New Delhi, 29/6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers on July 3, a development which comes against the backdrop of hectic meetings of the ruling BJP’s top brass amid a buzz over a Cabinet reshuffle and organisational changes. The July 3 meeting is likely to be held…
Mumbai, 29/6: Ajit Agarkar, who is the frontrunner for the Indian chief selector’s job, on Thursday relinquished his assistant coach’s post in IPL franchise Delhi Capitals. With Agarkar’s name in the reckoning, the BCCI might have to increase the annual remuneration of Rs 1 crore offered to the chairman of selectors and Rs 90…
Bhubaneswar, 29/6:Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today spoke to Tripura Chief Minister Shri Manik Saha over telephone about Bahuda Rath yatra and expressed his deep grief over the accident that led to loss of life . Chief Minister Shri Patnaik extended his heartfelt condolences to the family members of the victims. He said that…
Bhopal, 29/6: Posters by the Congress, accusing Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of corruption, emerged across Bhopal, drawing a stern warning from digital payments company PhonePe which has objected to the use of its logo in the posters. As the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress rev up their election machinery…
New Delhi, 29/6: Waterlogging and traffic jams were witnessed in several parts of the national capital after a heavy rain lashed the city Thursday morning. According to the traffic police, the area near the Jamia Metro Station was submerged in water. Waterlogging issues were also reported from Sarai Kale Khan, South Extension,…
Agartala, 29/6: Six people died and 15 others were injured as a Rath caught fire after coming in contact with a high-tension wire in Tripura’s Unakoti district on Wednesday, police said. The incident happened around 4.30 pm in Kumarghat area during the ‘Ulta Rath Yatra’ festival of Lord Jagannath, they said. During this…
Washington DC, 29/6: Davidson Kempner Capital Management isn’t fully disbursing a $250 million loan it had extended to the Indian ed-tech firm Byju’s as the US hedge fund reviews the lending decision in light of an escalating crisis at the company, according to people familiar with the matter. The fund, which manages more than…
Washington DC, 29/6: Ajay Banga, the President of the World Bank, has been named by a prestigious philanthropic organisation to its annual “Great Immigrants” list of honourees who have enriched and strengthened America and its democracy through their contributions and actions Banga, who became World Bank chief in June 2023, is the first-ever Indian American…
Washington DC, 29/6: Apple’s stock climbed to an intra-day record high on Wednesday, and was on the cusp of ending the session for the first time with a market capitalization above $3 trillion. The iPhone maker’s shares rose as much as 1 per cent to $189.90, their highest ever. With the stock last…
Mumbai, 28/6: In what could be dubbed as a gift to the people of Maharashtra on its first anniversary, the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government on Wednesday announced the flagship health insurance scheme which would cover the entire 12.5 crore population of the western Indian state besides approving investment proposals worth Rs 40,000 crore which will…
