Kochi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Cochin International Airport, shut on August 15 due to floods, will reopen on August 29, it was announced on Wednesday.The airport had said on Tuesday that it would resume operations on August 26.The airport was closed on August 15 after it was flooded when various dams in Idukki district opened their sluice gates in the...
By Siddhi JainNew Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) What started with reading letters exchanged between her parents has burgeoned into a passion for collecting vintage objects and papers for illustrator-collector Bakula Nayak, whose show "Intimate Strangers" opened here on Tuesday.Exhibited at the India International Centre (IIC) are the unusual canvases that Nayak found, or as she says, the canvases that found...
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 22 (IANS) The Modi government's offer of help to Kerala in the wake of the worst flooding in a century is "disappointing", former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Wednesday.The Congress leader also expressed unhappiness that the Centre had reportedly refused to accept monetary help offered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which is home to hundreds of...
Shillong, Aug 22 (IANS) The stage is set for Thursday's twin assembly by-elections to South Tura and Ranikor in Meghalaya with four companies of Central armed forces being deployed in both the constituencies.Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, who is also the national chief of the National People's Party (NPP), is contesting the by-election and is hopeful to win the South Tura...
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 22 (IANS) A total of 1.2 million people affected by floods are now housed in 3,314 relief camps in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced on Wednesday.He told the media that no one needed to be rescued on Wednesday from any part of the state that was battered by the worst floods in nearly a century.--IANSsg/mr/soni...
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Wednesday launched international roaming voice packs -- Foreign Pass -- for prepaid customers in India."Extensive customer research by Airtel suggested a customer usually wants to connect with family or friends upon arrival at a destination. These new packs have been designed to help address the problem of quick, short calls...
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday said it will launch six new daily direct flights on both domestic and international routes from October."SpiceJet is the first airline in the country to introduce a daily direct flight on the Guwahati-Patna route. "The airline is also introducing daily direct flights on the domestic sector of Hyderabad-Guwahati and...
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IANS) The CBI has written to the West Bengal police chief wanting to question four senior IPS officers in the state, including Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, an agency official said on Wednesday.The letter sent to state's Director General of Police Virendra by the Central Bureau of Investigation...
Berlin, Aug 22 (IANS) TSG Hoffenheim captain Kevin Vogt has extended his running contract ahead of schedule, the German top-division football club said on Wednesday.The 26-year-old defender penned a two-year extension to stay with Hoffenheim until June 2022, reports Xinhua news agency."He has not only become a key player here at Hoffenheim but he has also an outstanding value for...
Gurugram, Aug 22 (IANS) Hellbent on preparing India to "make for the world", DJ Koh, President and CEO of IT and Mobile Communications Division, Samsung Electronics, said here on Wednesday that the company is once again refreshing its mid-price segment smartphones with flagship premium features for the upcoming festive quarter.According to Koh, the fourth quarter (October-December) in India, which is...
