Day: May 15, 2019

Geelani hails release of prisoners by India, Pak

6:42 pm May 15, 2019

Srinagar: Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani Wednesday hailed the goodwill gesture by India and Pakistan to release prisoners from their respective jails and called for use of such measures as permanent feature of relations between the two countries. Thirteen Pakistani nationals, including four fishermen, were repatriated to Pakistan on Tuesday through the […]

Gold loses sheen, falls Rs 135 on tepid demand

6:40 pm May 15, 2019

New Delhi: Gold prices Wednesday dropped by Rs 135 to Rs 33,260 per 10 gram in the national capital on lacklustre demand from jewellers, according to the All India Sarafa Association. Silver prices too fell by Rs 100 to Rs 38,200 per kg on reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Meanwhile, a possibility […]

India must prepare for borderless war: Rahul

Modi thinks only one person can run nation: Rahul

6:37 pm May 15, 2019

Bargari (Pb): Congress President Rahul Gandhi Wednesday lashed out at Narendra Modi, saying the Prime Minister thinks “only person can run the country while actually it is the people who run the nation. Gandhi noted that Modi used to make “fun” of former PM Manmohan Singh “but after five years now Modi ji does not […]

NIO takes up study of soil erosion on Goa, Maha beaches

6:36 pm May 15, 2019

Panaji: A Goa-based research institute has taken up a detailed study of the threat of soil erosion along the coast of the state and neighbouring Maharashtra. The Central Water Commission approached the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) here with a proposal to study the environmental phenomenon of soil erosion, the institute’s director, Sunil Kumar Singh, […]

AgustaWestland has been bad karma for India: Book

6:26 pm May 15, 2019

New Delhi: Whichever government was in power, whether it was Manmohan Singh’s in 2004, Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s in late 2003, or even the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1987, Westland’s tryst with India has remained jinxed, says a new book. The Untold Story of Christian Michel and AgustaWestland looks at how the alleged scandal in the […]