In a major policy shift, bidding for parking, catering and parcel-leasing - worth about Rs 3,000 crore a year -- will be awarded through an e-tendering process as the Indian Railways has decided to do away with paper-based traditional tendering methods.


Railways parking, catering contracts go online to checkmate alleged mafia


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A Tokyo court on Monday extended to January 11 the detention of Nissan Motor's former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who was arrested in connection with financial misconduct allegations.


Tokyo court extends detention of Nissan's former chief


Pakistan International Airlines has sacked over 50 employees, including pilots and cabin crew, for holding fake degrees, the media reported on Saturday.


PIA sacks over 50 employees for fake degrees


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 42.19 crore of ABW Infrastructure Limited in connection with its ongoing investigation into the Manesar land deal case.


Manesar land case: ED attaches properties worth Rs 42 cr


Singer Chris Brown has been charged with owning a restricted species, a capuchin monkey, without a permit.


Singer Chris Brown may land in jail


Mowing down 61 people on the tracks on Dussehra, among a spate of accidents; rolling out the first indigenously-built Trainset and inauguration of the long-awaited Bogibeel railroad bridge over the mighty Brahmaputra river will permanently etch 2018 in the annals of the Indian Railways.


Deaths on tracks and shaky finances stalk railways despite some achievements (2018 In Retrospect)


Gurugram-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up Staqu Technologies on Thursday announced the launch of Trinetra, an AI-based application for the Uttar Pradesh Police Department.


Staqu launches AI app for UP Police


Karnataka suffered an estimated Rs 20,000-crore loss during the kharif season owing to floods and landslides in its southwest districts and acute drought conditions in other regions, an official statement said on Wednesday.


'Rs 20,000-crore loss due to floods, drought in Karnataka'


Authorities have arrested a 29-year-old man suspected of spray-painting swastikas on US President Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, media reported.


Man arrested for painting swastikas on Trump's Hollywood star


Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager at a bar in Massachusetts.


Actor Kevin Spacey charged with sexual assault


Four persons, who were killed in a massive blaze that engulfed a garment factory in Kandivali slum area here, their bodies were recovered early on Monday, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster Control officials said.


4 charred to death in Mumbai


A Tokyo court has extended the detention of Nissan Motor's former Chairman Carlos Ghosn for another 10 days, a statement said on Sunday.


Ex-Nissan chief Ghosn's detention extended by 10 days


At least 168 people have been killed and 745 injured after a tsunami hit the coast on Indonesia's Sunda Strait, government officials said on Sunday.


168 dead in Indonesia tsunami (Third Lead)


Facebook has said that it has removed five accounts of Americans who used its platform improperly in the hard-fought Alabama Senate election of 2017.


Facebook suspends 5 accounts linked to Alabama Senate election


A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with a string of drone sightings which brought UK's Gatwick Airport to a standstill for three days.


2 arrested over UK's Gatwick Airport drone chaos


Nissan Motor Co.'s former Chairman Carlos Ghosn was re-arrested on Friday on fresh charges that he shifted personal losses onto the company, dashing hopes he could be released on bail.


Nissan's former Chairman re-arrested on new charges


The Gatwick runway in the UK reopened on Friday after a drone caused the airport to shut down for more than a day, the airport authorities said.


UK's Gatwick runway opens after drone chaos


Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn was re-arrested on Friday on fresh charges, Japanese media reported. It came a day after courts surprised observers by paving the way for his release on bail.


Auto tycoon Ghosn re-arrested


The Hague, Dec 21 (IANS/AKI) An arbitration tribunal in The Hague will decide in July if Italy or India will try two Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen off southern India in February 2012 in a long-running case that has strained bilateral ties.


Hague court to decide in July if Italy or India will try marines


Nissan Motor Co.'s former Chairman Carlos Ghosn moved closer to being released on bail after a Japanese court on Thursday rejected a request by prosecutors to extend his detention.


Japanese court rejects request to extend Nissan's ex-chairman detention


Tens of thousands of passengers were stranded at Gatwick Airport, one of the UK's busiest, as flights to and from the airport were suspended on Thursday due to reports of two drones being flown over the airfield.

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