Day: December 5, 2019

Efforts on to evacuate 2,000 foreign tourists from Goa

Norwegian tourist drowns in sea off Goa’s Morjim beach

2:41 pm December 5, 2019

Panaji: A 75-year-old woman tourist from Norway drowned in the sea waters near Morjim beach in North Goa district, police said on Thursday. The mishap took place when the woman, identified as Erlinda Skoglund, went for a swim into the waters on Wednesday and apparently got caught in the sea current, an official at Pernem […]

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

Tempo driver nabbed with drugs worth lakhs in Virar

2:38 pm December 5, 2019

Palghar: A tempo driver was arrested for allegedly possessing MDMA powder worth Rs 42.50 lakh at Virar in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, officials of the local crime branch’s Vasai unit kept a vigil at Virar Phata on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway on Tuesday and stopped a tempo coming towards […]

AP CM inaugurates Kia motors plant in Anantapuramu dist

2:36 pm December 5, 2019

Anantapuramu(AP): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday inaugurated Kia Motors India’s car manufacturing facility at Erramanchi in the district. Accompanied by Kia’s top executives, the Chief Minister went round the plant and inspected the production facilities. Set up on a 536-acre site abutting the National Highway- 44, the greenfield plant […]

Tour operator agent cheats Haj pilgrims of Rs 28 lakh

2:33 pm December 5, 2019

Sambalpur: An agent of a tour operator has allegedly cheated at least 35 people in Odishas Sambalpur district of Rs 28 lakh after promising them to arrange ticket, lodging and boarding for Haj and Umrah pilgrimage, police said on Thursday. A case has been registered in the Dhanupali police station in this regard following a […]

Economic growth will only move upwards: Shaktikanta Das

We can’t keep on slashing policy rates every time: Das

2:29 pm December 5, 2019

Mumbai: After surprisingly holding the rates, Reserve Bank governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said the Reserve Bank cannot “mechanically” keep cutting interest rates every time. He said the central bank will wait for the impact of the coordinated measures taken by the government and the RBI over the past few months to push growth to […]