New Delhi, 8/4: The Opposition will not leave the Presidential and Vice Presidential elections uncontested and will soon start looking for a common candidate who could pose an ideological challenge to the BJP-RSS. Leaders in the Opposition are clear that there is little chance for a consensus candidate for the post of President…
Islambad, 7/4: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has given a big blow to Imran Khan. The Supreme Court has restored the National Assembly and ordered to convene a meeting of the National Assembly on 9 April. In this, the next government of Pakistan will be decided by the no-confidence motion. The Supreme Court has declared…
Delhi, 7/4: A Delhi court on Thursday directed the CBI to withdraw a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against the chair of Amnesty International India Board Aakar Patel in a case of an alleged violation of the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act and apologise to him. The court said a “written apology” from Director…
New Delhi, 7/3: India on Thursday asserted that it has established economic relations with Russia and political colouring should not be attributed to the engagement. The comments by External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi came in response to questions on growing criticism of New Delhi by several Western powers on its trade ties…
AP, 7/4: All 24 Ministers of the Andhra Pradesh cabinet on Thursday submitted their resignation to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy ahead of the proposed reorganisation of the Council of Ministers. The incumbent Ministers put in their papers at the meeting of the Cabinet, which was their last, official sources said. They remained…
Mumbai, 7/4: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that Maharashtra’s former home minister Anil Deshmukh was the “mastermind and brain” behind the money laundering conspiracy and that he had misused his official position to amass wealth. The agency also alleged that Deshmukh exercised undue influence to pass favourable transfers and…
Mumbai, 7/4: Walmart-owned Flipkart has internally raised its IPO valuation target by around a third to $60-70 billion, and now plans a US listing in 2023 instead of this year, two sources with direct knowledge of the plan told Reuters. Flipkart, which competes with Amazon.com Inc in India’s booming e-commerce space, had earlier…
Washington DC, 7/4: Amid the ongoing unrest in Sri Lanka owing to its economic crisis, the United States on Wednesday advised its citizens against travelling to the island nation, pointing to the fuel and medicine shortages there, besides the Covid-19 and terror threats. Reconsider travel to Sri Lanka due to Covid-19 and fuel and medicine…
New Delhi, 7/4: For the first time since April 1, petrol and diesel prices in the country remained unchanged on Thursday. Petrol in Bengaluru stands at Rs 111.09 per litre, while diesel prices in the state capital are at Rs 94.79 per litre.
New Delhi, 7/4: Confusion reigned supreme on Wednesday on what reportedly was India’s first case of XE variant of SARS-CoV-2 with the Centre rejecting the Maharashtra government and BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation’s claims of detecting such a variant in the western metropolis. The patient is a 50-year-old lady costume designer who works in the…
