Ranchi, 14/4: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested seven people, including a government officer, after it conducted raids in Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged land grab case, official sources said Friday. Those taken into custody have been identified as Afshar Ali, Imtiaz Ahmed, Pradeep…
New Delhi, 14/4: India’s financial system remains “completely” insulated from the recent developments in the US and Switzerland, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said, asserting that the country’s banking system is resilient, stable and healthy. The governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) told a press conference here on Thursday that at the…
Turkey, 14/4: The Turkish State Mint has reduced the size of the coins of lira, the Turkish currency, to deal with the rising minting costs, local media reported. The one-lira and half-lira coins are now half millimetre thinner and have a different composition of copper, zinc and nickel, the NTV reported on Thursday….
Ahmedabad, 13/4: Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl first against Punjab Kings in their Indian Premier League match here on Thursday. Veteran pacer Mohit Sharma, who last played in the IPL for Delhi Capitals in 2020, will make his debut for GT. PBKS made two changes with Kagiso…
Telengana, 13/4: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will be unveiling the 125-ft tall statue of B R Ambedkar here on Friday, the birth anniversary of the architect of the Constitution, on a grand scale. Rao recently held a meeting with Ministers and officials with regard to the inauguration of the giant Ambedkar statue, the…
Uttarakhand, 13/4: A staff member at a local de-addiction centre allegedly tortured a 25-year-old inmate to death, officials said on Thursday. Siddharth, the victim, was allegedly kept hungry, not given water and beaten with a baton by the accused staff member till he fainted on Monday night. He was found dead on…
New Delhi, 13/4: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, including the Line of Control and International Border, sources said. Shah was given a detailed presentation on the prevailing law-and-order situation in Jammu and Kashmir by security officials of the central government and the union…
Noida,13/4: Smartphone maker Vivo on Thursday said it will invest Rs 1,100 crore more by the end of 2023 to scale up its manufacturing capacity in the country, and that production in its upcoming unit at Greater Noida is expected to commence by early 2024 Vivo India also said it is “on track” to export…
New Delhi, 13/4: There have been growing concerns across India with Covid-19 increasing again after a lull of months, but health officials say that this is not a worrying trend. Government officials told The Times of India that Covid-19 cases will continue to rise for 10-12 days and will start falling after that. They added…
New Delhi, 13/4: Apple Inc assembled more than $7 billion of iPhones in India last fiscal year, tripling production in the world’s fastest-growing smartphone arena after accelerating a move beyond China. The US company now makes almost 7 per cent of its iPhones in India through expanding partners from Foxconn Technology Group to Pegatron…
