New Delhi, June 30 The government Monday said it will facilitate the return of over 600 Indians from non-conflict areas of Iraq this week, as efforts continued to secure the safe release of Indians in captivity in war-torn areas of
New Delhi, June 30 The petroleum ministry foresees very little possibility of a disruption in India’s oil imports due to the on-going violence in Iraq. “There is no situation as yet for panic, and everything is under control,” an official
Guwahati, June 30 Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure payment of oil royalty at prevailing market prices, saying Assam has incurred a loss of Rs.10,000 crore since 2008 because of disbursement of oil
New Delhi, June 30 State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) Monday hiked the petrol price by Rs.1.69 a litre, excluding taxes, effective from midnight, owing to a rise in global oil prices and exchange rates. Diesel prices were also hiked by
New Delhi, June 30, 2014 Mr. AMK Sinha has been entrusted the additional charge of the post of Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Limited; the leading Indian Oil and Gas Company in the Fortune ‘Global 500’ listing. Mr. Sinha continues to
Nagpur (Maharashtra), June 30 Farmers of the Vidarbha region in Maharashtra face the grim prospect of poor monsoon this season, an activist said here Monday. Farmers across hundreds of thousands of acres of land who had sowed cotton, soyabean and
Patna, June 30 At least eight live bombs were recovered from a passenger train in Bihar Monday, police said. “Police have recovered eight live bombs from a bogie of a passenger train” in Kishanganj district, Government Railway Police (GRP) officer
Jammu, June 30 The Indian Army Monday foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said Monday. The Pakistani troops resorted to an unprovoked firing in Poonch to facilitate infiltration by
Thiruvananthapuram, June 30 The Kerala government is planning to raise from 55 years to 60 the age for expatriates to register their names in the diaspora pension scheme, a minister said here Monday. State Excise Minister K. Babu, replying to
Beijing, June 30 India and China Monday inked three agreements, including one to set up Chinese industrial parks in India. The agreements were inked in the presence of visiting Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari and his Chinese counterpart Li Yuanchao
Kolkata, June 30 Uttarakhand is yet to recover from the massive rain-triggered floods that left thousands dead last year and exposed the gaps in disaster management strategies. Now Indian scientists have devised sophisticated satellite-based and computer-centric technologies to map potential
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, June 30, 2014 — Equatorial Guinea’s President, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (http://equatorialguineainfo.blogspot.com), asked African countries to invest heavily in their agricultural sector to decrease their dependence on the developed world, ensure food security, and significantly reduce hunger in
Lucknow, June 30 Uttar Pradesh Police have been put on alert across the state for the holy month of Ramzaan, officials said Monday. The local intelligence units (LIU) have been sensitized in the districts with history of communal tension during
Hyderabad, June 30 The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began here Monday with the devout observing first ‘roza’ or fast. This followed the sighting of moon of Ramadan. Moon sighting committee comprising Islamic scholars announced sighting of the new moon
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), June 30 An Indian rocket Monday successfully sent into orbit five satellites, an event that Prime Minister Narendra Modi described as “global endorsement of India’s space capability”. “I believe technology is fundamentally connected to common man. It
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), June 30 The Indian space programmes are most cost effective and the cost incurred for the Mars mission was less than the money invested to make the Hollywood movie “Gravity”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here Monday.
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), June 30 Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday called for developing a SAARC satellite that can be “dedicated to our neighbourhood as a gift from India”. Following the successful launch of five foreign satellites by an Indian rocket,
New Delhi, June 30 President Pranab Mukherjee Monday congratulated ISRO on the successful launch of an Indian rocket that carried five foreign satellites. The achievement was a “significant milestone” in the progress of India’s space capabilities, he said. In a
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