Day: June 29, 2019

Gujarat: More DA for employees, salary hike for teachers

8:22 pm June 29, 2019

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government will be paying additional 3 per cent dearness allowance to over nine lakh government employees and pensioners effective January 1, 2019, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said Saturday. This will put additional burden of Rs 1,071 crore on the exchequer annually, said Patel, who is also the finance minister. The government […]

Jaga-Kalia likely to return to Odisha during Rath Jatra

8:16 pm June 29, 2019

Bhubaneswar: The separated conjoined twins, Jaga and Kalia are likely to return to Odisha during Rath Yatra festival next month, an official said Saturday. The twins are under the treatment of a team of sepcialist doctors at AIIMS, New Delhi since their separation in a marathon 12-hour surgery in October 2017. The managing director of […]

Probes show Russia staged Skripal attack from London

8:10 pm June 29, 2019

London: An open-source investigation has found that a top Russian military intelligence officer coordinated last year’s Salisbury chemical attack from a London hideout using his phone and a few messaging apps. The award-winning website Bellingcat said late Friday that its joint analysis with the BBC helps establish the command structure Moscow’s GRU network of foreign […]

CEO of evening newspaper found dead at hotel room in Jaipur

8:05 pm June 29, 2019

Jaipur: The CEO of an evening newspaper was found dead at a hotel room in Rajasthan’s Jaipur Saturday, police said. Alok Sharma (53) of “Bulletin Today” was found dead at a hotel in C-Scheme area here. Police are suspecting it to be a case of suicide. “Prima facie, it appears to be a case of […]

Rajasthan govt approves DPR for Delhi-Alwar RRTS corridor

8:01 pm June 29, 2019

New Delhi: The Rajasthan government has given its approval to the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Delhi-Alwar corridor of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), an official said on Saturday. According to the official, the Delhi-Alwar RRTS corridor will be executed by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC). The Delhi-Alwar corridor via Gurgaon […]