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No specific threat to Bengal during Pujas: DGP

Edit The Times of India 06 Oct 2016
Kolkata, Oct 6 () West Bengal Police today said it has issued a general alert for the Durga puja celebrations in the state and sought cooperation from the people for its smooth conduct. "There is a general alert and we have taken all sorts of bandobast for it ... "We seek cooperation of the common people and request them not to panic or pay heed to any form of rumours or spread rumours ... The government has strict policy on this ... SCH PR SMJ....

Need for intervention that can change lives of people: Sinha

Edit The Times of India 05 Oct 2016
New Delhi, Oct 5 () Union Minister Jayant Sinha today said there was a need for interventions which can engage with the issues of sustainability and find scalable solutions that could potentially change the way people live ... "Let us take the summit to the real India, for instance to Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Assam, where people are dealing with these problems every day," he said ... IAS SMJ ... RELATED....

Vistara reduces ticket prices

Edit The Times of India 05 Oct 2016
New Delhi, Oct 5 (PT) Vistara today announced lowering of ticket prices for all classes under a limited period festival offer ... The sale offer will remain open until midnight of October 7 for travel between October 12 and March 28 next year, it said ... The discounted sale offer by these airlines goes up to April next year ... IAS SMJ ... RELATED. From around the web....

Missing 11-year-old girl's boy found

Edit The Times of India 05 Oct 2016
New Delhi, Oct 5 () Body of an 11-year-old girl, who was missing since yesterday, was found stuffed in a sack in northeast Delhi's New Usmanpur area today. The girl, a resident of Gautampuri in the area, had gone to buy some household items yesterday afternoon but did not return and today her body was found, metres away from her house, police said ... They approached the police and a case was registered ... SLB SMJ ... RELATED....

Need to promote alternative construction technologies :Naidu

Edit The Times of India 05 Oct 2016
New Delhi, Oct 5 () Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today pitched for promoting alternative technologies in place of conventional construction methods to meet the housing demand in the country. He also called for speedy, safe, and sustainable construction to accomplish the Modi-government mission of 'Housing to All' by 2022 ... MP SMJ. Stay updated on the go with Times of India News App ... RELATED....

7 footboard travellers injured as train grazed a vehicle

Edit The Times of India 04 Oct 2016
New Delhi, Oct 4 () Seven persons, who were travelling on the footboard of a train, were injured, two critically, after it grazed a vehicle parked close to the railway tracks in north-east Delhi's Shahdara area today, police said ... Police has registered a case against the driver of the vehicle, identified as Yashpal, and arrested him ... SLB SMJ ... RELATED....

Dadri lynching case: one of the accused dies at Delhi hospital

Edit The Times of India 04 Oct 2016
New Delhi, Oct 4 () One of the accused in the infamous Dadri lynching case died today of kidney and respiratory failure at a hospital here. Ravi, 22, was rushed to Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Hospital from district hospital in Noida in Uttar Pradesh today after suffering "kidney failure" ... He was lodged in a jail in Gautam Buddh Nagar district ... KND/CORR SMJ....

OHRC seeks action taken report on chained nude youth

Edit The Times of India 04 Oct 2016
Bhubaneswar, Oct 4 () Taking suo motu cognizance on an incident where a nude youth was found chained at his home in Narasinghpur town, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today sought action taken reports within four weeks from the secretary of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disability Department and district collector of Cuttack ... AAM CR SMJ ... RELATED ... Recommended By Colombia ....

Airlines announce special fares

Edit The Times of India 04 Oct 2016
New Delhi, Oct 4 () Three domestic carriers have announced special fares for domestic and international fliers for travel between November and April next year, covering even the peak season for air travel when fares usually go sky high, a move that will bring cheers among air travelers. Other players are also expected to join the low fare competition, following the move by Jet Airways, SpiceJet and AirAsia India ... IAS SMJ ... RELATED....

GSAT-18 launch deferred by 24 hours due to bad weather

Edit The Times of India 04 Oct 2016
Bengaluru, Oct 4 () The launch of India's latest communication satellite GSAT-18 in the wee hours tomorrow, onboard Arianespace rocket, from Kourou in French Guiana has been deferred by a day due to heavy cross winds, Indian Space Research Organisation said. "The launch has been postponed by one day due to heavy cross winds," a senior ISRO official told late tonight. It would now be launched at 2 AM (IST) on October 6 ... KSU VS SMJ....

President confers Sangeet Natak Akademi award, fellowship

Edit The Times of India 04 Oct 2016
New Delhi, Oct 4 () Noted Bharatanatyam dancer C V Chandrasekhar, musician Hridaynath Mangeshkar and Ghazal singer Bhupinder Singh were among the artists who were presented coveted Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship and awards by President Pranab Mukherjee ... Chandrasekhar was the only artist to receive the Fellowship ... Shanta Gokhale and Chaman Ahuja received the award for overall contribution in performing arts. ABS SMJ ... RELATED....

Airlines to operate more flights amid rising passenger demand

Edit The Times of India 04 Oct 2016
New Delhi, Oct 4 () Domestic airlines will operate over 16,500 flights every week this winter, an increase of nearly 21 per cent as compared to last year, to cater to rising passenger numbers. While there is a steep jump in total number of flights by various carriers, the number of airports having scheduled flights has come down to 76 in the current winter schedule ... It operated 120 flights per week last year ... IAS RAM SMJ ... RELATED....

US Ambassador meets Dave, discussed phase down of HFC

Edit The Times of India 03 Oct 2016
New Delhi, Oct 3 () Ahead of a crucial meet in Rwanda on phase down of harmful greenhouse gas hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), US Ambassador to India Richard Verma met Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave today to discuss the issue with both of them hoping for a "positive" outcome. "US ambassador Richard Verma @USAmbIndia called on me. "Discussed mainly the phase down of HFCs under Montreal Protocol in view of Kigali meeting ... TDS KR SMJ....
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