PDP patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed will be sworn in as the new chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Sunday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Peoples Democratic Party patron will be heading a coalition government in the state for the second time. In 2002, he led a PDP-Congress alliance
By Apurva Bhatt The Bombardier rakes which was meant to increase more services in Mumbai suburban rail network has passed the crucial approval test of Commissioner of Rail Safety, but with the rider. The rakes which can run up to a speed of 120kmph will not exceed the speed limit of 70 kmph on
By Apurva Bhatt Here’s some good news for commuters from Eastern Suburbs who use the Dharavi-Sion link road , LBS Road and Sion Circle to go to BKC. The state government will soon start constructing a 1.6 km connecting road between BKC and Eastern Express Highway. “Construction of the Bandra Kurla Complex-Chunabhatti connector will commence
Falling just short of big bang reforms called for by his own economic survey, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday presented a Rs.17.78 lakh crore (nearly $300 billion) national budget for the next fiscal that seeks to put more money in the hands of the average citizen, tackle the menace of black money more effectively and
An elated South Africa skipper AB De Villiers, who smashed an unbeaten 162 off 66 deliveries against the West Indies here Friday, said it was pain from the humiliating defeat to India that got him to play such a devastating innings. "A bit of everything, a bit of pain in the previous game,”
The Startup Village here, the country's first PPP model incubator which completed its 1,000th day Jan 10, has so far produced 533 startups, including 116 at campus startups, and created a total of 2,889 jobs with a total valuation pegged at Rs.292 crore, a statement said Friday. Startup Village was launched April 15,
The Venkateswara temple, India's richest shrine located on the hills of Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati, has roped in software giant Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) as the technology partner to provide all online services. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which manages the affairs of the temple, Friday said TCS would take care of services
India's Economic Survey has projected growth at over 8 percent for next fiscal and said inflation was easing, while setting the agenda for "big-bang reforms" to attain double-digit expansion, cut rich-benefiting subsidies and push investments in a clean, green way. Tabled in parliament Friday by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and authored by a
Eating enough sea fish and outdoor activities affect the levels of brain chemical serotonin that plays a role in ameliorating the symptoms associated with a broad array of brain disorders, new research has found. Many clinical disorders, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression
Parents must watch out as kids, who spend more than two hours watching television, computers or video consoles in a day run a 30 percent greater risk of developing high blood pressure, says new research. Doing no daily physical activity or an activity which is less than an hour a day makes one