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Rajnath Singh holds talks with US Defence Secretary with focus on Indo-Pacific region
Bangkok: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held talks Sunday with US Defence Secretary Mark T Esper here on a range of strategic issues including situation in the Indo-Pacific region and ways to further bolster bilateral security cooperation. The meeting took place...
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All-party meet: PM open to discussing all issues; Oppn raises Farooq Abdullah’s detention
New Delhi: Ahead of Parliament's winter session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday assured at the all-party meeting that the government is ready to discuss all issues, while the opposition strongly raised Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah's detention and demanded that he be allowed to attend the House. At the government-convened...
Read moreWinter session of Parliament could be a stormy affair
New Delhi: The Parliament’s Winter Session starting Monday is expected to witness much heat as the Opposition looks to corner the Union Government over issues like economic slowdown and situation in Kashmir while the Narendra Modi dispensation seeks to push through the contentious Citizenship (amendment) Bill, a key part of the BJP’s ideological agenda. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his customary remarks at a session eve all-party meeting held Sunday asserted...
Read moreIOC rolls out winter-grade diesel for Ladakh
New Delhi: State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) began Sunday supplying a special winter-grade diesel to Ladakh, solving technical issues faced in fuel supply to high-altitude regions during extreme winter conditions. While IOC’s Panipat refinery had flagged off the first consignment of truck carrying the special grade diesel last week, Home Minister Amit Shah presided over a function Sunday to launch the fuel in the Ladakh region through a video link, an...
Read moreDevendra Fadnavis heckled at Bal Thackeray’s death anniversary function
Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was subjected to sloganeering by a section of Shiv Sena workers as he left Shivaji Park in the metropolis after paying tribute to Bal Thackeray on his ninth death anniversary. Some Shiv Sena workers in close proximity to the former CM’s convoy were seen shouting in Marathi Fadnavis’ Assembly poll campaign slogan: ‘I will be back (as CM)' along with the Sena’s traditional ‘Chhatrapati...
Read moreCentre responsible for economic slowdown, trying to hide by data manipulation: Congress
New Delhi: The Delhi Congress Saturday started a 'Halla Bol' rally to protest against the BJP-led government at the Centre, calling it responsible for the 'financial ruin' in the country and saying the Centre was trying to cover up the economic slump through manipulation of data. Holding the Central government responsible for the large scale unemployment, price rise, the heavy losses suffered by businessmen and industrialists following demonetisation and the resultant...
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US-China trade talks, macroeconomy to drive Indian equities
Mumbai: After a subdued trade in the week gone by, the Indian equity market is likely to be largely impacted by progress in the US-China trade talks, and also developments in the country's macroeconomic front in the coming days, analysts said. As the earnings season ended last week, the markets would look for news factors from here...
Startup India Vision 2024: DPIIT for cutting compliance time
New Delhi: The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has proposed significant cut in the compliance time to just one hour per month for startups as part of measures to ease regulatory requirements for budding entrepreneurs, an official said. The proposal is part of the Startup India Vision 2024, prepared by the department to...
CAIT asks for pricing parity in online, offline market
New Delhi: Traders' body CAIT has urged the government to introduce a minimum operating price along with a uniform policy for discounts to end the trend of deep-discounts on e-commerce platforms and bring parity in prices of online and offline market. "We suggest that it is the high time when Government must step in and enforce the...
Comms failing
The troubles of the telecom sector have proven to be the last straw that broke the back of Reliance Communications. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani has finally quit chairmanship of the company along with four other directors, acceding to insolvency proceedings initiated last May. The tower and spectrum owned by RCom have also started receiving bids under the insolvency...
Celebrating Sri Utsav with messages from Balaram Das ‘Lakshmi Purana’
Bhubaneswar: A group of volunteers who have been organising the public festival of “Sri Utsav” every year have announced that they will focus on the progressive messages from Odia poet Balaram Das’s ‘Lakshmi Purana’ at this year’s event. According to the group, this year’s iteration of the “Sri Utsav” would try to popularise the powerful messages of...
Political prisoners in J-K shifted from Centaur Hotel to MLA Hostel due to harsh winter
Srinagar: As Srinagar reeled under harsh winter conditions, the Jammu and Kashmir administration shifted Sunday all 34 political prisoners, lodged at Centaur Hotel since August 5, to the MLA Hostel as the facility lacked proper heating arrangements, officials said. The winter chill took a toll on the health of the detenues – National Conference, PDP and People’s...
Rajnath Singh holds talks with US Defence Secretary with focus on Indo-Pacific region
Bangkok: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held talks Sunday with US Defence Secretary Mark T Esper here on a range of strategic issues including situation in the Indo-Pacific region and ways to further bolster bilateral security cooperation. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus), a platform comprising ASEAN and its eight...
Employment schemes fail to achieve target
Bhubaneswar: Several ongoing employment generation schemes in the state seemed to be floundering even after spending crores of rupees on such projects to create jobs, government’s data hinted recently. The combined data of most of the employment related, skill development and other related schemes hint that while candidates in lakhs throng such offices to get training but...
‘Majestic Mara’ captures wild Africa
BHUBANESWAR: ‘Majestic Mara’, a photo and film exhibition based on the wildlife of Maasai Mara National Reserve, an area of preserved savannah wilderness in southwestern Kenya, entered its second day at Lalit Kala Akademi Sunday. Interacting with Orissa POST, wildlife photographer Ashis Dhir said, “I, along with Puri Gajapati Dibya Singh Deb, Dilip Dhir Samant and Amarjyoti went...
Students savour grand fete
BHUBANESWAR: Loyola School, Bhubaneswar, concluded its celebration of Children’s Day Week with a grand fete on its premises Sunday. The weekly observance, which began with an eye-catching performance by teachers of the institute on Children’s Day, ended with hoopla around the annual fete. Fr. Victor Misquith, Principal, together with Fr. Gilbert Menezes, Rector, inaugurated the event. The...
