In Gujarat, eight persons killed in a fire at cracker shop in Vadodra

New Delhi: In Gujarat, eight persons were killed Friday in a fire broke out at a cracker shop in Rustampura village of Vaghodia tehsil of Vadodara district. According to Police, the fire started at the cracker shop outside a two-story building Friday evening and spread to its ground floor which had a shop. However, a […]

Delhi Govt. to set up air treatment system to deal with air pollution in city

New Delhi: The Delhi government has announced a three-tier air treatment system to deal with rising air pollution in city ahead of Diwali. It includes setting up of wind purification units, mist fountains and virtual chimney at five major traffic intersections on trial basis. State PWD Minister Satyendar Jain, who is also the head of […]

Delhi court sends Shoaib Hasan the accused with alleged Pakistan espionage case to an 11-day police custody

New Delhi: A Delhi court has sent Shoaib Hasan, the third accused arrested in connection with the alleged Pakistan espionage case, to an 11-day police custody. He was arrested in Delhi after being brought from Jodhpur and produced before the court Friday. Police said, Hasan was involved in the espionage ring in which Pakistan High […]

IED blast shatters main commercial hub of Imphal this morning

  New Delhi: A medium-intensity Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast shattered Gandhi Avenue, the main commercial hub of Imphal this morning. Police said, there was no casualty, though the blast damaged some buildings and vehicle parked nearby. Security forces were rushed to the incident site. Vigil has been intensified in view of the Ningol Chakkouba […]

Country’s Forex Reserves rises by USD 1 billion to USD 367.14 billion

New Delhi: Country’s Forex Reserves rose by USD 1 billion to USD 367.14 billion for the week ended October 21 on the back of increase in the core currency assets. The Reserve Bank said that Foreign Currency Assets -FCAs, a major component of the overall reserves, increased by USD 1.015 billion to USD 341.923 billion. […]

NCTF meets to discuss ways for developing roadmap for implementation of WTO’s trade facilitation agreement

New Delhi: National Committee on Trade Facilitation (NCTF) met Friday in New Delhi to discuss ways for developing the roadmap for implementation of WTO’s trade facilitation agreement.This was the first meeting of NCTE. Speaing at the meeting ,the Cabinet Secretary and Chairman of the NCTF, P K Sinha stressed on the need to continuously move […]

Bangladesh introduces temporary ban on catching Hilsa Fish

Dhaka: In Bangladesh, more than 900 fishermen have been arrested and Army deployed to patrol its waterways after introducing a temporary ban on catching Hilsa in an effort to save the hugely popular fish. Official sources said in Dhaka that anyone caught catching Hilsa faces at least a year in jail under a 22-day ban […]

Fifth and deciding game of ODI series between IND and NZ will be played in Visakhapatnam today

New Delhi: In Cricket, the fifth and deciding game of the One Day International series between India and New Zealand will be played in Visakhapatnam today. The match will begin at 1:30 PM. The 5-match series is currently tied at 2-2 and the Men in Blue will today look to maintain their perfect series record […]

India will clash with South Korea in semi-finals of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy in Kuantan, Malaysia today

New Delhi: In Hockey, India will clash with South Korea in the semi-finals of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy in Kuantan, Malaysia today. The game will kick off at 3:45 PM Indian Time. India was unbeaten in the round-robin stage and had topped the 6-nation table with 13 points. It won four of the five games […]

Mahendra Singh Dhoni dropped the biggest bomb shell in Indian cricket