IOC announces probe after bribery scandal
After ‘The Pioneer’ expose on US firms paid penalty of more than 300 per cent for bribery abroad including HAL, Indian Oil Corporation and Railways, the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in a regulatory filing declared probe. Albemarle Corporation, a global specialty chemicals supplier that develops and sells catalysts used in...
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Multistorey building collapses in Punjab’s Mohali
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MCD drive to identify illegal B’deshi migrants in its schools
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Delhi LG sanctions ED to prosecute Kejriwal
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Govt still not reduced GST on health and life insurance
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Five killed in attack on German Christmas market, 200 injured
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Number of domestic migrants reduced by 12 per cent: EAC-PM
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No more public inspection of poll centre CCTV, webcasts, videos
22 December 2024 | Pioneer News Service
Three-day state mourning for Om Prakash Chautala
Om Prakash Chautala, a prominent Jat leader and former Haryana Chief minister whose career was marked by dizzying highs and rock bottoms, including stints in jail, died on Friday. He was 89. A party spokesperson said Chautala had hiccups in the morning and collapsed in his house. He was rushed...
Be mindful of public comments, MEA tells Bangladesh officials
India has lodged a strong protest with Dhaka over certain controversial comments by a key aide of Bangladesh’s interim government Mahfuj Alam. In a now-deleted Facebook post, Alam said India should recognise the uprising that forced the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign. In a related issue, Lok Sabha was...
NIA raids multiple locations, in five States
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday searched multiple locations in five States in connection with a case relating to attempts at revival of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit, according to an official statement. Extensive searches were conducted at the premises of suspects at two locations in Patiala and Sri...
PM Modi leaves for Kuwait today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Kuwait beginning Saturday will help in opening a new chapter in bilateral ties, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. The visit would help develop a more dynamic partnership between the two countries, it said. The MEA said India was looking...
Delhi pollution is 43 times over WHO limit
Delhi continued to be the most polluted place in India - for the fifth consecutive day - with the overall air quality of the national capital continuing to be in the "severe" category. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, Delhi's overall 24-hour average air quality index (AQI)...
DND flyway will remain toll-free: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Delhi-Noida-Direct (DND) flyway will be toll-free as it dismissed a plea by a private firm challenging the 2016 decision of the Allahabad High Court order asking it to stop collecting toll from commuters. The decision will benefit lakhs of people who commute...
11 killed in LPG tanker-truck collision on Jaipur-Ajmer highway
At least 11 people were killed and about 35 injured after an LPG tanker collided with a truck on Friday here sparking a massive fireball. It turned a stretch of the Jaipur-Ajmer highway into an inferno and nearly 40 vehicles were gutted. President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister...
