Saudi authorities arrest 5 suspects in separate drug-trafficking cases
RIYADH,13 JULY: Saudi authorities have arrested five people for drug trafficking offenses, seizing a large volume of the narcotic plant qat and hashish, plus amphetamine tablets and other restricted drugs in separate operations, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday. Agents of the General Directorate of Narcotics Control arrested three Egyptian residents in Riyadh during […]
India has potential to become world’s 2nd largest economy by 2031: RBI Dy Governor
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) Given the country’s innate strengths, it is possible to imagine India striking out into the next decade to become the second largest economy in the world not by 2048, but by 2031, and the largest economy of the world by 2060, RBI Deputy Governor Michael Debabrata Patra has said. In a […]
Did Rahul Gandhi and Kamala Harris speak over phone? US V-P’s office debunks ‘lies’
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) United States Vice President Kamala Harris and the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi had a telephonic conversation on Thursday evening, some reports said while social media saw strong buzz over Rahul’s interaction with the US V-P of Indian descent, widely seen as a possible candidate in […]
Calcutta HC’s Justice Amrita Sinha now to hear teachers’ recruitment cases
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha from now onwards will be hearing the matters related to irregularities in the recruitment of primary teachers in state-run schools of West Bengal. To date, the same cases have been heard at the bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha. Insiders from the Calcutta […]
K’taka tribal Board chief missing as ED prepares to take Daddal into custody
Bengaluru, July 13 (IANS) The Chairman of the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited (KMVSTDC), Basanagouda Daddal, is reportedly missing even as the ED prepares to take him into custody in connection with irregularities in the Board. Sources said on Saturday that Karnataka Congress MLA Daddal cannot be found at his residence in […]
Tribal board case: Ex-Karnataka minister Nagendra sent to ED custody till July 18
Bengaluru, July 13 (IANS) A special court on Saturday remanded former state minister B. Nagendra to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till July 18 in connection with the multi-crore scam in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation Limited (KMVSTDC). When he was produced before the special court judge, Santhosh Gajanan Bhat, Nagendra said that […]
Bengal bypolls: Victory certain for TMC in all four assembly seats
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Victory for Trinamool Congress is almost certain in the bypolls to all the four assembly constituencies in West Bengal. At Ranaghat-Dakshin constituency in Nadia district, the Trinamool Congress candidate Dr Mukut Mani Adhikari was ahead of the BJP candidate Manoj Kumar Biswas by over 26,000 votes at the time the report […]
PM to launch, lay foundation of projects worth Rs 29,000 cr in Maha
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Mumbai visit on Saturday will inaugurate and lay the foundation of a slew of projects worth Rs 29,000 crore ahead of the forthcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections slated for September-October. The launch of these projects is a part of the Mahayuti’s Assembly poll strategy to flag […]
Six killed in road accident in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Six persons were killed in a road accident on Saturday on the state highway at Keshpur in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district. Eyewitnesses said the accident occurred as an over-speeding ambulance overtook another vehicle and collided head-on with a cement-laden truck. Of the deceased, four have been identified as Anima Mallick, […]
Centre approves IIT Bombay’s research proposal for sustainable maritime practices
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The government on Saturday approved a research proposal by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) that will aim to create value from dredged sediments by converting them into aggregates suitable for various construction fields. The Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways (MoPSW) approved the research proposal on ‘Valorisation […]
