Curated News Articles - 02-07-2018 22 hrs

Despite claims of strict safety measures taken post November 2nd Wagah , Pakistan, suicide bomb blast, the security officials here recovered 7.480 kilogram heroin from goods train that arrived from Pakistan on Wednesday.

Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested a former trustee of Lilavati hospital in connection with a foreign exchange violation case.

Senior Congress leader T H Mustafa, suspended from the party for making derogatory remarks against AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi, has been reinstated after he apologized to the central leadership for his misdemeanour.

The Indian Navy is likely to order four more P-81 long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft from American firm Boeing which delivered the sixth plane today as part of an eight-aircraft contract worth over Rs 12,000 crore.

Though there is no avian flu outbreak in Tamil Nadu, poultry farmers across the state have taken precautionary measures.

The Nifty50 settled at 10,657, down by 57 points, or 0.53 per cent, with 16 stocks in the green and 34 in the red.

The 7.17 per cent 10-year benchmark bond maturing in 2028 went-down to Rs 95.10 from Rs 95.16.

The medium to long term prospects for crude oil are very attractive and should be strong.

October 2 is also celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence. On June 15, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly had voted for this.

Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in 2014. It emphasised on active participation by people, broom was made as an instrument to kickstart the swachh mission campaign.

The intervention by the govt to safeguard the tribals’ trade-interests is still pending. The result is that the forest-tribal areas continue to remain hotbeds of Left-wing extremism.