Editor Partly as a result of smoke from crackers, the overall air quality index (AQI) in Delhi jumped to 574 which falls in the “severe-plus emergency” category, according to data by the Centre-run SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research). A new SAFAR report said the severe conditions would prevail for the next … Read more
Naxals triggered a powerful IED blast targeting a minibus of Central Industrial Security Force- CISF at Bacheli area. The bus was deployed for the election work. The incident took place when bus with CISF jawans and some civilians was going to Akashnagar. The persons killed in this incident include a CISF jawan, driver, conductor and … Read more
Finance Minister said Demonetisation, a key step taken by the Government to formalise the economy. He said Demonetisation compelled cash holders to deposit cash in banks thereby reducing anonymity in transactions. Finance Minister also said that when the present Government was elected the total number of the filers of income tax returns was 3.8 crore. … Read more
In a Facebook post on the second anniversary of Demonetisation,Arun Jaitley said in first four years of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, the number of income tax returns filers has gone up to 6.86 crore from 3.8 crore in May 2014. By the time the first five years of this government are over, we will … Read more
Election Commission will send a high-level team to Mizoram on Friday to hold further discussions with state government officials and leaders of the NGO Coordination Committee on the current stand-off in the state. For the last two days, the NGO coordination committee, led by YMA, was protesting against the removal of the Principal Secretary … Read more
Brother of new Prime Minister and former Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa was among three ministers sworn in by President Maithripala Sirisena. Meanwhile, Parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said, an opportunity must be provided for the majority opinion on a stable government when Parliament meets next Wednesday. He said this after a meeting of the party leaders to discuss … Read more
List of NSE holidays in 2018 Date Day Holidays 26 January 2018 Friday Republic Day 13 February 2018 Tuesday Mahashivaratri 02 March 2018 Friday Holi 29 March 2018 Thursday Mahaveer Jayanti 30 March 2018 Friday Good Friday 01 May 2018 Tuesday Maharashtra Day 15 August 2018 Wednesday Independence Day 22 August 2018 Wednesday Bakrid 13 … Read more
President Ram Nath Kovind conveyed his greetings to the countrymen on Diwali. In his tweet President said, May the Festival of Lights illuminate every home and every family, in our country and across our shared planet. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu also extended his warm greetings and good wishes to the people of the country … Read more
Distributing sweets and exchanging greetings Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Diwali is the festival of lights; it spreads the light of goodness and dispels fear. Jawans, through their commitment and discipline spread the sense of security and fearlessness among an indebted nation. Prime Minister said that their devotion to duty in the remote icy heights, … Read more
Interacting with them, she reiterated governments commitment to give latest weapons like AK47 to all jawans manning border posts. The Defence Minister cautioned jawans not to believe what appear in social media and advised them to stay away from negative news appearing about forces on Facebook and Twitter. She also shared her happiness with sweets … Read more
This year people can be seen choosing earthen lamps over chinese lights. These lamps are also considered environment friendly. People are also buying green crackers to celebrate diwali due to air pollution condition in the national capital, supreme court has permitted the use of green crackers only. Mumbai is also glittering in lights of deepawali … Read more
He offered prayers at the historic Kedarnath Temple. He extensively walked around the entire temple complex, where significant reconstruction works are in progress. He was briefed by senior officials about the progress of the works. He interacted briefly with various people present at the temple complex. The Kedarnath Temple complex is currently the focus of … Read more
Prime Minister Modi will perform Pooja Archana in Kedar Nath Temple. He will also watch a five minute documentary film on the ongoing development works in the Kedarpuri. The Prime Minister will also inspect the development works carried out in Kedarpuri during the past one year.
The alliance won Ballari and Mandya Lok Sabha seats as well as both the Assembly seats–Ramanagara and Jamkhandi. Kumaraswamy’s wife Anitha won from Ramanagara.BJP managed to retain the Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat.
Earlier, riding on skipper Rohit Sharma’s 111 not out off 61 balls, the hosts scored 195 for 2 in stipulated twenty overs. Shikhar Dhawan scored 43 while KL Rahul contributed 26. India brought back Bhuvneshwar Kumar in place of Umesh Yadav while the West Indies replaced Rovman Powell with Nicolas Pooran.India defeated the West Indies … Read more
Rallies and open air meetings are the order of the day and the process of ticket distribution is also on in full swing. In Madhya Pradesh, there was much bickering and tension after tickets were distributed with protests outside the state party office. In Rajasthan too, election fever is high with the Congress and BJP trading … Read more
Balkrishna Industries has reported results for second quarter ended September 30, 2018. The company has reported 9.52% rise in its net profit at Rs 222.31 crore for the quarter under review as compared to Rs 202.98 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. Total income of the company increased by 18.33% at Rs … Read more
Indo Count Industries is facing temporary disruption of production at the spinning unit of the company situated at Gokul Shirgaon, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, as the workers have resorted to illegal strike from November 04, 2018 due to higher demand of bonus. However, this will not have any material impact on the business operations of the company. … Read more
JSW Steel will reportedly invest around Rs 350 crore in order to set up two pipe conveyor projects that would transport ore from the mines to its plant in the state of Karnataka. The projects, which will be completed by the end of 2018-19, will save the company as much money – around Rs 350 … Read more
Graphite India has reported results for second quarter ended September 30, 2018. The company has reported over 10 fold jump in its net profit at Rs 912 crore for the quarter under review as compared to Rs 90.00 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. Total income of the company also jumped over … Read more