Hong Kong, June 26 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean at 01:24:14 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 8.02 degrees north latitude and 90.42 degrees east longitude.
New Delhi, June 23 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting here and reviewed the preparedness of flood management and also long-term measures to formulate a comprehensive and far-reaching policy to mitigate the menace of floods in the country. Shah also reviewed the preparations to deal with Glacial Lake Outburst…
New Delhi, June 22 (UNI) Providing relief to smaller firms and taxpayers, the all-powerful GST Council on Saturday decided to exempt certain services provided by Indian Railways, reduce the quantum of pre-deposit required to be paid for filing appeals under GST, and fix monetary limits for filing appeals in order to substantially cut litigation. The…
Srinagar, June 22 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said on Saturday that they are taking every possible measure to ensure the Amarnath yatra is smooth, safe, and hassle-free. The Amarnath yatra begins on June 29. LG Sinha performed the ‘Pratham Puja’ to mark the ceremonial commencement of the Annual Shri Amarnath Ji…
New Delhi, June 21 (UNI) Ninety-eight Indian Haj pilgrims have died this year so far, including six on the Day of Arafat – the day before Eid al-Adha, when millions of faithful congregated at the holy site amid the intense heat, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday. Of the 98 Indians who died,…
New Delhi, June 12 (UNI) The Supreme Court Wednesday came down heavily on the national capital’s Aam Aadmi Party government over the city’s ongoing water crisis and asked, “What measures have you taken to control the ‘tanker mafia’ in Delhi? A Vacation Bench comprising Justices Prashant Kumar and Prasanna B Varale told the Delhi government…
New Delhi, June 8 (UNI) The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday thanked the Chinese foreign ministry for its somewhat cold congratulatory message on the re-election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and stressed that India will continue to pursue efforts towards normalisation of bilateral ties “based on mutual respect, mutual interest and mutual sensitivity”. MEA…
New Delhi, June 7 (UNI) Mocking the National Democratic Alliance as ‘Naidu Dependent Alliance or Nitish Dependent Alliance’ the Congress on Friday said the ‘Modi guarantee’ is now gone and it remains to be seen for how long the new NDA government survives. Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here, party spokesperson Pawan…
Coordination review meeting held on Tuesday in the first week of June Jabalpur: On Tuesday, June 04, the weekly coordination review meeting was held under the chairmanship of West Central Railway General Manager Shobhana Bandopadhyay. Additional General Manager R.S. Saxena along with the chief department heads of the headquarters were present in this meeting. Also,…
New Delhi, May 30 (UNI) The Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday that suspended Janata Dal-Secular MP Prajwal Revanna, who is accused of sexual assault, was served a show cause notice for revocation of his diplomatic passport on May 23 and has to respond within 10 days. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, answering queries at…
