U-17 World Cup organisers bank on patriotism to draw crowds
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) FIFA U-17 World Cup tournament director Javier Ceppi asserted on Friday that the feeling of singing the Indian national anthem for the first time at a world level football tournament should attract crowds at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here. The capital will host the six matches of Group A — […]
Won’t back down due to few black flags, says Rahul in Gujarat
August 04, 2017 Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi visited flood affected areas in Gujarat, on Friday, where he was also shown black flags by a group of protesters. Addressing the villagers and the media, Rahul Gandhi said that he was in Assam the other day, Rajasthan on Friday and now in Gujarat. Amidst his speech, few […]
No proposal to buy F-16 fighters for IAF: Minister
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) There is no proposal to buy F-16 fighter jets for the Indian Air Force at the moment, the government said on Friday. This comes as Tata Group and American aerospace giant Lockheed Martin have signed a deal to jointly produce the F-16 fighter jets in India, which was signed during […]
Gold steady near 7-week highs ahead of U.S. jobs data
August 2017 LONDON (Reuters) – Gold steadied on Friday near a seven-week high as the dollar traded at near 15-month lows in the wake of weak U.S. data and political turmoil in Washington, though traders were mostly biding their time ahead of key U.S. jobs data due later. Data late Thursday showed a much sharper […]
Lal Singh hands over orders to youth appointed as Rehbar-e-Janglat
JAMMU, AUGUST 04: Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment, Choudhary Lal Singh today handover 202 appointment orders to forestry graduates, post graduates and DDR trained youth designated as Rehbar-e-Janglat, here at a function. Chief Wildlife Warden, Manoj Panth, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Roshan Jaggi, Director SFRI B M Sharma, Director Social Forestry, A […]
Ganga, Drabu interact with Jammu industrialists on GST
JAMMU Minster for Industries and Commerce, Chander Parkash Ganga and Minister for Finance and Dr Haseeb Drabu Friday convened a meeting to listen to the issues of the Jammu industrialists in the backdrop of Goods and Services Tax roll out in the state. The Finance Minister sought feedback and cooperation of the business community in the hassle-free […]
BJP-RSS cadres attacking, killing our men in Kerala, says CPI-M
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The CPI-M on Friday accused the BJP-RSS cadres for attacking and killing the Left party’s workers and supporters in Kerala and accused the BJP of “doublespeak”. “The BJP leadership is indulging in doublespeak on the clashes between CPI-M and BJP-RSS workers in Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala,” the Communist Party of […]
Second Test: India tighten grip against Sri Lanka on 2nd day
Colombo, Aug 4 (IANS) Sri Lanka posted 50/2 in their first innings in reply to India’s mamoth total of 622/9 declared at stumps on the second day of the second cricket Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club here on Friday. Kusal Mendis (16 batting) and Dinesh Chandimal (8 batting) were at the crease when the […]
Two US soldiers wounded in deadly Afghanistan attack
August 04, 2017 KABUL, Afghanistan – Two U.S. service members were wounded Thursday night in a suicide attack that left one Georgian soldier dead and three Georgians and an Afghan interpreter wounded in Qarabagh District, in Kabul Province. The wounded were all in stable condition at the Bagram Airfield military hospital. “Our prayers today […]
Prices of subsidised LPG zoom 16% since Modi took charge
August 04, 2017 The prices of subsidised cooking gas zoomed by 16 per cent, from Rs 414 per cylinder when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government came to power in May 2014 to Rs 479.77 in August 2017, despite global crude oil prices dipping by about 49 per cent. The Narendra Modi-led government had stormed […]
