Sunny day in Shimla; snow likely from Jan 1

Sunny day in Shimla; snow likely from Jan 1

🕔11:46, 31.Dec 2018

Shimla, Dec 31  Picturesque tourist resorts Shimla and Manali experienced another sunny day on Monday but temperatures remained below the freezing point at most places in Himachal Pradesh with chances of snow from January 1, the meteorological office said. The

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BAT attack foiled on LoC, 2 killed

BAT attack foiled on LoC, 2 killed

🕔11:28, 31.Dec 2018

Srinagar, Dec 31 An attack by Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT) has been foiled by the army on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said on Monday. Army sources said that the BAT attack on

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BHEL bags Rs.3,500 Crore order for setting up 660 MW Supercritical Thermal Power Plant in West Bengal

BHEL bags Rs.3,500 Crore order for setting up 660 MW Supercritical Thermal Power Plant in West Bengal

🕔11:01, 31.Dec 2018

New Delhi, December 31: Amidst stiff international competitive bidding (ICB), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged a major order for setting up a 660 MW supercritical thermal power plant in West Bengal. Valued at approximately Rs.3,500 Crore, the order

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Cold Monday morning in Delhi; air quality drops to ‘severe’

Cold Monday morning in Delhi; air quality drops to ‘severe’

🕔10:29, 31.Dec 2018

New Delhi, Dec 31  The residents of national capital on Monday woke up to a cold morning as the mercury touched 3.8 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, the Met Office said. “There was shallow to moderate fog

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Xi, Putin exchange New Year greetings

Xi, Putin exchange New Year greetings

🕔10:28, 31.Dec 2018

Beijing, Dec 31  Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged New Year greetings on Monday. In his congratulatory message to Putin, Xi said that the year 2018 has a special significance in China-Russia relations, and both countries

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Bangladesh polls: Sheikh Hasina wins new term as prime minister

Bangladesh polls: Sheikh Hasina wins new term as prime minister

🕔10:25, 31.Dec 2018

Dhaka, Dec 31 Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won a new term with a landslide victory, the country’s Election Commission said on Monday, in an election marred by deadly violence and allegations of widespread rigging. Hasina’s ruling Awami League

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New IS module: NIA conducts searches in Delhi

New IS module: NIA conducts searches in Delhi

🕔10:24, 31.Dec 2018

New Delhi, Dec 31  The National Investigation (NIA) carried out searches at several places in Delhi and questioned few people in connection with its probe into the new Islamic State module of Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam, officials said. A senior NIA official said

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Railways completes 306 km of western dedicated freight corridor

Railways completes 306 km of western dedicated freight corridor

🕔10:22, 31.Dec 2018

New Delhi, Dec 31  The railways on Sunday said it has completed the 306-km section between Madar (Ajmer) in Rajasthan and Kishangarh (Rewari) in Haryana in the western segment. A Railway Ministry official said a trial run of freight train

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India will see strong economic growth in 2019: CII

India will see strong economic growth in 2019: CII

🕔10:21, 31.Dec 2018

New Delhi, Dec 31  India will witness strong economic growth in the coming year, despite external vulnerabilities arising from rising oil prices, the US-China trade war and America’s monetary tightening, the Confederation of Indian Industry body (CII) said on Sunday.

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Telangana police to install 15 lakh CCTV cameras

Telangana police to install 15 lakh CCTV cameras

🕔10:20, 31.Dec 2018

Hyderabad, Dec 31  As part of efforts for effective policing leveraging technology, Telangana police plan to install 15 lakh CCTV cameras across the state during next three years. Director General of Police M. Mahendar Reddy told reporters on Sunday that

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Nizamuddin station to become major transport hub with Pink Line

Nizamuddin station to become major transport hub with Pink Line

🕔10:17, 31.Dec 2018

New Delhi, Dec 31  After Anand Vihar, Hazrat Nizamuddin is all set to become the next big transport hub of the city to be connected with the metro, after the newly built stretch between Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 and Lajpat

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Government to infuse more than Rs 10,000 cr into Bank of India

Government to infuse more than Rs 10,000 cr into Bank of India

🕔18:46, 30.Dec 2018

Mumbai, Dec 30  The Central government has decided to infuse Rs 10,086 crore into Bank of India. The bank informed the BSE in a regulatory filing on Saturday that the capital infusion in its equity will be done by way

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Trump touts advances in trade talks with China

Trump touts advances in trade talks with China

🕔18:45, 30.Dec 2018

Washington, Dec 30  US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that great progress has been made in trade negotiations between the US and China, though he gave no specific details. “Just had a long and very good call with President

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Bangladesh polls: Indo-Bangla trade stops for two days

Bangladesh polls: Indo-Bangla trade stops for two days

🕔18:44, 30.Dec 2018

Agartala, Dec 30 The India-Bangladesh trade would be stopped for two days – Sunday and Monday – following general election in that country’s parliamentary polls, official said. “The regular trade between Bangladesh and India would be stopped as elections for the

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Achievements of 2018 will fill everyone with glory: Modi

Achievements of 2018 will fill everyone with glory: Modi

🕔17:45, 30.Dec 2018

New Delhi, Dec 30 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the achievements of his government in 2018 will fill everyone with glory, and hoped the journey on the path of development will continue in 2019 as well. Asserting that the

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NLCIL successfully conducts boiler light up for first unit of NNTP Project

NLCIL successfully conducts boiler light up for first unit of NNTP Project

🕔19:40, 29.Dec 2018

NLC India Limited has achieved a critical milestone towards commissioning its    1000 MW (2X500 MW) of Neyveli New Thermal Power Project (NNTPP) by successfully conducting the boiler light-up test for the First unit with secondary fuel on 28.12.2018 at Neyveli.

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Bangladesh set for election amid mounting tension, military deployment

Bangladesh set for election amid mounting tension, military deployment

🕔19:35, 29.Dec 2018

Dhaka, Dec 29  On the eve of the general election in Bangladesh, opposition leaders on Saturday decried widespread arrests and violence amid a massive military deployment to contain mounting political tension. Bangladesh will vote on Sunday amid an increasingly violent

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Army rescues 2,500 stranded tourists in Sikkim

Army rescues 2,500 stranded tourists in Sikkim

🕔19:33, 29.Dec 2018

Guwahati, Dec 29 The Indian Army has rescued 2,500 tourists who were stranded in heavy snow in an area between 17 Mile and Natu La along the Jawaharlal Nehru Marg near the China border in Sikkim, the Army said on saturday.

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Government working on ease of living while keeping middlemen at bay: Modi

Government working on ease of living while keeping middlemen at bay: Modi

🕔19:31, 29.Dec 2018

Varanasi, Dec 29 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Central and state governments are working full-time to ensure that all projects and schemes rolled out are centred around ease of living and ease of doing business besides keeping middlemen

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Triple Talaq bill to be taken up in RS on Monday

Triple Talaq bill to be taken up in RS on Monday

🕔19:29, 29.Dec 2018

New Delhi, Dec 29  Keen on enacting the legislation, the government has got the bill on criminalising triple talaq listed in the Rajya Sabha for consideration on Monday, giving it the top priority notwithstanding the fact that it may find

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