Larry Kudlow to be Trump’s new economic adviser
Washington, Mar 15 : Larry Kudlow, a well-known conservative media pundit, would be the new chief economic advisor to US President Donald Trump, the White House said today, days after Gary Cohen resigned after losing his fight against stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Kudlow, 70, would replace Cohen, a former Goldman Sachs executive […]
India’s first cloned Assamese buffalo born
Hisar (Har), Mar 15 : A cloned Assamese buffalo male calf has been born for the first time, the Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB) claimed here. “We used unique methods and produced this clone calf, Sach-Gaurav, on December 22, 2017 through a normal delivery,” CIRB cloning team head P S Yadav said today. […]
Pak SC indicts PML-N minister for contempt of court
Islamabad, Mar 15: Pakistan’s Supreme Court today indicted a PML-N minister in a contempt case for making speeches against the judiciary after the apex court disqualified former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Panama Papers scandal, the second minister to face such charges this week. A three-judge apex court bench, comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, […]
Cong walks out of meet on Lok Sabha agenda
New Delhi, Mar 15 :The Congress today walked out of the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of Lok Sabha, alleging that the central government was adopting an “undemocratic” approach and bulldozing the proceedings in the House. A meeting of the BAC to decide on the Lok Sabha’s agenda for next week was […]
Photography exhibition on India held in Egypt
Cairo, Mar 15 : A photo exhibition about India showcasing pictures captured by an Egyptian photographer has been held in Egypt as part of the mega annual cultural festival ‘India by the Nile’. The exhibition titled ‘Indian Images: People and Places” was inaugurated by India’s Ambassador to Egypt Sanjay Bhattacharyya at el-Sawy Cultural Center in […]
Missing JNU student ‘returns’, says she had ‘gone out’
New Delhi : A 26-year-old JNU student, who had gone missing on March 11, “returned” today, police said. The matter came to light after her family lodged a complaint on March 12 at the Vasant Kunj police station, police said. The student “returned” today and said that she had “gone out”. She is yet to […]
‘Telangana man among 3 militants killed in Anantnag encounter’
Hyderabad: A 26-year-old man hailing from Bhadradri-Kothagudem district of Telangana, who was allegedly radicalised into the Islamic State ideology, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on March 12, police said. “It is learnt that Md Toufeeq, a native of Manguru died in an encounter with security […]
Air India Twitter account hacked
Mumbai, Mar 15 : Air India’s official Twitter account was hacked early in the morning for many hours before being restored, the airline said today. Messages in Turkish language were posted on the official Twitter handle @airindiain, an Air India spokesperson said. All the malicious contents posted on the handle have been removed and the […]
Police to procure micro UAVs for operations
Jammu, Mar 14: The Jammu and Kashmir Police will procure micro unmanned ariel vehicles fitted with night vision equipment for security, surveillance and detection operations in the state, officials have said. Senior police officials said that there was a need to have such UAVs for security drills including anti-militancy operations, particularly in Kashmir Valley, in […]
Govt to build 14, 460 bunkers for JK border dwellers
New Delhi, Mar 14: As many as 14,460 bunkers will be constructed along the Line of Control and the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir to mitigate the hardships faced by border dwellers, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said the Ministry of Home Affairs had […]
