Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Thursday announced a visionary ‘Mission 2030’ master plan aimed at boosting the state’s GDP share from the current 12 percent to an ambitious 20 percent through strategic development of the travel and hospitality sector. Speaking at the Tourism Investors Meet (TIM), state Tourism Minister P A Mohamed Riyas highlighted the…
Jaipur: The BJP on Thursday released its manifesto for the Rajasthan assembly polls, promising to provide LPG cylinders for Rs 450 each to Ujjawala scheme beneficiaries, 2.5 lakh government jobs in five years, and increase the financial assistance to farmers under the PM-Kisan scheme. Releasing the ‘Sankalp patra’ here, party chief J P Nadda also…
London: India’s purchase policies softened the oil and gas markets by its decision to continue transactions with Russia and should be thanked for managing global inflation as a consequence, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. During an interaction entitled ‘How a Billion People See the World’ at the Royal Over-Seas League here on Wednesday evening,…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son Yathindra Siddaramaiah found himself embroiled in a controversy on Thursday after a video, in which he was seen issuing certain instructions on the phone, went viral on social media. Hurling corruption charges against him, former chief minister and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy hit out at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah,…
Beijing: At least 26 people were killed and more than 60 injured after a fire tore through a building of a coal mine company in north China’s Shanxi province on Thursday, state media reported. The fire started at the second floor of the five-story building located in Lishi District of Lyuliang City at around 6.50 am…
New Delhi: The government on Thursday cut the windfall profit tax on crude oil produced in the country and on exports of diesel in line with softening international oil prices. The tax, levied in the form of Special Additional Excise Duty or SAED, on domestically produced crude oil has been reduced to Rs 6,300 per…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (PTI) India is committed to freedom of navigation, overflight and unimpeded lawful commerce in international waters by global norms, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday against the backdrop of China’s increasing military muscle flexing in the South China Sea. In an address at a meeting of 10-nation ASEAN and some…
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh’s central region, spread around capital Bhopal and other surrounding areas, has emerged as a BJP stronghold over the past three decades even as a combative Congress eyes a comeback there in the state polls scheduled on Friday. While the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) says it has worked according to the socio-political equations…
Bengaluru: The cryogenic upper stage of the LVM3 M4 launch vehicle, which successfully injected the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into the intended orbit on July 14 this year, made an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere, the ISRO said. This rocket body was part of the LVM-3 M4 launch vehicle, it said. It re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere…
Mumbai: If maestro Sachin Tendulkar had set the bar, a “superhuman” Virat Kohli came and raised it a little further with his 50th ODI century, said Little Master Sunil Gavaskar as the cricketing world hailed in unison the record-breaking feat. Tennis legend Novak Djokovic also sent a congratulatory message to Kohli. “Congratulations Virat. Legendary,” wrote…
