Maharashtra: Deputy chief minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis announced on Tuesday that a special investigation team (SIT) of senior police officers will investigate the Shraddha Walkar murder case. The SIT will also look into an alleged delay in registering the case and withdrawal of the letter by Walkar and if there was any political pressure … Read more
According to the recent decision taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), there will be no fee on UPI for transactions up to Rs 2,000 on the use of Rupay Credit Card. Instructions have been given in this regard in the recently issued circular by RBI. Let us tell you that the order of … Read more
New Delhi: A huge row erupted in parliament today as the ruling BJP demanded an apology from the Congress over controversial comments by its chief Mallikarjun Kharge. Mr Kharge made the comments yesterday while hitting back at the BJP for mocking Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra as “Bharat todo (Divide India)”. READ | Does Modi … Read more
According to administrative sources, if the schedule remains unchanged, PM Modi may come to Kolkata for the ‘National Ganga Council’ or ‘Jatiya Ganga Parishad’ meeting on December 30. The Prime Minister himself is the president of that council. Mamata is also supposed to be at that meeting as the chief minister of the member-state of … Read more
Guwahati: Congress legislators Ampareen Lyngdoh and Mohendro Rapsang have quit their assembly memberships and joined the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) in Meghalaya. They were part of the group of 5 MLAs who were suspended by Congress in February after they supported Sangma’s Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government, which also has BJP’s support. READ | India … Read more
New Delhi: India has jumped to the third position in the global ranking in scientific publications, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday after a review of the functioning of the ministry. Mr Singh said that according to the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Science & Engineering Indicators 2022 report of the United States, … Read more
Rajasthan: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today urged BJP leaders criticising him to “open up shops to spread love in the market of hatred” as he was doing through his Bharat Jodo Yatra. Addressing a poll rally here, he also asked each minister in the Rajasthan Cabinet to undertake a yatra once a month across the … Read more
New Delhi: Union minister V K Singh on Saturday pointed out the dearth of trained security professionals in the country and urged the private security sector to fill the gap. Addressing the annual conference of the Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI), the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation … Read more
Beijing/Shanghai: Funeral homes across China’s Covid-hit capital Beijing, a city of 22 million, scrambled on Saturday to keep up with calls for funeral and cremation services as workers and drivers testing positive for the novel coronavirus called in sick. After declaring that the Omicron strain has weakened, and unprecedented public protests against a zero-Covid policy … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea challenging the election of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in 2019 from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. A bench of justices AS Bopanna and Dipankar Datta rejected the petition filed by Saritha S Nair, who had moved the court against an October 31, 2019 decision of … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit poll-bound Tripura and Meghalaya on Sunday and inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of projects worth more than ₹ 6,800 crore there. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement that the projects encompass a wide array of sectors, including housing, road, agriculture, telecom, IT, tourism, … Read more
After disrupting the telecom services space, multi-billionaire Mukesh Ambani has launched his next offensive. This time, he is eyeing the country’s vast fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) market, which is already the fourth-largest in the world. Armed with a host of fast-moving packaged food and beverages (F&B), Ambani’s Reliance today forayed into the market under … Read more
The United Kingdom on Friday announced that the visit visas for Indians travelling to the country will now be allocated within 15 working days. “Good news for those travelling from India to UK – visit visas now within standard time of 15 working days (with a small number of trickier cases taking longer),” said Alex … Read more
Reserve Bank of India changed the rules related to bank lockers in 2021 which are effective since January 2022. The primary objective of these bank locker rules was to protect expensive assets from theft and burglaries. With trembling economic inequality, jewelry and cash thefts are still prevalent in many parts of India. After Supreme Court’s … Read more
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Thursday verbally moved the chief justice’s bench at the Calcutta High Court, seeking permission to file a petition challenging a single bench order that directed the state police not to register any FIR against BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari without permission of the court. The move came after the Supreme … Read more