New Delhi A relative of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested this morning in a corruption case, police said. Vinay Bansal, son of Kejriwal’s brother-in-law, was arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau in connection with the PWD scam, a senior police official said. Three FIRs or first imformation reports, including one against a company run by […]
Sydney Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma were the only Indian men’s singles players who made it past the first round of the Australian Badminton Open in Sydney on Wednesday. In women’s singles, 16-year-old Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka was the only Indian who reached the second round. Sai Praneeth beat Israel’s Misha Zilberman 21-17, 21-14, while Sameer […]
New Delhi Lalu’s son Tej Pratap Yadav last month got engaged to former minister and senior RJD leader Chandrika Rai’s daughter Aishwarya Rai. The wedding is to take place on May 12. Aishwarya is also the grand-daughter of former Chief Minister Daroga Prasad Rai. All seven daughters and both sons — Tej Pratap Yadav included […]
China’s government-run space agency has long tried to make a mark in the launch market for small satellites. But it has been unable to make any sort of a dent in the weight of reputation that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has made for itself in this segment. But now, a Chinese ‘private’ aerospace […]
New Delhi India’s largest e-commerce company Flipkart on Wednesday agreed to sell 77 per cent stake to US retail giant Walmart for $16 billion. Ahead of the official announcement. “India is one of the most attractive retail markets in the world, given its size and growth rate, and our investment is an opportunity to partner […]
Bengaluru “Sharad Pawar once told me that he has spent his whole life trying to disturb the Congress, but today Congress remains the only party which can take on the RSS/BJP,” remarked Rahul Gandhi, while inaugurating the Samruddha Bharat Foundation (SBF) at the Taj West End in Bengaluru on Tuesday. “This is no longer a tactical […]
Beijing Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un met in northeast China today in an unannounced visit by the North Korean leader ahead of an expected summit with US President Donald Trump. Shortly after the meeting was made public, Trump tweeted that he would speak to his “friend” Xi about North Korea later today. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV showed Xi […]
Kuala Lumpur Do not, for a moment, think of pint-sized Goh Yea Ching as the weak link in the women badminton’s doubles department. She is definitely not, otherwise she would not have earned the nickname Rambo for her gung-ho approach on court. And the little Rambo hopes to make a big impression when she debuts […]
The Supreme Court today told the Centre that it was in “sheer contempt” of its direction on Cauvery water sharing for failing to frame a scheme for distribution of water between the southern riparian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Union Territory of Puducherry. The top court directed the Secretary of the Union Water […]
Chandigarh Driving the A.M.T market with its class leading products, Tata Motors today announced the launch of its latest and the most awaited product in this segment-the Tata NEXON HyprDrive Self-Shift Gears (S-SG). With the introduction of the Tata NEXON Hyprdrive S-SG, Tata Motors has branded all its 2 pedal transmission cars as ‘HyprDrive’ while […]