There more people have been arrested by the CBI in a case of Rs 90 crore received by aviation consultant Deepak Talwar’s NGO Advantage India in alleged violation of foreign exchange rules, officials said on Thursday.
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Tamilnadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Wednesday came down heavily on DMK president M K Stalin for criticising him over undertaking a tour of foreign nations to woo investments.
As the stalemate over mode of implementation of free rice scheme in Puducherry continued, Lt Governor Kiran Bedi on Wednesday insisted on direct transfer of cash equivalent to quantum of rice, saying the beneficiaries would stand to gain from it.
Play is far more valuable for children’s mental growth than academic training, according to a noted thought leader in education, Peter Gray. “We look at play traditionally as a recess, but it is far more than that and is crucial in a childs overall development,” says Gray, a research professor of psychology at Boston College in the US.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about ‘Om’ and ‘cow’ in Mathura with an eye on assembly elections in States, including Maharashtra and Haryana. Talking to reporters here, the Hyderabad MP also took a dig at the PM, saying Modi was worried about “cow economy” and not about the country’s economy.
Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday alleged that the protest rally held by thousands of people belonging to the Vokkaliga community here against the arrest of senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar was an attempt by somebody to take advantage of the situation.
President Hassan Rouhani said today that the United States would fail with its “warmongering” and warned that Iran was ready to further reduce its nuclear commitments in response. “The Americans must understand that bellicosity and warmongering don’t work in their favour. Both… must be abandoned,” Rouhani told a meeting of his cabinet in remarks aired on state television.
Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy led the Union Territory in paying homage to the renowned poet Subramania Bharathi on his 98th death anniversary today.
A 38-year-old teacher was beaten up by the people of a village near here for allegedly having sex with an anganwadi staffer in a school premises, police said on Wednesday.