Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:41:57
It turned out to be double delight for Ravichandran Ashwin at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Annual Awards on Thursday as he became only the third Indian player ever to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being named the ICC Cricketer of the Year.
The off-spinner thus became the third India player and 12th overall to win the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy. Ashwin follows i
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Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:34:52
Alluding to the recent Supreme Court order banning liquor shops within 500 metres of highways, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said half of Goa will be affected by the decision though the apex court's concern over the issue has a "base".
Referring to a proposed elevated road on NH4A and NH17, he said, "Once this road is completed, we will have to denotify the road that runs below. Now
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Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:32:55
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths have seized Rs 1.34 crore in new Rs 2,000 denomination besides foreign currencies from a gang of five persons at the airport here, today.
Acting on specific input that a gang was involved in smuggling of foreign exchange out of India, the DRI Chennai zone officials intercepted five persons outside the Anna International airport here in the w
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Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:30:26
A combative Rahul Gandhi today hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for mocking his yesterday's speech, saying he could make fun of him but needed to answer the charges of personal corruption levelled against him.
At a 'jan aakrosh rally' in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, the Congress vice president told the Prime Minister that he could make fun of him as much as he can but should answer the que
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Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:28:40
E-commerce company Snapdeal today announced the launch of a 'Cash@Home' service, which allows users to order Rs 2,000 cash and get it delivered at their doorstep.
"The launch of the cash on demand service is intended to further help our consumers tide over any cash crunch that they might face in addressing their daily needs," Snapdeal Co-founder Rohit Bansal said in a statement.
Snapdeal wi
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Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:25:14
Augmenting the manpower of CISF-- guarding critical infrastructure like airports and assets in nuclear domain-- the government has sanctioned raising the strength of the force with 37,000 more troops in order to bolster security at these facilities.
The force has been seeking enhancement of its manpower, from the existing 1.45 lakh, for quite sometime now as it is being increasingly entrusted
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Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:22:01
RBI Governor Urjit Patel will brief a parliamentary panel on January 19 on issues concerning demonetisation and its implications on the economy, sources said.
The Standing Committee on Finance, which met on Thursday under the chairmanship of Congress leader M Veerappa Moily, was briefed about demonetisation by various experts.
Independent experts, who offered their views before the panel wer
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Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:47:14
Income Tax Department today carried out searches at over dozen places in two states against the son and some relatives of Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary P Rama Mohana Rao during which they claimed to have seized Rs 18 lakh cash and gold bars. The I-T action was conducted in connection with the case related to biggest cash haul of new notes post demonetisation after the department raided some sand mini
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Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:18:50
Upping the ante against the Modi government, which she has been targeting over demonetisation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today dared the Centre to arrest her and warned it against "touching" state government officers. "You don't have to touch anybody. You arrest me. I challenge you, if you have the guts you arrest all of us, nothing will deter us from raising out voice against dem
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