Day: June 15, 2019

Irrespective of the winner of presidential polls, India-US relationship to remain strong

India imposes higher customs duty in 28 US products

11:07 pm June 15, 2019

New Delhi: As many as 28 US products, including almond, pulses and walnut, will attract higher customs duties from Sunday, according to a government notification. The move will hurt American exporters of these 28 items as they will have to pay higher duties, making those items costlier in the Indian market. Amending its June 30, […]

Doctors at many hospitals in Delhi protest on Saturday over WB violence

10:43 pm June 15, 2019

New Delhi: Patients in the national capital faced hardships for the second consecutive day as protest by doctors, in solidarity with their striking colleagues in Kolkata, spread to several government hospitals on Saturday. Doctors at the Centre-run Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital, and RML Hospital, and Delhi government’s healthcare facilities such as GTB Hospital, […]

Bus, truck collide, catch fire; over 25 injured

10:41 pm June 15, 2019

Kollam(Ker): Over 25 people sustained injuries after a state-run KSRTC bus collided with a concrete-mixer truck and caught fire on the national highway near Kottarakkara in the district on Saturday, police said. All the passengers of the bus and the occupants of the truck managed to come out of the vehicles before the fire got […]

Kerala police woman burnt alive;traffic cop held

10:38 pm June 15, 2019

Mavelikkara (Ker): A 34-year-old woman police constable died after she was allegedly hacked and set ablaze in broad daylight by a policeman here Saturday. The victim, Soumya Pushpakaran,was posted as the Civil Police Officer (COP) at Vallikkunnam stationhere. According to police, the accused, identified as Ajas, a policeman attached to the Aluva traffic station, allegedly […]

Patnaik raises spl category issue in NITI Aayog meet

10:30 pm June 15, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik raised the Special Category Status issue before the Niti Aayog on Saturday, four days after pushing for the ‘Special Focus State’ status for the state in view of its vulnerability to natural calamities. Attending the fifth meeting of the Governing Council of the NITI Aayog chaired by the Prime […]