Betul: India is likely to sign on Tuesday a multi-billion dollar deal to extend LNG imports from Qatar till 2048 at rates that are lower than current prices, sources said. Petronet LNG Ltd will sign the deal with QatarEnergy to extend import of 7.5 million tonne a year on sidelines of India Energy Week here….
London: Britain’s King Charles III has started a schedule of regular treatments after being diagnosed with cancer following his recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement and will be postponing his public duties, Buckingham Palace has said. While the palace has not specified the form of cancer, it said the 75-year-old monarch has started treatment…
Panaji: The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday quashed the summons issued to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal by a magistrate in an alleged case of violation of the model code of conduct. Talking to PTI, the party’s Goa unit chief Amit Palekar said the high court quashed the…
Gumla (Jharkhand): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he offered a biscuit to a dog owner to feed the animal after it refused to eat from his hands. His clarification came after a video showing him offering a biscuit rejected by a dog to a person went viral on social media, with BJP leaders…
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday tabled in the assembly the Uniform Civil Code bill, which when passed will be the first such legislation to be implemented in any state after Independence. The bill proposes a common law on marriage, divorce, land, property and inheritance for all citizens irrespective of their religion in Uttarakhand, excluding…
Bhopal/Harda: Eleven people were killed and 200 others injured, besides 60 houses were gutted after an explosion leading to a blaze at a firecrackers factory in Harda town of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, officials said. A number of people were also feared trapped in and around the unit, Harda Collector Rishi Garg said. The incident…
Rourkela: The Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is scheduled to enter Odisha on Tuesday. Biramitrapur, a small industrial town in Sundergarh district through which the yatra will enter the state from Jharkhand, has been decked up with banners, cut-outs and hoardings of Gandhi. Senior state Congress leaders have gathered in Rourkela steel city, around…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday searched the premises of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal secretary Bibhav Kumar and some persons connected to the Aam Aadmi Party as part of a money laundering probe, official sources said. About 10 premises in the national capital are being covered as part of the raids, they…
New Delhi: The Modi government wants friendly relations with all countries but it will not compromise with India’s border security and the people’s safety, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday. Shah also said that the government has successfully tackled the three internal security hotspots — ‘Jammu and Kashmir, the Northeast and the Left…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday predicted that the BJP will “definitely” get 370 seats and the ruling National Democratic Alliance will cross 400 seats in the Lok Sabha polls as he tore into the Congress, saying its “shop” is on the verge of closure. In his nearly 100-minute reply to the discussion…
