Mandsaur/Indore, June 7 : Hundreds of angry farmers on Wednesday blockaded roads and attacked two top officials at Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh as their leaders claimed that eight people died in police firing a day earlier. Mandsaur District Magistrate Swatantra Kumar Singh and Indore Superintendent of Police OP Tripathi were roughed up by a mob […]
New Delhi, June 7 : Presidential elections will be held on July 17, the Election Commission of India announced on Wednesday.Announcing the schedule for elections, the commission said that it wanted the voting process to be completed before the incumbent President, Pranab Mukherjee, completes his tenure on July 24. Votes will be counted on July […]
Yangon, June 7 : A Myanmar military plane carrying 116 people went missing on Wednesday between the southern city of Myeik and Yangon, according to the office of the Army Chief and an airport source. “Communication was lost suddenly at about 1:35 pm (07:05 GMT) when it reached about 20 miles west of Dawei town,” […]
Mumbai, June 7 : The Reserve Bank on Wednesday kept interest rate unchanged as widely expected but raised concerns over fiscal slippages in view of rush for farm loan waivers. It has, however, slashed the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) or the percentage of deposits that banks have to park in government securities, by 0.5 per cent […]
Chandigarh, June 6 : The Amarinder Singh government has welcomed the launch of a unique initiative to commemorate August 17 as Partition Remembrance Day in memory of those, especially from Punjab and Bengal, who lost everything to Partition but went on to build a new India with their indomitable spirit and resilience. The government will […]