Mumbai, 9/2: Paytm parent One97 Communications on Friday said it would form a group advisory committee on compliance and regulatory matters The committee will be headed by Meleveetil Damodaran, former chairman of India’s markets regulator, and “will work closely with the board,” Paytm said in a press release. The Reserve Bank of India last week…
Uttarakhand, 9/2:Uttarakhand DGP Abhinav Kumar on Friday said action under the stringent National Security Act will be taken against those who attacked police personnel and indulged in arson and vandalism in Haldwani. The DGP along with ADG (law and order) AP Anshuman visited the violence-hit town in Nainital district to assess the situation in consultation…
New Delhi, 9/2: Former Prime Ministers Charan Singh and P V Narasimha Rao as well as renowned agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan were chosen for Bharat Ratna on Friday, in what is seen as Narendra Modi government’s electoral messaging ahead of Lok Sabha polls. The fresh set of awardees comes days after Prime Minister Narendra…
Mumbai, 9/1: Police have detained a person named Mehul in the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader firing case in Dahisar, and an interrogation is under way, news agency ANI reported. After investigating the incident spot for about 7 hours, the police recovered a pistol, a live cartridge and CCTV footage, Mumbai police said. ‘Social Activist’ Mauris…
Uttarakhand, 9/2: Four people died and more than 100 police personnel suffered injuries in violence that ensued over the demolition of an “illegally built” madrasa and an adjoining mosque in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani, an official told news agency ANI. As a bulldozer razed the “illegally built” madrasa and the mosque on Thursday, mobs hurled stones at…
New Delhi, 8/2: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the legal question whether a state government is empowered to make a sub-classification in scheduled castes and scheduled tribes for grant of reservation in admissions and public jobs. A seven-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud heard submissions from Attorney…
Bhubaneswar, 8/2:In preparation for the success of the inaugural auction of Critical and Strategic Minerals, launched by Shri Pralhad Joshi, Hon’ble Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines, on November 29, 2023, a roadshow was organized by the Ministry of Mines, Govt of India, for the regional engagement with the prospective bidders at Bhubaneswar…
New Delhi, 8/2:In a sarcastic jibe at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge for coming out with a ‘black paper’ against his government and referred to it as ‘kaala teeka’ (to ward off the evil eye) in the midst of good work done by his government. Kharge released a…
Chennai, 8/2: A few private schools here received a bomb threat through email on Thursday, police said, and appealed to the public not to panic. The incident, however, coerced parents to rush to schools to pick up their children. Claiming that efforts were on to trace the culprit responsible for issuing the email threat to…
Thiruvananthapuram, 8/2: A democracy envisaged as a union of states is being “crippled” by the Centre’s “undemocratic Union over States” mentality, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in New Delhi on Thursday, as he led a protest against the Centre’s alleged neglect towards the southern state on finaSpearheading the ruling Left’s protest, Vijayan criticised the…
