2019 LS poll: VVPATs for all 10.6 lakh polling stations, says EC
New Delhi: Assuring timely allocation of electronic voting machines (EVM) for the 2019 general elections, the Election Commission on Sunday said it was in the process of ensuring allocation of Voter Verifiable Paper More...
Pradhan to lay foundation stone for Odisha Ethanol plant
Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will lay the foundation stone for a Rs 1,000 crore ethanol bio-refinery plant in Odisha’s Bargarh district on October 10, an official said on Sunday. Pradhan More...
Weed out toxic people from Bollywood: Pulkit Samrat
Mumbai: As Tanushree Dutta’s sexual harassment allegations against Nana Patekar have sparked a debate in the Hindi entertainment industry, actor Pulkit Samrat has requested the film fraternity to come together More...
US-based Qualcomm to set up $400-mn campus in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Qualcomm will set up up a campus in Hyderabad at an investment of $400 million (about Rs 3,000 crore), which will be its largest facility outside of the United States, the Telangana state government announced More...
EC announces Assembly poll dates for five states, results on December 11
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday announced two-phase poll dates for the 90 seats of the Chhattisgarh Assembly on November 12 and November 20. Counting of votes and declaration of results would More...
Microsoft pauses rollout of Windows 10 October update
San Francisco: After several users complained that installing the Windows 10 October 2018 update has been wiping off their data, Microsoft on Saturday announced putting a halt to the availability of the update. Microsoft More...
Talcher coalfields to produce record 100 MT this fiscal
Bhubaneswar: Talcher coalfields in Odisha’s Angul district will contribute a record 100 million tonnes of coal as against a target of 162.5 million tonne of MCL, said an official on Friday. Talcher will set More...
RBI policy decision dents rupee; touches new low of over 74 to USD
Mumbai: The Indian rupee plunged to a fresh record low of over 74 to a US dollar on Friday late afternoon, after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) maintained its key benchmark lending rates. The policy repo rate under More...
Russian President Putin arrives in India for annual bilateral summit
New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived here on Thursday for the annual India-Russia bilateral summit that he will hold with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi welcomed Putin with a warm hug at 7, Lok More...
Shift Khaleda Zia to hospital, orders Bangladesh court
Dhaka: A High Court division bench in Bangladesh on Thursday asked the government to immediately send jailed former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to a hospital in the capital for treatment. She was sentenced to five More...