The death toll in the bomb explosion in the centre of the Thai capital has gone up to 27, said REUTERS quoting local media.Several foreigners were among those killed when a bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded outside a shrine in the Thai capital on Monday. The Nation television said 27 had been killed in
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to stage at the Dubai International Cricket stadium on Monday evening to address a gathering of more than 50,000 people. Calling Dubai a mini India, the PM praised the diaspora, saying they are enhancing India’s pride. Modi’s speech was reminiscent of his large public addresses in Madison Square Garden in
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JAKARTA: An Indonesian domestic passenger aircraft carrying 54 people lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday in the remote eastern Papua region, the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) said. “Lost contact with plane,” BASARNAS chief Bambang Soelystyo told Reuters by phone. According to the official BASARNAS Twitter account, the aircraft belonging to Trigana
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ABU DHABI: Ahead of his talks with the Emirati leadership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the Gulf region is vital for India’s economic, energy and security interests and he wants to see the UAE as the foremost partner in trade and countering terrorism. Noting that both India and UAE have a range of common
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(THE NEWSMAN OF INDIA.COM) 15th August 2015:Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Saturday that corruption was eating away at India “like a termite” as he used his Independence Day speech to pledge his commitment to eradicating graft and poverty. “I want to reaffirm that this nation will get rid of corruption. we have to start from
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NEW DELHI: In an apparent message to Pakistan, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said “our neighbours” must ensure that their territory is not used by forces inimical to India which rejects any attempt to use terrorism as an instrument of state policy. “While we offer our hand willingly in friendship, we cannot stay blind
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Ms Gauri Kumar, Secretary, Cabinet Secretary, has been appointed as Member, Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) in place of K M Acharya. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
Anshuman Das, retired CMD, NALCO, has been appointed as member, Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) in place of Ashwani Kumar Datt.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday came down heavily on the Gandhi family, saying it has not been able to accept the fact that someone else can also rule the country as the government efforts to push for the GST bill did not take off ove
