Day: August 17, 2019

PM Modi inaugurates Mangdechhu hydroelectric power plant in Bhutan

11:22 pm August 17, 2019

Thimpu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the Mangdechhu hydroelectric power plant, one of the major projects under Bhutan’s initiative to generate 10,000 MW hydropower by 2020 with the Indian government’s support. The Rs 4,500-crore hydroelectric plant, touted as a Bhutan-India friendship project, is a 720MW run-of-river power plant built on the Mangdechhu River […]

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Two Hindu couples from Karachi travel to Guj to get married

11:17 pm August 17, 2019

Ahmedabad: Amid tensions between India and Pakistan following the abrogation of Article 370, two Hindu couples from Karachi traveled to Gujarat earlier this week and tied the knot on Saturday. The marriages which took place at Rajkot were organised by the Rajkot Maheshwari Samaj. Both the couples belonged to the Maheshwari community. Youth president of […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Karna cabinet expansion on August 20

10:57 pm August 17, 2019

Bengaluru: Having run the government with a one man cabinet RPT a one man cabinet for 22 days, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa finally got the go-ahead on Saturday from BJP national president Amit Shah to undertake the exercise on August 20. “BJP legislative party meeting will be held on Tuesday at 10 AM […]

BJP's Kapil Mishra faces 48-hour campaigning ban following controversial tweets

We remain vindicated: AAP on Kapil Mishra joining BJP

10:53 pm August 17, 2019

New Delhi: The AAP said on Saturday that it remains vindicated after Kapil Mishra, a former minister in the Arvind Kejriwal government, switched sides as he was enacting all the “theatrics” produced and directed by the BJP. Speculations about Mishra joining the BJP were doing rounds ever since he started criticising Kejriwal after being removed […]

12-year-old boy suffering from bird flu dies at AIIMS in Delhi

AIIMS fire creates panic among patients, kin

10:42 pm August 17, 2019

New Delhi: The major fire at AIIMS, which caters to hundreds of people everyday, left patients and their relatives in panic and disrupted emergency services of the hospital Saturday evening. Mohammad Sohail rushed to the hospital after hearing of the fire as his uncle was admitted in the surgery department. “I was at home when […]