Day: July 20, 2019

Odisha CM announces financial aid for dairy farmers

Odisha to introduce electric buses

6:40 pm July 20, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has been planning to introduce electric buses in phases in a bid to curb air pollution in urban areas in the state, the Assembly was informed Saturday. While replying to a question, Science & Technology Minister Ashok Chandra Panda said electric buses will ply in the temple town of Puri and the […]

Sheila Dikshit passes away

6:30 pm July 20, 2019

New Delhi: Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit passed away Saturday at a private hospital here, her family and the party said. She was 81. She was admitted to Escorts hospital a few days ago. She breathed her last around 3.55 p.m.

Fresh batch of 4,094 pilgrims leaves Jammu for Amarnath

2:05 pm July 20, 2019

Jammu: A fresh batch of 4,094 pilgrims including 955 women and 144 sadhus left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Saturday to pay obeisance at the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Amarnath in South Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. So far, over 2.43 lakh pilgrims have visited the shrine since the commencement of the annual 46-day […]

Punjab CM accepts Navjot Sidhu’s resignation

2:03 pm July 20, 2019

Chandigarh: Days after Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from the state cabinet, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday accepted his “one-line” resignation. The chief minister has sent the resignation to Governor V P Singh Badnore for formal acceptance, an official spokesperson said here. Amarinder, who had been indisposed for the last two days, since arrival from […]

Mukesh Ambani keeps salary capped at Rs 15 cr for 11th yr in a row

2:01 pm July 20, 2019

New Delhi: Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani has kept his annual salary from his flagship firm Reliance Industries capped at Rs 15 crore for the eleventh year on the trot. Ambani has kept salary, perquisites, allowances and commission together at Rs 15 crore since 2008-09, forgoing over Rs 24 crore per annum. This is at a […]