Tokyo : A Japanese whaling fleet returned to port today after an annual Antarctic hunt that killed more than 300 of the mammals as Tokyo pursues the programme in defiance of global criticism.The fleet set sail for the Southern Ocean in November, with plans to slaughter 333 minke whales, flouting a worldwide moratorium and opposition […]
New Delhi, March 31 : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said Pakistan-sponsored terrorists are targeting destabilisation of entire India. Responding to a query during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, Singh said Pakistan-propelled terrorists had not confined the locus of their nefarious designs only to Jammu and Kashmir.“I inform the House that they […]
New Delhi, March 31 : The CBI on Friday filed a chargesheet in a court in Delhi against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, his wife and others in DA case. Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court earlier today had dismissed Virbhadra Singh and his wife’s plea seeking quashing of the disproportionate assets case filed by […]
Fatehgarh Sahib : Former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday said the Congress government was backtracking on its poll promises, including waiver of farm loans and cheap meals. Talking to the media, Sukhbir said he was surprised that instead of providing grants for development the government was taking back the grants issued to […]
New Delhi, March 31 : The government has lowered interest rates on small saving schemes like PPF, Kisan Vikas Patra and Sukanya Samriddhi scheme by 0.1 per cent for the April-June quarter, a move that would prompt banks to cut their deposit rates. For April-June, these have been lowered by 0.1 per cent across the […]