Brexit risks, BoE pull sterling off highs
Author: ReutersSat, 2017-03-25ID: 1490387288084793700LONDON: Sterling fell against the dollar and euro on Friday, retreating from the previous session’s one-month highs, as investors braced for Britain’s beginning the formal process of leaving the EU next week.An interview with Bank of England (BoE) policymaker Gertjan Vlieghe in The Times also laid out the argument for the BoE looking through […]
US urged to slap duties on biodiesel from Argentina, Indonesia
Author: ReutersSat, 2017-03-25ID: 1490387288044793100WASHINGTON: US biodiesel producers on Thursday asked the government to impose antidumping duties on imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia that it says have flooded the US market and violated trade agreements.The move by the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) trade group comes after two years of tension between US and foreign producers over […]
Hyderabad: Former Congress MP Hanumantha Rao taken into preventive custody, released – Zee News
Zee News Hyderabad: Former Congress MP Hanumantha Rao taken into preventive custody, releasedZee NewsHyderabad: Former Congress MP V Hanumantha Rao was on Saturday taken into preventive custody after he staged a sit-in here protesting against the registration of a case against him for allegedly abusing a police official. “Rao along with 13 other local …Hyderabad: Former […]
Jaitley defamation case: Kejriwal on trial after court frames notice against him
Entertainment The trial in the case will commence on May 20. IANS Arvind_Kejriwal_020916PTI750x500.jpg Digital Native A Delhi court on Saturday framed notice against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other Aam Aadmi Party leaders in a defamation case filed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass framed the defamation notice against […]
Railway minister Suresh Prabhu launches rail infra projects in Hyderabad – Times of India
Times of India Railway minister Suresh Prabhu launches rail infra projects in HyderabadTimes of IndiaHYDERABAD: Union minister for railways, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu made a strong pitch for Indian Railways going into Joint Ventures (JVs) with state governments to expedite completion of rail projects. He also stressed on the need for energy savings and …Suresh Prabhu inaugurates […]
Drug-addicted parrots are plundering India’s poppy fields to get… err… high
After eating the poppy pods, they sleep for hours, and sometimes even fall to their death. TNM Staff parrots-compressed.jpg Image for representation India’s poppy fields are facing a new kind of challenge- drug-addicted parrots. The Mirror UK reported that these birds are plundering the poppy fields to satiate their opium addiction, even risking their lives. The clever […]
AAP writes to EC, demands verification of paper trail in Punjab
[India], Mar. 25 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday alleged that there is clear and irrefutable evidence of manipulation of results at polling booths in the Punjab Assembly Elections. The AAP has appealed to the Election Commission of India that the results of all polling booths where VVPAT had been deployed be cross-verified […]
Bikaner rape case: Charges are serious, can't be denied, says Rajasthan HM
[India], Mar. 25 (ANI): Taking cognizance of the Bikaner sexual assault case, Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria dubbed it a serious offence, saying that it should not be overlooked. “This has come out in counter of a case, but charges are very serious and can’t be denied,” Kataria told ANI. Earlier in the day, […]
Anti-romeo squads must not trouble youth unnecessarily: Adityanath
[India], Mar. 25 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said the anti-romeo squads must not trouble youngsters unnecessarily, adding that stern actions would be taken against the eve-teasers. “We have formed anti-romeo squads and now eve-teasers will be dealt with. But girls and boys on moving around or sitting at any place […]
UP cop suspended for consuming tobacco
[India], Mar. 25 (ANI): In what may come as a shock for many, SO Nagesh Mishra of Madiyaon Police Station was on Saturday suspended after he made everyone swear to a vow of cleanliness while he was consuming tobacco. It may be noted that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the state government […]
