Trade Unions decide to go on countrywide strike on Sept. 2
The Central Trade Unions have decided to go on a countrywide strike on Friday to press for their 12- point charter of demands. All ten Trade Unions except Bharatiya Mazdoor…
SC quashes Singur land acquisition for Tata’s Nano plant
Directs govt to return land to farmers AMN / The Supreme Court today asked the West Bengal government return 400 acres of land, acquired in Singur for Tata Motors to…
MCOCA Court frames charges against Chhota Rajan in Journalist murder case
Mumbai’s Special MCOCA court has framed charges against gangster Chhota Rajan in J Dey murder case. Rajan has been charged under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code for murder…
NDRF rescues 27,000 people from flood-affected areas in Bihar
Anwarul Hoda / The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has rescued more than 27,000 people from the flood-affected areas in Bihar . Over 1,000 personnel of the force were carrying…
India to grant Permanent Residency Status for Foreign Investors
TIA NEWS / The Government of India has approved the scheme for grant of Permanent Residency Status (PRS) to foreign investors subject to the relevant conditions in the FDI Policy…
9 Bangladeshi to be deported from Assam detention camp
Nine nationals of Bangladesh, including two children will be deported soon to that country from a detention camp at Silchar in Assam. Bangladesh has agreed to take back of their…
11 dead, 3 missing in Japan after typhoon
At least 11 were killed and three missing due typhoon in northern Japan. Nine people were found dead inside a home for elderly people in a flood-hit town of Iwaizumi…
Obama cuts short the sentences of 111 federal inmates
WEB DESK US President Barack Obama has cut short the sentences of 111 federal inmates, in another round of commutations for those convicted of nonviolent drug offences. Earlier this month,…
Opposition expresses concerns over Logistic Exchange between India and US
Our Correspondent / New Delhi Major opposition parties in India have expressed grave concern over over the signing of the Logistic Exchange Memorandum of Agreement between India and the United…
Kurdish fighters announces truce with Turkey; US welcomes
UNITED STATES has welcomed a pause in fighting between Turkish and Kurdish forces in northern Syria, urging them to focus on fighting so-called Islamic State. A US military spokesman described…