1000 farmers oppose land acquisition for bullet train project in Gujarat HC
Read more about 1000 farmers oppose land acquisition for bullet train project in Gujarat HC on Business Standard. They told the court that neither their consent was taken, nor any consultations were done with them while initiating the land acquisition
Territorial Army soldier killed by militants posing as reporters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam
Militants, who were posing as reporters, shot dead a Territorial Army soldier, Mukhtar Ahmad Malik on Monday. Malik had gone home to grieve the death of his son in a road accident a few days ago, in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The militants barged into the house of Malik at...
Christian Michel, AgustaWestland Middleman, To Be Extradited: Dubai Court
A Dubai court on Tuesday ordered the extradition of Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the controversial AgustaWestland chopper scam, to India. On 1 January, 2014, India scrapped the contract with Finmeccanica's British subsidiary AgustaWestland for supplying 12 AW-101 VVIP choppers to th...
Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank to be merged
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced the government’s decision to merge state-owned Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank to create the country’s third-largest lender as part of efforts to revive credit and economic growth. Pointing that bank lending was becoming weak and hurting...
Eye on China: IAF plans to make Andhra its strategic base
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has come up with major plans for Andhra Pradesh to make it a 'strategic base'. Prime among them are IAF's plans to set up a major helicopter training facility at Donakonda in Prakasam district. The other plans put forth before the AP government are establishing a drone ...
Nepal, Bhutan have to be inclined towards India: General Rawat
ARMY CHIEF General Bipin Rawat said on Sunday that countries like Nepal and Bhutan cannot delink themselves from India as they are more inclined towards India “because of the geography”. He also said the geography does not favour their inclination towards China. Rawat was speaking to the media af...
Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank to be merged
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced the government’s decision to merge state-owned Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank to create the country’s third-largest lender as part of efforts to revive credit and economic growth. Pointing that bank lending was becoming weak and hurting...
Accuser of US high-court nominee Brett Kavanaugh goes public
A woman who has accused President Donald Trump’s US Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of sexual misconduct decades ago is willing to publicly testify before a Senate panel set to vote this week on his nomination, her lawyer said on Monday. Christine Blasey Ford has accused Kavanaugh of tryi...
Narendra Modi to visit parliamentary constituency Varanasi tomorrow for two-day visit, says PMO
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Monday, according to his office. He will reach Varanasi for a two-day visit on Monday afternoon. The prime minister will visit Narur village, where he will interact with children of a primary school, aid...
