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India-Japan ink MoU on bullet train
New Delhi, Dec 12: India on Saturday signed an agreement with Japan for introduction of a bullet train between Amhedabad and Mumbai.
Describing it as an engine of economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Mod said the bullet train…
Women in Saudi Arabia vote for First Time
Riyadh, Dec 12: Municipal elections began on Saturday in Saudi Arabia in which women cast their votes for the first time.
Women also stood as candidates, another first, despite the conservative kingdom being the only nation where women…
Allahabad HC summons officials on pollution in bird sanctuary
Agra, Dec 12: The Allahabad High Court has summoned Uttar Pradesh government officials of Agra district to explain why a leather shoe industry cluster was being sited close to the eco-sensitive Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary.
The sanctuary…
Trial run of Kochi Metro in February
Kochi, Dec 12: The trial run of the Rs.5,180 crore Kochi Metro project, expected to resolve the travel woes in Kerala's commercial capital, is likely in February 2016, an official said on Saturday.
Kochi Metro MD Elias George told…
India, Japan sign memorandum on peaceful use of nuclear energy
New Delhi, Dec 12: India on Saturday inked an MoU with Japan on civil nuclear energy and announced that the deal was not just about commerce and clean energy but also a sign of mutual confidence and partnership for a secure world.
The…
11 held for Kerala school girls’ rape: Minister
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 12: Eleven people, most of them school students, were taken into police custody following complaints of two schoolgirls being raped in Pathanamthitta district, a Kerala minister said on Saturday.
The incident came…
Japanese PM meets Pranab Mukherjee
New Delhi, Dec 12: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday.
Abe arrived here on Friday on a three-day official visit.
"Shinzo Abe, the prime minister of Japan called on President Mukherjee at…
Gogoi to be CM candidate in Assam polls: Rahul
Guwahati, Dec 12: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will be Congress' chief ministerial candidate in the 2016 Assam state assembly elections, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said here on Saturday.
Gandhi, who arrived in Assam on a…
Bihar Court orders FIR against Farooq Abdullah
Patna, Dec 12: A Bihar court on Saturday ordered the filing of an FIR against former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah over his recent remarks that allegedly insulted the Indian Army.
Abdullah, also a former union…
US Court seeks Modi’s visa records by February 2016
Washington, Dec 12: A US federal judge has ordered the State Department to produce all documents by February 2016 related to Obama administration's decision to lift a ban on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's entry to the US.
"The…