Day: August 9, 2019

Padma awards nominations open till Tuesday

Govt gets over 16,000 nominations for Padma Awards-2020

7:02 pm August 9, 2019

New Delhi: The government has received more than 16,000 nominations for the prestigious Padma Awards to be given next year, officials said Friday. The last date of filing the nominations or recommendations is September 15. “Already 16,176 registrations have been made on the portal, against which 12,884 nominations/recommendations have been completed,” they said. The government […]

Will run our offices from outside Delhi CM's residence from Monday: Mayors

Man arrested for sending threat mails to Delhi CM

6:59 pm August 9, 2019

New Delhi: A Mumbai-based delivery boy was arrested for allegedly sending threat mails to senior political party leaders, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the police said on Friday. According to tweets shared by the official handle of Delhi’s Deputy Commissioner of Police, Cyber Crime Cell, the 28-year-old delivery boy Abhisekh Tiwari “gave life threats” […]

Air India to launch direct Khajuraho-New Delhi flight

6:55 pm August 9, 2019

Bhopal: Disinvestment-bound national carrier Air India plans to connect directly international tourist destination Khajuraho with a daily flight from New Delhi, starting October. At present, the airline operates services to the temple town in Madhya Pradesh via Varanasi and Agra three times a week. “We will be rescheduling the existing Khajuraho flight from October 27 […]

Rains batter South India, Kerala worst hit with 22 dead

6:44 pm August 9, 2019

Chennai/Thiruvananthapuram/Bengaluru: Rains continued to batter South India on Friday, with landslips and floods throwing life out of gear in Kerala leaving 22 people dead over the past three days and authorities scrambling to evacuate people from low-lying areas. Over 80,000 flood-affected people were evacuated in Karnataka, as Tamil Nadu asked the IAF to be on […]

UK economy shrinks for first time since 2012 as Brexit bites

6:40 pm August 9, 2019

London: The British economy shrank in the second quarter of the year for the first time in six and a half years largely because Brexit uncertainties weighed heavily on business investment, official figures showed Friday. The decline, the first since the fourth quarter of 2012, was unexpected. Most economists thought that the economy would be […]