Author: DA Correspondent

59 third party nationals being caught at Nepal border in 2019: SSB DG

8:33 pm December 17, 2019

New Delhi: There has been an over 100 per cent jump in the number of people with “ulterior motives” from countries like Pakistan and China trying to sneak into India through the open Nepal border after security was tightened along the Indo-Pak front following abrogation of Article 370 provisions, a top security official said on […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Amended citizenship law won’t be implemented in Sikkim: CM

9:13 pm December 16, 2019

Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Monday said the citizenship law will not be implemented in the state as it enjoys special status under Article 371(F) of the Constitution. Hitting out at the opposition, Tamang said, “Some people with vested interest are misleading people in Sikkim on amended citizenship law. It will not […]

Wholesale price inflation cools to 1 pc in March

Not only onions, other veggies selling at 50% higher rates than last winter

9:01 pm December 16, 2019

New Delhi: Not just onion, retail prices of potato and other vegetables have also shot up in the national capital on Monday as recent winter rainfall has damaged some of the crops, according to traders. At the Azadpur wholesale mandi here, prices of main vegetables, especially onion, are ruling high in the range of Rs […]

Vistara CCO Sanjiv Kapoor resigns, CSO Kannan to take over

8:50 pm December 16, 2019

Mumbai: Full service carrier Vistara on Monday said its Chief Commercial Officer Sanjiv Kapoor has put in his papers. Chief Strategy Officer Vinod Kannan will take over as the CCO from Kapoor, who joined the airline in March 2016. In a statement to a news agency, Vistara said Kapoor has resigned due to personal reasons. […]

BMC to set up desalination plant to solve Mumbai's water woes

Water quality row: DJB says over 98% samples collected during special drive found fit to drink

9:34 pm December 4, 2019

New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Board on Wednesday said it collected over 4,200 water samples for testing in the last 10 days from across the national capital and more than 98 percent of them were found fit for drinking. According to the World Health Organisation, one sample is collected per 10,000 people. “We collected 4,204 […]