January 19, 2016
Chennai: In an initiative aimed at quick delivery of government services, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday launched a round-the-clock call centre for ensuring fast response to grievances.
The 'Amma Call Centre', which will work all through the year, was launched by the Chief Minister in Chennai through video-conferencing.
January 19, 2016
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January 19, 2016
New Delhi: Petrol price in Delhi was on Tuesday hiked by 96 paise per litre and diesel by 53 paise after the state government raised VAT or local sales tax on the two fuels.
The Delhi government on Monday night raised VAT on petrol to 27 per cent from 25 per cent, resulting in 96 paise per litre hike in retail pump rates.
January 19, 2016
NEW YORK: A Sikh man along with his three friends, who were kicked out from an American Airlines flight because their appearance made the captain uneasy has filed a $9 million lawsuit against the airline.
January 18, 2016
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Facing fresh campaign anxieties, Hillary Clinton is attaching herself to President Barack Obama, hoping to overcome liberal enthusiasm for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders with a full-throated embrace of her one-time rival and boss.
January 18, 2016
World number one Novak Djokovic said he was approached to fix a match earlier in his career on Monday as allegations of corruption in tennis rocked the start of the Australian Open.
The BBC and BuzzFeed claimed 16 players who had reached the top 50 in the past decade, including Grand Slam champions, had been repeatedly suspected of fixing matches for betting syndicates.
January 18, 2016
New Delhi: Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Smriti Irani has flatly refused any intervention by the government in the suicide of a Dalit scholar from the Hyderabad University and said that a two-member team has been sent to the varsity from the ministry to take stock of the situation.
January 18, 2016
David Cameron is "stigmatizing a whole community", Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham has warned in response to the prime minister's plans for a new English language scheme targeted at Muslim women. Burnham's comments follow an opinion piece written by the prime minister in a national newspaper calling for "more progress on English language".
January 17, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States on Sunday imposed fresh sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program, just a day after sanctions targeting its nuclear program were lifted.
January 17, 2016
NEW DELHI – The number of Internet users in the country is expected to go up to 50 crore, from the present over 40 crore, in next 5-8 months, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.
"The number of people using Internet has crossed 40 crore in the country at present. I am expecting this number to go up to 50 crore in next 5-8 months.
