At least 23 suspected terrorists were killed when Pakistani fighter jets targeted militant hideouts in North Waziristan Agency Wednesday evening, military officials said. Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that four militant hideouts were destroyed in the Shawal area of the agency through "effective and precise aerial strikes", Dawn online reported.
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has thanked Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who retired from Test cricket and gave up his captaincy of the Indian team in the long form of cricket, for giving the country "moments of great pride". "It requires courage and immense self assessment to accept that you are done. Thank you MS, you gave
Following the central government’s directive of splitting the portfolio of chairman and managing director (MD) of PSU banks, Animesh Chauhan has been appointed the CEO and MD of Oriental Bank of Commerce, the bank said Wednesday. According to the directive, for the first time in India, PSU banks will have a non-executive chairman, giving
Muthoot Finance Ltd (MFL) has acquired 51 percent equity shares of Colombo-based Asia Asset Finance PLC (AAF), the company told the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Wednesday. "Pursuant to open offer given by MFL for acquisition of shares of AAF in Colombo Stock Exchange, the company has acquired 56,059,084 shares at 1.60 LKR," MFL chief
State-owned National Mineral Development Corp (NMDC) Wednesday said it has incorporated a subsidiary by the name of Karnataka Vijaynagar Steel (KVS) to develop a steel plant in the state. The plant will be set up through a special purpose vehicle, said company secretary Mohammad Imam in a filing with the National Stock Exchange.
Three fresh cases of swine flu were Wednesday reported in the national capital, taking the number this year to 38, a health official said. "The afflicted include a 30-year-old man from Krishna Nagar, and two women aged 46 and 52 from Paschim Puri and New Delhi area, respectively," Charan Singh, an officer at the
The government has placed special significance on India's foreign policy and diplomatic outreach, making 2014 a year of "breakthrough diplomacy". But 2015 promises to take foreign policy to a higher level with 'diplomacy for development' as the theme of India's global engagements, according to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. In a signed introduction to
The PDP Wednesday gave enough hints that it was ready to form a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, while the BJP, the PDP's likely ally, said it will react formally Thursday. Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti told Governor N.N. Vohra that her party had the support of 55 legislators in the 87-seat
Aiming to take the Make in India programme a step further, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) has formed a Fast Track Task Force to re-establish growth in the country's mobile handset and component manufacturing eco-system. "The task force will be meeting the Department of Electronics and Information Technology secretary (R.S.Sharma) in
Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who is currently vacationing in Goa, is likely to be paired with Ram Charan in his yet-untitled Telugu movie with filmmaker Srinu Vaitla. "Samantha has been finalised for the project. The paperwork would be completed very soon. The plan is to go on floors from second week of January," a