India
Issue of UK visas will be resolved soon: Goa CM
Panaji, Oct 13 Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that the Union Home Ministry has given an assurance to resolve the issue of the United Kingdom visas as soon as possible. "I have discussed the UK visa issue with Home Minister Amit Shah. It will be sorted out ...India-UK FTA may not meet Diwali deadline over immigration concerns
New Delhi, Oct 12 The India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations may get delayed and are unlikely to be finalised by Diwali, owing to concerns over it fuelling increased immigration to the UK. According to sources, UK's new Home Secretary Suella Braverman recently raised concerns over the deal, saying that ...TN to have the country’s first sanctuary for Slender Loris
Chennai, Oct 12 The Slender Loris sanctuary, the establishment of which was notified by the Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday, will be the first of its kind in the country. The Kadavur Slender Loris Sanctuary is to come up at 11,806 hectares in Karur and Dindigul districts, covering areas of ...Internal elections strengthen a party, says Shashi Tharoor
Ahmedabad, Oct 12 Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said that he strongly believes that internal elections within the party make the party strong and that a strong Congress will make the country strong. On a day's visit to Ahmedabad to campaign, Tharoor, after addressing party delegates and appealing ...21 IIT Guwahati researchers feature in the world’s top 2% of scientists’ list
Guwahati, Oct 12 A total of 21 researchers and faculty members from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, including Director T.G. Sitharam, feature in the list of the world's top two per cent scientists created by the US' Stanford University, the institution said on Wednesday. IIT Guwahati said that Sitharam, ...BCCI chief Ganguly left ‘disappointed and dejected’ after falling out of favour
New Delhi, Oct 12 Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who is soon going to become a former BCCI president, has fallen out of favour with the board and is reportedly ending his term on a 'disappointing' note. During the upcoming BCCI AGM and elections on October 18, most members of ...PM Modi unveils ‘Mahakal Lok’ corridor in Ujjain
Bhopal, Oct 11 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the newly developed "Mahakal Lok", the expanded part of Mahakaleshwar temple premises in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain. The inauguration was done following the rituals and chanting of shlokas and mantras by over a hundred Hindu seers. Attired in traditional 'dhoti' and ...Goa to face loss of £50 million if visa restriction for the UK is not ...
Panaji, Oct 11 Claiming that the coastal state will face a loss of £50 million if tourists from the United Kingdom don't visit, Goa Forward Party (GFP) President and MLA Vijai Sardesai have appealed to the BJP government to relax visa conditions. Sardesai, though in opposition, said that he is ...London’s electric buses to zoom across Thane town’s streets
Mumbai, Oct 11 London-based Causis Group Ltd's (CGL) electric buses will soon zoom on the roads of Kalyan-Dombivali towns in Thane district, officials said here on Tuesday. The Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has awarded a contract to CGL to procure 107 e-buses on a wet lease for a period of ...Inflation in India is quite low, compared to leading economies: PM Modi
Jamnagar (Gujarat), Oct 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that inflation in the country is much lower than that in developed countries. "Compared to developed countries, inflation is quite low; for example, the British are witnessing the worst inflation in the last 50 years, Americans are facing the ...