Punjab wants central government to allow wheat export Newstrack India | Chandigarh, May 19 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Saturday asked the central government to allow export of wheat from the state. | Talking to media at Rakhra village in Patiala district, 100 km from here, Badal said Punjab was facing a problem of storage of wheat owing to b...
Foreign travel expenses shoot up 20% on falling rupee The Times Of India Tweet NEW DELHI: The depreciating value of the rupee has made outbound travel for Indians at least 15-20% more expensive. In India, domestic travel too is suffering because of an increase in airfares as Kingfisher and Air India reduce their inventory. | The summer break in India sees a huge number o...
Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University issues notice to 21 self-financed colleges The Times Of India SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet | PALANPUR: Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (HNGU) has issued notices to 21 self-financed BCA, BEd and BBA colleges for violating its as well as that of University Grants Commission's norms. | The colleges are loc...
BJP blames UPA for the economic crisis The Siasat Daily Hyderabad, May 20: | BJP senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday slammed the UPA Government at the Centre for pushing the country in economic crisis with its faulty decisions. | Talking to media persons after participating in the inauguration of S...
Union Cabinet clears Rs 8,500 cr for rural roads The Times Of India Tweet NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet has cleared a Rs 8,500-crore rural roads package to ensure growth and remove Maoist influence in forested tribal areas. | The three-year roads pr...
Smoking ban imposed in public places in Bulgaria The Siasat Daily Sofia, May 18: | After several failed attempts from restaurant owners, Bulgaria's Parliament has finally adopted a total ban on smoking in indoor public places. | The ban, which wa...
St sees SBI scoring on bottomline DNA India | State Bank of India (SBI), India's largest lender, is expected to announce buoyant numbers for the quarter ended March today, marking a return to strong profit growth after sever...
Babus struggle to find money for pension to farmers The Times Of India SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet | CHANDIGARH: The SAD-BJP government in Punjab, keen on fulfilling promises made during elections, is likely to incur an additional burden of over Rs 800 crore to give pension and provident fund to farmers in the state, as ...
Ajit Singh appeals to AI pilots to end strike Indian Express | Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has appealed to Air India pilots to end their strike and come back to work as it was inconveniencing the passengers. | Singh said that the strike was causing losses to the airline and if it continues, the ve...
Short of funds, six North corp pools shut Indian Express | Six of the seven swimming pools run by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) are closed. The MCD claims it does not have the funds needed to operate these pools. | The North Municipal Corporation is responsible for six pools, all of which are sh...
Allow export of wheat from Punjab: Badal Indian Express | Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday asked the Centre to allow export of wheat from the state, since Punjab was a major producer of the crop and the initiative will also help bail out farmers reeling under debt stress. | Speaking to media...
That gorgeous Italian Vespa makes a comeback DNA India | We all fondly remember the Vespas of yore. Some of you may even be lucky enough to have owned one. It's been quite a while since the Vespa name has scooted ubiquitously on Indian roads. But things began to change at the Auto Expo that took place in January this year, when Piaggio announced the return of the brand. And this week, we finally got to...
