Everything you need to know about Daman: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Daman: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Chennai, May 13 (IANS) In its endeavour to have a pan-India presence, Maharashtra-based private sector Ratnakar Bank opened its first branch in Tamil Nadu Monday, the bank said.
Daman, Apr. 27 (ANI): Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Saturday said that the incursion by the Chinese troops in the Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir would be decided during the Flag Officers meeting of both the armies.
Panaji, Feb 28 (IANS) Catholics in Goa will hold special prayers for a "worthy successor" to Pope Benedict XVI as the Holy See, the seat of spiritual authority of the church globally, fell vacant Thursday after his retirement, said Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao.
Bangalore, Jan 10 (IANS) With outbound tourism catching up, an estimated 50 million Indians are set to travel overseas by 2020 on holiday, according to a forecast by Tourism Australia, a state-run agency, which promotes the country as a destination for business and leisure travel.
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The central government began the New Year by rolling out the ambitious direct cash transfer of benefits covering seven welfare schemes in 20 districts across the country Tuesday.
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Indian government began the New Year ushering in another policy reform aimed at cutting its bloated subsidy bill of Rs.1,64,000 crore by rolling out the ambitious direct cash transfer of benefits covering seven welfare schemes in 20 districts in 16 states Tuesday.
Mumbai, Dec 21 (IANS) Yesteryears' actress Raveena Tandon has her own mantra for interior designing, and it revolves around a single word - comfort.
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) India's former defence minister and Planning Commission deputy chairman Krishna Chandra Pant died Thursday. He was 81.
New Delhi, Nov. 15 (ANI): Defence Minister A.K. Antony has expressed profound grief over the demise of his predecessor K.C. Pant.
Panaji, Nov 12 (IANS) With an eye to the poor sex ratio in the state, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in his Diwali message Monday asked Goans to light a lamp in the "name of our daughters".
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) Former Pakistan law minister Iqbal Haider, who died in a Karachi hospital Sunday, was due to visit Mumbai Nov 26 on the fourth anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks, an activist said here.
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Only four states and union territories have formally supported allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, signifying little backing for the Indian government's move that would facilitate the entry of global chains like Walmart into the country.
Panaji, July 26 (IANS) The Goa government's 'Laadli Laxmi' scheme, a flagship social initiative which grants Rs.1 lakh to women at the time of marriage, has hit rough weather.
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) India is to sign a key security agreement with Mozambique on combating piracy in the Indian Ocean region during Minister of State for Home Mullapally Ramachandran's visit to the southern African country Friday.
As an initiative to reduce female foeticide in the state, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday launched a new scheme named 'Ladli Laxmi', under which women will get a sum of Rs.1 lakh to meet wedding expenses.
Panaji, July 6 (IANS) With an aim to curb female foeticide in Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Friday launched the 'Ladli Laxmi' scheme, under which women can avail Rs.1 lakh to meet wedding expenses.
Kabul, June 14 (Xinhua-ANI): A local Taliban commander was killed Thursday in an operation carried out by Afghan forces and NATO-led coalition troops in the country's southern province of Kandahar, the coalition said in a statement.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) A total of 25 teams will take part in the 66th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy being hosted by Odisha from Friday.
Darjeeling, April 23 (IANS) Violent clashes and arson marked the indefinite shutdown in northern West Bengal's Terai and Dooars regions called from Monday by a faction of the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad (ABAVP) and supported by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM).
Abu Dhabi, March 28 (IANS/WAM) A United Arab Emirates (UAE) health insurance company has announced inclusion of male circumcision costs in its comprehensive enhanced insurance plans.
New Delhi, Jan 20 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will distribute the first tranche of Resident Identity (smart) card (RIC) at a function in Porthrapur village in Andaman and Nicobar Islands tomorrow.
New Delhi, Jan 20 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will distribute the first tranche of Resident Identity (smart) card (RIC) at a function in Porthrapur village in Andaman and Nicobar Islands tomorrow.
New Delhi/Shimla/Amritsar, Dec 27 (ANI): People on Tuesday continued to shiver in cold as dense fog and intense cold wave swept across North India, with mercury plummeting below five degree Celsius in most parts.
New Delhi, Nov. 7 (ANI): Hitting out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Lal Krishna Advani for sharing the dais with alleged bootleggers during his anti-corruption 'Jan Chetna Yatra,' the ruling Congress Party on Monday said the opposition's double standards have been exposed in Daman and Gujarat.
Daman and Diu (ANI): The Jana Chetana Yatra of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani reached the Union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli on Saturday.
New Delhi, Oct 21(ANI): Union Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Minister Sharad Pawar has called for reforms in agricultural marketing.
New Delhi, Aug 2 (ANI): Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today said all the States and UTs of the country except the UTs of Andaman and Nicobar, Daman and Diu, Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep, have an effective system of recording finger prints.
Kuala Lumpur, June 3 (ANI): Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has filed an application demanding High Court judge Justice Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah to recuse himself from hearing his ongoing sodomy trial because he is allegedly 'biased'.
Kuala Lumpur, May 16 (ANI): A Malaysian court has ordered Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim to get prepared to defend himself against a charge of sodomising his former personal assistant Mohammed Saiful Bukhari Azlan three years ago.
Leh, Apr 8 (ANI): A Ladakhi proverb says, "Ame oma nat met, gukh pe chhwa gal met" which means " As mother's milk is free of disease, running water is free of germs." Indeed, the gentle yet hardy people of this hauntingly beautiful yet tortuously difficult mountainous terrain have lived for centuries in the lap of nature, both benefiting from and equally nurturing its fragile eco-system.
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 6 (ANI): Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has reportedly failed in his second bid to disqualify high court judge Justice Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah from presiding over his sodomy trial.
New Delhi, Nov.30 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said that data collection for house listing and housing census and for the National Population Register (NPR) was completed in all states and Union Territories except in a few villages of Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 27 (ANI): A Malaysian girl aged 12 fell to her death while trying to escape onlookers who caught her having sex with three teenagers on the roof of the Lestari Apartment, Damansara Damai in Petaling Jaya on Sunday.
Amritsar, Sept. 26 (ANI):Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's 78th birthday was celebrated on Sunday in Amritsar city by his brother, well wishers and other relatives by distributing sweets and conducting special religious prayers .
Islamabad, July 31(ANI): The black box of the Air Blue plane, which crashed into Margalla Hills near Islamabad on Wednesday, has been recovered.
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna has condoled the unfortunate loss of innocent lives in the tragic plane crash today, near Islamabad in Pakistan.
Islamabad, July 28(ANI): At least 40 survivors have been found in the plane crash, which took place near Islamabad on Wednesday morning.
Islamabad, July 28(ANI): A Pakistani domestic passenger plane carrying 152 people on board, including six crew members, crashed into the Margala Hills near Islamabad on Wednesday.
New Delhi, July 22 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday accorded approval for inclusion and amendment of the names of the castes and communities in the Central Lists of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in respect of Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Rajasthan and the Union Territory of Daman and Diu.
New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the promulgation of the Daman and Diu Motor Vehicles Tax (Amendment) Regulation, 2010. The Regulation provides for levying one-time motor vehicle tax on personalised non-transport vehicles.
New Delhi, May 31 (ANI): Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram on Monday said security arrangements for the Commonwealth Games have been reviewed in consultation with Delhi police and other security forces.
New Delhi, Apr 28 (ANI): Senior Home Ministry official O Ravi was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday on charges of corruption.
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): The Coast Guard will conduct a second joint coastal security exercise "Sagar Kavach" involving the Navy, coastal police, other central and the State security agencies on April 15 and 16.
Kabul, Apr.11 (ANI): A roadside bomb struck a vehicle of a de-mining agency in Daman district of Kandahar province, south of Afghanistan on Sunday, killing four persons and wounding 14.
New Delhi, Mar 25 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry on Thursday decided to set up police complaints authority at the Union Territory (UT) level.
New Delhi, March 16 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken on Tuesday informed that the Government has decided to create a National Population Register (NPR) in the country along with Houselisting and Housing Census 2010.
Panaji, March 6 (ANI): Union Tourism and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja has urged seven States and Union Territories (UTs) to take all necessary steps for tourists' protection against crime and provide them aid in distress.
Kuala Lumpur, Feb.8 (ANI): Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial was sidetracked after his lawyers demanded that High Court judge Justice Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah recuse himself from the case.
Diu City (Daman and Diu), Dec 25(ANI): A beauty pageant was recently organized in Diu Island to mark its Liberation Day from Portuguese occupation.
Amritsar, Sep.26 (ANI): Relatives of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his other well-wishers here on Saturday celebrated his 77th birthday by distributing sweets and holding prayers for his long life and good health.
On Board Special Aircraft, Sep.26 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh celebrated his 77th birthday onboard special aircraft while returning from G20 Summit in Pittsburgh and heading to Geneva on Saturday.
New Delhi, Sept 17 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today approved setting up of new National Institutes of Technology (NITs), six of them in the northeast.
New Delhi, Aug.9 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil hosted the customary "At Home" on the occasion of 67th anniversary of the Quit India Movement at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday.
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): The UPA Government on Tuesday said that it is yet to take a decision on issuing national Identity cards to usual residents in the country.
New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): The Government will issue smart Identity Cards (IDs) to all the usual residents of nine costal states and four union territories as a measure to ensure security in coastal areas following Mumbai terror attacks.
Brisbane (Australia), June 17 (ANI): The Indian Australian community in Queensland, Australia, has told a round table forum here that all Indian students residing the state and other southern states are safe from racist violence.
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) They are a close-knit, unassuming and publicity shy lot -- very much like pater familias Manmohan Singh, 76. As he assumes charge as prime minister for the second time, his wife and three daughters, who were self-confessedly 'not interested in politics' at one time, are set for another five years of life in a bubble.
Kuala Lumpur, May 15 (ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress president S. Samy Vellu has brushed off the political aspirations of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf).
Bhubaneswar, May 12 (IANS) State-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) will resume bauxite production at full capacity at its Panchpatmali mine in Orissa Tuesday, more than a month after the mine was attacked by Maoists, a top official said.
Panaji, May 1 (IANS) Increasing unrest in Goa's labour sector has caught the attention of the Roman Catholic church, and Archbishop of Goa and Daman Filipe Neri Ferrao has appealed to the state government, private sector and other organisations to immediately tackle the grim scenario in the sector.
Bhubaneswar, April 26 (IANS) A Maoist guerrilla has been arrested for his involvement in the April 12 attack on a mine owned by the National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) in Orissa's Koraput district, an official said Sunday.
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The third phase of the staggered 2009 general elections is scheduled for April 30. Here are some facts about the poll that will be held in nine states and two union territories:
Bhubaneswar, April 22 (IANS) State-owned National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) Wednesday restarted operations at Orissa's Panchpatmali mine, which suspended production after the April 12 Maoist attack, a company official said.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The world may look at them with envy, but adjusting to life in a bubble as the prime minister's wife and daughters is not easy. Just ask Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's family who Tuesday spoke out for the first time on the travails of being the first family and missing out on small pleasures like driving and neigbourhood shopping.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) It might sound like a cakewalk but adjusting to life as the prime minister's wife and daughters is not easy. Just ask Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's family who Tuesday spoke out on the travails of being the first family and missing out on small pleasures like driving.
Bhubaneswar, April 14 (IANS) Hundreds of security personnel chased Maoist guerrillas and fought gun battles with them in a forested area in Orissa's Koraput district after the rebels attacked a mine owned by the National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO), police said Tuesday.
Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 13 (ANI): Mahatma Gandhi and Osama bin Laden have shared space on a painting by Malaysia's contemporary artist Ahmad Fuad Osman.
Bhubaneswar, April 13 (IANS) At least 10 security personnel and four Maoist rebels were killed in a gun battle at a mine owned by the National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) in Orissa's Koraput district, police said Monday.
Koraput (Orrisa), Apr. 13 (ANI): Seven CISF personnel and four Maoists have been killed in a gun-battle that took place when hundreds of ultras attacked an ammunition store and bauxite mine of NALCO in Orissa's Koraput district on Sunday night.
Bhubaneswar, April 13 (IANS) At least seven security personnel and four Maoist rebels were killed in a gun battle at a mine owned by the National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) in Orissa's Koraput district, police said Monday.
Bhubaneswar, April 12 (IANS) Maoist rebels Sunday night mounted an attack on a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) camp near a Nalco-run mine in Orissa's Koraput district, police said.
New Delhi, Apr 12 (ANI): Easter is being celebrated in different parts of the country today.
Daman, Feb 4 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi will reach Daman today to inaugurate a bridge that will connect Nani Daman and Moti Daman.
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Known once as the 'Mast Mast' girl of Bollywood, Raveena Tandon has been on a long sabbatical from movies after marriage and motherhood. She now faces the arc lights for Revathy's 'Just Aap Ke Liye' and says she will accept films only if the roles suit her age.
Angul (Orissa), Dec 4 (IANS) The global economic slowdown may have pushed many companies into crisis world over, but for National Aluminium Co. (Nalco), India's second largest aluminium producer, it is business as usual.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Sanjay Suri has received much critical acclaim for his performance in movies like ' Pinjar' and 'My Brother Nikhil' and he has many projects lined up for the coming year, but the actor feels he is 'underutilised' in the industry.
Bhubaneswar, Nov 7 (IANS) Orissa police have registered a case against a judge for allegedly misbehaving with a woman in a train, an official said Friday.
Jalandhar, Nov 2 (ANI): The Red Ribbon Express, spreading awareness about HIV/AIDS, has reach Jalandhar.
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 31 (IANS) The possibility of a fatwa against yoga in Malaysia has triggered a debate among the clergy and scholars of different religions, besides doctors and yoga practitioners. The country's National Fatwa Council is, meanwhile, still to announce its stand on Muslims practising yoga.
Indian Oil, Air India (North) and Air India, Mumbai teams registered victories against their respective opponents in the quarter-final league matches
The Orissa assembly has adjourned after an uproar by the opposition parties seeking state Chief Minister's resignation following Government's
A brilliant solitary goal scored midway through the second half by Daman Dutta helped Delhi Public School (DPS), Vasant Kunj to register a hard fought
