Eco dev, military modernisation must go together: Gen Rawat
New Delhi, Mar 1 :India’s economic development must go hand-in-hand with modernisation of the armed forces, Army chief Gen. Bipin Rawat said today. “Economic rise takes place if the country is secure,” he said, defending the quantum of budget allocation to the armed forces, and stressed that there is a link between flow of foreign […]
Cong refuses to attend Lokpal selection panel meet
New Delhi, Mar 1 : The Congress today decided to boycott the meeting of the Lokpal Selection Committee, with leader of the party in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge refusing the government’s offer to attend it as a ‘special invitee’. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kharge has said that a special invitee invitation […]
BCCI’s refusal leaves Pakistan tournament in doubt
Karachi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s refusal to send its team to the Asia Emerging Nations Cup scheduled in Pakistan this April has put a question mark on the tournament’s organisation in the country. An official in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that since India was not willing to send its […]
Former Bihar Cong chief, 3 other MLCs join JD(U)
Patna, Mar 1: The Congress today suffered a split in the Bihar Legislative Council, after former state party chief Ashok Choudhary and three other members of the Congress Legislature Party in the Upper House were recognised as members of the ruling Janata Dal (United). The development comes ahead of three bypolls in the state next […]
P Chidambaram “orchestrated” corruption in INX media case: BJP
New Delhi, Mar 1 : The BJP today trained guns on former finance minister P Chidambaram over the INX Media case in which his son Karti was arrested yesterday, saying the statement of co-accused Indrani Mukerjea shows that he had “facilitated and orchestrated this corruption”. “This is a serious act of economic corruption and financial […]
India, Jordan to strengthen defence cooperation
New Delhi, Mar 1:Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held comprehensive talks with Jordan’s King Abdullah II on key bilateral and regional issues after which two sides signed a dozen agreements, including on strengthening cooperation in defence and counter-terrorism. Ahead of the bilateral talks, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, “reinvigorating traditionally close and cordial […]
ED attaches Rs 1,217cr assets of Choksi; examines PNB MD
Mumbai/New Delhi, Mar 1 :The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today said it has attached 41 properties, valued at over Rs 1,200 crore, in connection with its money laundering probe in the PNB scam against Gitanjali Gems and its promoter Mehul Choksi. It also examined Punjab National Bank’s Managing Director and CEO Sunil Mehta at its zonal […]
Pakistan military ranked 13th most powerful in the world by US website
Islamabad, Mar 01: US-based Business Insider has rated Pakistan’s military as the 13th most powerful amongst 25 strongest armies in the world. The ranking is based on the diversity of weapons possessed by each nation and the list has gauged the manpower available to each country too. Geography, logistical capacity, available natural resources and status […]
Sri Lanka govt appoints members to office on missing persons
Colombo, Mar 1:Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today appointed seven members to a special office set up for determining the status of all persons who went “missing” during the brutal civil war against the LTTE. The Office of Missing Persons (OMP) aims to bring in reparations to the victims of the nearly three-decade long armed […]
PSBs begin to rationalise overseas operations
New Delhi, Mar 1: The state-owned lenders have started rationalising the overseas operations by consolidating 35 operations and closing down non-viable branches as part of the clean and responsible banking initiative. As per the banking sector agenda approved at the PSB Manthan in November last year, public sector banks (PSBs) have to examine all 216 […]
