Новости за 16.12.2015

The special investigation team (SIT) probing into illegal mining cases have received the audit report of mining leases from the directorate of mines and geology (DMG) to study and accordingly asked the mines department to file complaints.

Martial Arts Event Comes To Calangute For Second Year

Minister Claims Ignorance About Foreign Trip To Study Issue

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In a freak accident, an Air India service engineer died after he got sucked into the live engine of an A-319 aircraft at the Mumbai airport on Wednesday evening. The engineer, identified as Ravi Subramanium and in his forties, died after a pilot accidentally switched the engine on.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for refusing to make public through Right To Information (RTI) its reports on inquiry into offensive practices by private and public sector banks and said as a "watchdog", the central bank had a duty to make public reports on non-transparent activities of banks.

The proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a significant tax reform. Once enacted, it will replace the complex central and state indirect tax regime. In a 5-part series, TOI demystifies what GST could bring to various stakeholders...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought to dispel the notion about rigidity of Hinduism harboured in certain quarters and said it was the “collective wisdom and inspiration of the centuries” even as it delivered a landmark judgment saying the state could not have a say in who should be appointed a pujari (priest) in a temple.

Having identified India as a core market, Malaysia's IHH Healthcare Berhad, the world's second largest healthcare provider by market value ($14 billion), which recently made two acquisitions in India this year, will look at opportunities for growth, and has a long-term horizon as it ramps up investments.

The All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF), the national trade federation for the promotion and growth of trade in gems and jewellery sector across India expressed dissatisfaction over imposition of requirement of PAN Card on any transaction of Rs 2 lakh and above.

Residents of the suburbs have urged the state government to waive the underground drainage and property tax for the period October 2015 to March 2016.

Clearing encroachments on waterbodies, desilting channels, stopping dumping of solid waste in drainage system and building a barricade along canals/rivers to prevent new encroachments – these are the Madras high court’s prescriptions to the Tamil Nadu government to avoid recurrence of the catastrophic floods that swamped Chennai and its suburbs recently.

After the recent deluge battered several neighbourhoods, frustrated residents have started at least 50 online petitions on change.org to garner public support.

Federal Reserve hiked interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, signalling faith that US economy had largely overcome the wounds of 2007-2009 financial crisis.

Federal Reserve hiked interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, signalling faith that US economy had largely overcome the wounds of 2007-2009 financial crisis.

Public Works Department and irrigation minister Shivpal Sigh Yadav faced an awkward situation when scores of agitated schoolgirls blocked his fleet at district headquarters on Wednesday. The girls, displaying placards, were demanding self-centre in UP Board examinations.

Besahara Mukti Sanstha’, a city-based Sikh organization, on the occasion of Guru Tegh Bahadur Shaheedi Diwas, paid her dues.

Besahara Mukti Sanstha’, a city-based Sikh organization, on the occasion of Guru Tegh Bahadur Shaheedi Diwas, paid her dues.

The stretch between GPO and DM residence in Hazratganj continues to face traffic snarls and congestion despite UP chief secretary’s recent directions to fix responsibility of police station officers to ensure encroachment free road with no unauthorized parking.

It’s official. The graduating students of Lucknow University will be seen in maroon-coloured Indian attire at the convocation slated on January 19. The university’s Executive Council (EC) on Wednesday gave a green signal to the ‘desi’ attire, saying goodbye to colonial robes.

While the Port-Maduravoyal elevated corridor project appears doomed, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) knocked on the doors of chief secretary K Gnanadesikan recently so other crucial but stalled projects like the six-laning of Krishnagiri-Wallajahpet section of NH-46 could be salvaged.

Hostellers of Lucknow University will finally get tube lights in their rooms. According to chief provost SP Trivedi, tube lights will be fitted in all rooms of all hostels within a month.

The King George's Medical University is expected to start the new trauma center project by year-end. It will have 30 beds to begin with.