Goa CM Parrikar allots portfolios to Cabinet Ministers
[India], Mar. 20 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday allotted portfolios to his Cabinet Ministers.While, the former defence minister will hold Home, Finance, Personnel, General Administration, Vigilance (GAD) and Transport department, Public Works Department (PWD) has been handed over to Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) chief Sudin Dhavalikar.Goa Forward Party leader Vijai Sardesai holds […]
It is not my success but BJP's victory, says Manipur CM
[India] Mar.20 (ANI): After winning the crucial trust vote in Manipur, with 32 votes in its favour, Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh marked himself as a lucky person saying that it is not his success alone but all together Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) victory.Speaking to ANI here, Nongthombam Biren Singh said, “I thank my team, […]
DMK MP Kanimozhi leads march for Women’s Reservation Bill in Delhi
Led by its Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi, the DMK on Monday staged a protest march in the national capital seeking early passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill. The Bill proposes 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and all state legislative assemblies. “It remains a puzzle as to why the Women’s Reservation […]
No US jobs for junior Infosys employees, company restricts H1B visa applications
At a time when the threat of H1B Visa restrictions is looking over the Indian IT Industry, Infosys has decided that it will not apply for H1B visas for junior employees, according to a report in The Economic Times. A company executive told ET that the company will not be applying for visas for employees […]
In one of the biggest telecom deals, Idea and Vodafone India announce merger
In one of the biggest mergers in the telecom space, Vodafone India and Aditya Birla Group-promoted Idea Cellular on Monday announced their much-awaited amalgamation. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, will be its Chairman. “Vodafone Group and Idea Cellular announced they have reached an agreement to combine their operations in India (excluding […]
NIT Warangal student jumps to death at college hostel, depression suspected
A 22-year-old final year civil engineering student of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Warangal reportedly killed himself by jumping off the sixth floor of his hostel building on Sunday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Sanketh Kumar Suryavamsi, a resident of Latur district in Maharashtra. “Around 2 pm, Sanketh jump off from the sixth floor […]
KCR gets praised by Kerala CM for welfare schemes, but also criticized for ‘culture protection’
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday hosted lunch for visiting Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at his official residence in Hyderabad. While the Telangana CM was praised for his welfare schemes, he was also in the line of fire as Vijayan lashed out at the Sangh parivar. Vijayan, who is on a two-day visit to […]
Charred body of a woman found at isolated place in Vizag
The charred body of a woman has been found on Sunday at an isolated place near Kannurupalem village of Kasimkota mandal in Visakhapatnam. The woman is reportedly aged between 25 to 30, and police are yet to confirm her identity. According to The Hindu, the body was found by locals in the farmland, after which they informed the […]
Hyderabad ABVP workers stage protest against Kerala CM, blame him for RSS killings
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarathi Parishad (ABVP) workers staged a protest against visiting Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in Hyderabad on Sunday, blaming him for the killing of RSS workers in Kerala. Raising slogans of “Vijayan go back” they tried to disrupt a meeting which was being addressed by the Kerala Chief Minister. Police, however, arrested […]
'Missing' Indian clerics return safely to Karachi
Author: Associated PressSun, 2017-03-19ID: 1489926974055149800 KARACHI, Pakistan: A family member says the two prominent Indian Muslim clerics who were reported missing during a visit to Pakistan earlier this month have returned safely, saying they were traveling in a remote area with no cellular service. Waziruddin Nizami said Sunday that his uncle Asif Ali Nizami, the custodian of […]
