Chennai, Oct 17 Three MPs of Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) have today submitted their resignation from the Rajya Sabha to the party President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.
New Delhi - India has deployed its navy in the Gulf of Aden near Somalia to protect Indian commercial vessels from pirates as 18 Indian sailors were being held captive by Somali pirates, news reports said Friday.
A warship, INS Tabar, has started patrolling the Gulf of Aden and the number of ships would be increased, a Defence Ministry official told the Times of India newspaper.
The decision came after Somali pirates on September 15 hijacked a Japanese-owned merchant vessel, MV Stolt Valor, which had
18 Indians among its 22 sailors on board.
The move to guard the African waters was prompted after protests by the sailors' families seeking their release.
India is being seen as the world’s fastest-growing wireless market. Keeping this in mind, the maker of BlackBerry devices, Research In Motion (RIM), based in Canada, revealed its plans to sell unbundled handsets through retail chains and some exclusive stores in India.
According to the sources, “The company is on fast track to roll out a few own outlets and sell its devices through other mobile stores. This is in addition to the operators with whom it has tied up in India.” The sources also added that the company is also engaging in talks with RPG Cellucom, HotSpot, Mobile Store and Mobile Kingdom for retail tie-up.
New Delhi, Oct 17 : Taking the credit for last night''s reinstatement of Jet Airways'' sacked employees, nearly 1900 in number, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel today said that the employees were taken back by the Airlines after he had asked its chief Naresh Goyal to do the same.
"I did speak to Naresh Goyal and impressed upon him. We need a permanent solution, as losses in airlines are severe," said Praful Patel.
A new non-surgical technique to treat acute or chronic sinusitis has been introduced at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH). In the technique known as balloon sinuplasty, a balloon is inflated in the affected nasal area thereby clearing the blockage. As compared to other treatments this method is cost-effective and permanent.
New Delhi, Oct 17 : The winter session of the Parliament beginning from today is likely to be stormy on a number of issues like communal violence, terror attacks and price rise.
Parliament had last met on August 22-23 to decide the fate of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh Government, following the confidence motion brought about by Opposition parties, including the Left and BJP.