Day: October 15, 2019

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Genpact to acquire US-based Rightpoint

9:08 pm October 15, 2019

New Delhi: Business process management firm Genpact on Tuesday said it will acquire Chicago-based Rightpoint for an undisclosed amount. The deal is designed to bring experience and process innovation together to help clients drive end-to-end digital transformation and win in the growing experience economy, a statement said. Rightpoint’s co-founder Ross Freedman will continue as CEO […]

India must prepare for borderless war: Rahul

Like ‘pickpocket’, Modi diverts attention from issues: Rahul

7:55 pm October 15, 2019

Yavatmal/Wardha: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “loudspeaker” of certain industrialists, and said his strategy was like that of a pickpocket who diverts attention to steal. On campaign trail in Vidarbha for October 21 Maharashtra assembly elections, he also targeted the Modi government for “waiving” corporate tax. Addressing a […]

Uzbek national held with dozen parrots at IGI airport

7:43 pm October 15, 2019

New Delhi: An Uzbek national was apprehended by CISF personnel at the Delhi airport on Tuesday for allegedly trying to smuggle out a dozen parrots, a senior official said. Anvarjon Rakhmatjonov, who was going to board a flight to Tashkent, was intercepted after security personnel detected some suspicious items in his bag during x-ray scanning […]

UP govt doing away with 25,000 home guards

7:38 pm October 15, 2019

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government is doing away with 25,000 home guards, saying the state cannot afford the new allowances the Supreme Court has asked it to pay. The daily allowance for the home guards is now Rs 672, up from the Rs 500 before the court order in July. The government said this would […]

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

Youth festival concludes in J-K’s Doda

7:33 pm October 15, 2019

Bhaderwah/Jammu: The five-day youth festival organised by Jammu University’s Bhaderwah campus in collaboration with the Rashtriya Rifles concluded on Tuesday, officials said. ‘Sangam 2019-20’ held in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district with an aim to “promote peace and prosperity in the Chenab Valley region,” witnessed the participation of over 1,000 students and teachers from around […]