Aizawl, Jan 23 (UNI) A Myanmar army plane crashed at the Lengpui airport on the outskirts of Mizoram’s capital Aizawl on Tuesday morning, injuring eight people on board, officials said. The plane was supposed to airlift Myanmar soldiers whose camps were overrun by rebels and are taking shelter in Mizoram. No one died in the…
Mumbai, Jan 23 (UNI) The Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) Men’s Selection Committee has added Rinku Singh to India ‘A’ squad for the second four-day match against England Lions to be played in Ahmedabad from January 24. Rinku has had a busy five months and a bit ever since making his T20I…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (UNI) Private sector lender Axis Bank on Tuesday reported 4% year-on-year rise in profit at Rs 6,071 crores for October-December quarter (Q3) of the current financial year 2023-24. The bank had posted a profit of Rs 5,853 crore in Q3 of 2022-23. Net Interest Income (NII) of the bank grew 9%…
Chennai, Jan 23 (UNI) Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Tuesday reaffirmed the commitment to strengthen the Centre-State partnership for achieving water security goals in the country. Chairing a Ministerial session in the two-day ‘All India Secretaries’ Conference on Water Vision @ 2047 – Way Ahead’ organised at Mahabalipuram, about 55 km…
Chennai Jan 23 (UNI) One would mistakenly count Shahin Darjada, seated with cornrows decorated with beads on her head, as some sports fan enjoying an outing at the indoor hall of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium where the judo competitions of the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games are being held. Hailing from Jambur village, popularly known…
Shillong, Jan 23 (UNI) District authorities in Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi denied permission to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to interact with students at a University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) on Tuesday as the party didn’t apply with requisite documents to hold the meeting. Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said the decision to hold any public meeting…
Srinagar, Jan 23 (UNI) Director General Police R R Swain on Tuesday said that the root cause of the security challenge is not in Jammu and Kashmir but across the border in Pakistan. He said that the security situation is under control in Jammu and Kashmir and a few terrorists who are infiltrating from across…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (UNI) The Central Government has planned to implement over 200 projects worth Rs 1.25 lakh crore in the next five years under its National Ropeways Development Programme ‘Parvatmala Pariyojana’, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday. Addressing the Ropeway Symposium event here, the Minister said, “More than 200…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (UNI) Former Bihar Chief Minister and socialist leader Karpoori Thakur will be given the country’s highest civilian award Bharat Ratna posthumously, President’s Secretariat said in a press release on Tuesday. The announcement has been made a day ahead of the veteran leader’s 100th birth anniversary. Karpoori Thakur was born in Samastipur…
Hyderabad, Jan 23 (UNI) Arun Kumar Jain, the General Manager of South Central Railway (SCR), emphasised the crucial role of infrastructure in the development of any nation. Addressing at the two-day Regional Conference on PM GatiShakti National Master Plan organised by the Ministry of Railways at the Indian Railways Institute of Financial Management in Moula-Ali,…
