M. Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister for Urban Development, today inaugurated IIT Roorkee-NBCC Research & Development Centre on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure at IIT Roorkee’s Greater Noida Extension Centre (GNEC). The function was also attended by Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC and Prof. Pradipta Banerjee, Director, IIT Roorkee, among others. Congratulating the initiative of NBCC &
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BENGALURU: In a hat-trick of sorts for the BJP in civic polls across the country, the party on won control of the Bengaluru civic body for a second term in the bitterly fought elections, with the outcome coming as a setback to chief minister Siddaramaiah. Upsetting Congress plans to wrest control of the Bruhat Bengaluru
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After Pakistan’s NSA Sartaj Aziz said he is willing to participate in the NSA level talks in India, but without pre-conditions, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said NSA would discuss on terrorism as decided in Ufa, Russia. Dismissing Mr. Aziz’s claims that India wants to run away from talks, Ms. Swaraj said, “We
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Ashwani Lohani, an Indian Railway Service Officer of 1980 batch has been appointed as CMD Air India. Ashwani Lohani is presently MD of Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation Lohani will succeed Rohit Nandan whose three-year term ended last year and who was on a one-year extension till the government was able to find a new
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A whole lot of bonhomie and frequent swipes at Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked the coming together on a public stage of Arvind Kejriwal and Nitish Kumar in Delhi today. The two chief ministers held hands, hugged and showered praise on each other. “The PM called me a Naxal before the Delhi elections, now he
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Santosh Kumar Misra, an IAS officer of 2000 batch Tamil Nadu cadre who is Managing Director of Chhattisgarh Tourism Board and CEO, Kaushal Unnayan Mission., is a man full of humanity who dedicates his personal time serving into humanity for years. He helps bright students and physically challenge students coming from poor economic background. There
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New Delhi: She had always remained in the background, smiling graciously at invited guests from her wheelchair during events held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. First Lady Suvra Mukherjee, President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife of 58 years, died here on Tuesday, it was announced. The First Lady was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Army’s
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The death toll in the bomb explosion in the centre of the Thai capital has gone up to 27, said REUTERS quoting local media.Several foreigners were among those killed when a bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded outside a shrine in the Thai capital on Monday. The Nation television said 27 had been killed in
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to stage at the Dubai International Cricket stadium on Monday evening to address a gathering of more than 50,000 people. Calling Dubai a mini India, the PM praised the diaspora, saying they are enhancing India’s pride. Modi’s speech was reminiscent of his large public addresses in Madison Square Garden in
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JAKARTA: An Indonesian domestic passenger aircraft carrying 54 people lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday in the remote eastern Papua region, the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) said. “Lost contact with plane,” BASARNAS chief Bambang Soelystyo told Reuters by phone. According to the official BASARNAS Twitter account, the aircraft belonging to Trigana
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