Hard selling India with assurances of a business-friendly environment and a stable and simpler tax regime, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited top US business to come and invest in India.Addressing the US-India Business Council comprising 300 top US companies doing business with India here Tuesday, he promised to replace bureaucratic red tape with a red carpet.The role of the government should be that of a facilitator, Modi said wrapping up his five day trip to the US all through which he has made a strong pitch for investment in India with a promise of extensive use of technology better infrsource Deccan Herald - Breaking News Rss Feeds http://ift.tt/1qTHnaP
At least twelve persons were killed and 45 others injured when two speeding passenger trains collided near Gorakhpur late last night, a railway official said today.At least twelve persons have died and among the 45 injured, 12 are grievously injured, railway spokesperson Anil Saxena said.Krishak Express, travelling from Varanasi to Gorakhpur, hit Barauni Express, going from Lucknow to Barauni, from behind at a place, about 7 km from here at around 11 pm, Chief Public Relations Officer Alok Singh said.Singh said three coaches of Barauni Express were thrown off the track following the collision.
The civil rights body behind a lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots case has offered a reward of USD 10,000 to anyone who could serve him with the court summons.New York-based legal advisor Gurpatwant Singh Pannun told reporters here yesterday that American Justice Centre (AJC) is offering a reward of USD 10,000 to anyone who will serve the summons on Modi during his various public engagements in the city over the period of next two days.The reward will be given to the person who serves the summons and brings a pictorial and video proof t
India today made it very clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived here on a five-day visit, was "ring fenced" and there was no question of anyone serving any summons on him and that an action in the matter was underway.India's strong reaction came a day after a federal US court issued summons against Modi on his alleged role in 2002 communal violence in Gujarat when he was the state chief minister.Even the White House downplayed the issue, with its Press Secretary Josh Earnest saying that it (lawsuit) was not going to have any impact on Prime Minister Modi's very importan
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said Pakistan "spoiled the talks" by talking to Hurriyat leaders just ahead of Foreign Secretaries of the two nations were scheduled to meet in Islamabad last month."New (Narendra Modi) government has given a new signal. So they (Pakistan) spoiled the talks, they spoiled the game," Swaraj told Indian reporters here after her meeting with the IBSA Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of the ongoing UN General Assembly session.Swaraj was asked to comment on Pakistan's National Security and Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz's remarks that ta
After a 300-day flight and covering a distance of 680-million km after its launch on November 5, 2013, the Rs 450-crore Isro's Mars Orbiter Mission entered the Martian orbit at 7.18am.The mission begian at 4:17 am and conclude by 8:15 am in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Indian Space Telemetry and Tracking Command Network (Istrac), Peenya.
Indian men settled for a bronze medal after narrowly missing the silver in the 10m air pistol event at the Ongnyeon shooting range, continuing their good run in the 17th Asian Games, here today.Their latest shooting star Jitu Rai also entered the eight-man final as the second best qualifier, a day after clinching the 50m gold, to make it a satisfactory morning.Rai's precise shooting, that helped him garner 585 points and qualify with a point behind Kazakhstan's Rashid Yunusmetov, backed up by Samaresh Jung's 580 (who finished 9th) and Prakash Nanjappa's 578 (14th), albeit w
Germany substitute Mario Goetze volleyed in a brilliant goal seven minutes from the end of extra time to clinch a 1-0 victory over Argentina at the Maracana on Sunday that gave them the World Cup for the fourth time. The game seemed destined for penalties until fellow substitute Andre Schuerrle escaped down the left and sent in a cross that Goetze controlled on his chest before slamming home. Germany dominated possession in the match but Argentina had the best of the few chances, including a clear one after 20 minutes when a misdirected Tony Kroos header sent
After Brazil's utter humiliation against Germany, anything less than a win in Saturday's third-place match against an indifferent Netherlands team would deepen the gloom hanging over the World Cup hosts.Brazil's astounding 7-1 semifinal thrashing by rampant Germany ended their dream of winning a sixth World Cup, and a first on home soil, and plunged the nation into despair.There is still the prospect, an appalling one for many Brazilians, that arch-rivals Argentina could win Sunday's final in Rio de Janeiro.Although third spot would be scant consolation for many, the match
A low-intensity blast triggered by an IED planted in a bike parked in front of a police station in the heart of the city today left four persons injured, one of them a Constable, even as authorities did not rule out the possibility of involvement of a terror group in the incident.Though the injuries caused were minor and the blast damaged only two 2-wheelers in the parking lot of Faraskhana police station, it created panic in the area and brought back memories of earlier bomb explosions in the city for which home -grown terror outfit Indian Mujahideen was blamed.Maharashtra Home Minister R R P
Lacking big ticket announcements, the NDA’s maiden budget though offered to minority communities an additional amount of Rs 100 crore for modernisation of madarsas and a programme for the upgradation of skills and training in ancestral arts.In his budget speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told the Lower House that a programme for the upgradation of skills and training in ancestral arts for development of the minorities called “Upgradation of Traditional Skills in Arts, Resources and Goods” would be launched to preserve the traditional arts and crafts which have a rich heri
Cracking the whip on hoarders and black marketers, the government on Friday decided to add teeth to the Essential Commodities Act (ECA) by making hoarding a non-bailable offence.The Centre will also set up a Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF) which would be used to soften the impact of price rise on the common man, particularly during the months of July to November when food inflation remains high.These decisions were taken at a meeting of food and civil supplies ministers from 26 states and Union territories chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and Food
Former Union minister O Rajagopal is likely to be named the new governor of Karnataka. Rajagopal’s name figures among the seven cleared by the Modi government and sent to the President, said official sources on Friday. An announcement in this regard is expected to be made before the Budget Session of Parliament begins on Monday.The previous Governor H R Bhardwaj completed his term on June 28. Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah is holding additional charge of Karnataka till the appointment of a new governor. Rajagopal, 84, was founder president of the BJP’s Kerala unit. He wa
The 46 Indian nurses held captive in Iraq by militants are now free and expected to return to Kerala on Saturday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has confirmed.“Indian nurses who were moved against their will on Thursday are free. The nurses will move to Erbil on Friday night. An Air India plane (Boeing 777) has taken off from Delhi to bring them back,” MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said here on Friday.The plane is scheduled to leave Erbil late night on Friday and land in Kochi on Saturday morning. Besides the nurses, the aircraft will bring home 70 other Indians.&l
A communication gap delayed the arrival of the 46 Kerala nurses at the Erbil airport on Friday. The bus that was to fetch them first went to the wrong pick-up point on the Kurd border, leading to anxious moments for officials and passengers holed up in strife-torn Iraq.The nurses, who were working in a hospital in Tikrit that fell to Sunni insurgents, under the banner of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), started their journey from Mosul to Erbil airport around 12:30 pm IST and were to be fetched from the border area of Kurdistan.However, the bus went to a different pick-up point resultin
Youngsters eloping? Take away their cellphones so that they can't plan their elopement! That's the order a panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnore district, about 400 km from here, has passed.The panchayat, held at Shadipur village in the district on Thursday, was reportedly attended by a large number of people from both Hindu and Muslim communities. It had been convened after the elopement of four lovers from the village within a span of 10 days. The village has a population of about 5,000, according to reports.Apparently, the villagers felt that the lovers managed to elope only b
How on earth can tennis superstar Maria Sharapova say she doesn’t know Sachin Tendulkar? For die-hard Sachin fans, that innocuous off-court remark in Wimbledon on Saturday was too hard to digest. So, they bombarded her Facebook page with enlightening posts. Some aggressive, some downright abusive! Frenzied, they also turned to Twitter, and posed a sarcasm-laced query: “Who is Sharapova.” #whoismariasharapova was trending soon, worldwide. The tweets from upset Sachin fans came quick and fast. Here’s one: “Who is Maria Sharapova? She is the one who doesn’t kno
When Delhiites sweated it out during power cuts last summer, it seems, the then Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit of the Congress and her staff were enjoying the best of comforts of 31 air conditioners and over a dozen desert coolers at her official residence.A Right to Information (RTI) query has revealed that the former residence of Dikshit at 3, Motilal Nehru Marg, in central Delhi not just had over two dozen power-guzzling air conditioners but was also equipped with 15 desert coolers, 25 heaters and 12 geysers. The sprawling property has four bedrooms and other rooms, as well as an office bloc