big on the Indian map, from where the Chinese President Xi Jinping will kick off... 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, 2014 and March 31, 2015. Meanwhile, Jet Airways is also offering promotional fares on tickets purchased before... 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 schemes’ and would face prosecution for violation of several laws. The investigation concluded that the group... read more »
Rajasthan Ambulance Scam: FIR Names Sachin Pilot, Ashok Gehlot, Karthi Chidambaram
Jaipur – Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot have been named in an FIR filed in connection to an alleged ambulance scam under the... read more »
Himachal mishap: Navy divers to be engaged in search operations
Navy divers deputed by the Defence Ministry are on their way to join the search for the bodies of Hyderabad engineering college students, who were washed away in river Beas. Following the... read more »
US court dismisses lawsuit against Sonia in 1984 riots case
A US court here has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Sikh group against Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the anti-Sikh riots case, granting her motion that there is lack of subject matter... read more »
Jaitley seeks explanation on affidavit, Congress asks for Gen Singh’s resignation
Union Defence Minister Arun Jaitley has sought an explanation from senior officials in his ministry on how passages imputing motives to former Army Chief – and now MoS for the north east,... read more »
Sharif says he is ‘looking forward to work with Modi’
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has written to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi expressing satisfaction over his meeting with him recently and said he was looking forward to working with him... read more »
