President Pranab Mukherjee to undertake 2-day visit to Nagpur from today
Nagpur: President Pranab Mukherjee will arrive here today on a two-day trip, packed with a string of engagements, including 151st anniversary of Nagpur Municipal Corporation. Mukherjee will release a souvenir titled 'Gaurav Granth' of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) today, City Mayor Praveen Datke told reporters.Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe to visit India today
New Delhi: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will on his first official overseas tour here. According to a senior official in Sri Lanka's Foreign Ministry, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe's three day tour will begin on 14th September.
The main official engagements will be held on 15th. Wickremesinghe will pay a courtesy call to President Dr Pranab Mukherjee and hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj. Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera will accompany him at the meetings.
Local army commanders to meet today after India-China troops face-off near LAC in Ladakh
Leh/New Delhi: A meeting of local commanders of the armies of India and China is expected to take place today as the face-off between the two sides in the heights of Ladakh's Burtse area after Indian troops demolished a hut constructed on Indian soil ended in the wee hours of on Sunday.
Sharad Pawar to lead jail bharo agitation today
Mumbai: NCP president Sharad Pawar will lead his party's "jail bharo" agitation in Marathwada on September 14 to protest against the failure of the Devendra Fadnavis government to tackle drought.
AP CM to launch 'Tourism Mission Document' today
Vijayawada: With an aim to transform Andhra Pradesh into a tourism hub, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will launch the 'Tourism Mission Document' on September 14 here.
Lankan war crimes issue to come up at UNHRC today
Geneva: The alleged war crimes during Sri Lanka's final assault on the LTTE will come up once again here today at the UNHRC, with the US set to bring a resolution supporting a domestic investigation unlike previous ones in which it insisted on an international probe.
Coal scam: Court to hear Hindalco's case today
A special court on Monday fixed September 14 for hearing a coal scam case in which the Supreme Court has stayed the summons issued against former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and others.
SC to hear plea against verdict on politicos' pics in govt ads today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear review petitions filed by Karnataka and other states against the May 13 judgment prohibiting publishing photographs of political leaders and ministers, except the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India, in government advertisements.
A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Prafulla C Pant fixed the matter for open court hearing on September 14 on the petition also filed by Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Assam.
Karnataka HC to hear MS Dhoni's petition over 'Lord Vishnu' image controversy today
Karnataka: Team India's ODI and T20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will today move to Karnataka HC over the controversy regarding him being portrayed as Lord Vishnu.
2006 Mumbai train blasts case: 12 convicted, 1 acquitted; case to be heard today
Mumbai: Nine years after seven RDX bombs kept in Mumbai suburban trains exploded killing 188 people, a MCOCA court here has convicted 12 persons in the serial blasts case.
Delivering the verdict, the Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Judge Yatin D Shinde pronounced 12 accused as guilty while acquitting one accused Abdul Wahid Shaikh (34) in the case. A case will be heard today.
