New Delhi, 1/2: Presented on Sunday for the first time and prepared in a new office but printed in the press in the old office, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman created Parliamentary records when she presented her ninth consecutive budget Nirmala, India’s only second woman Finance Minister after Indira Gandhi, had presented the budgets on Saturday…
Thiruvantpuram, 31/1: Arshdeep Singh snapped up a fifer while Ishan Kishan slammed a century as India romped to a big win against New Zealand on Saturday in the 5th T20I at Thiruvananthapuram. After losing the 4th match at Visakhapatnam, Suryakumar Yadav and co stormed back strongly in this match to win the series 4-1. After…
London, 31/1: After President Donald Trump shocked the world last week by threatening Europe with economic pain, humiliating its politicians and excoriating their values, leaders from across the Continent wrestled with the fallout the next day at an emergency dinner meeting in Brussels. The dishes were neat and traditional — chicken supreme, a classic French…
Mumbai: NCP’s Sunetra Pawar was appointed as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister on Saturday – the first woman to hold the position since the formation of the state 66 years ago. After assuming the charge, she expressed her feelings on social media, saying she would carry forward the legacy and ideals of her late husband Ajit…
Siliguri, 31/1: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday slammed the TMC government in West Bengal, alleging that no other administration in the country was as corrupt as the Mamata Banerjee-led regime. Addressing a meeting of BJP workers in Siliguri, he also accused the state government of obstructing border security measures, and failing to provide…
New York/New Delhi, 31/1: Billionaire Gautam Adani and his nephew, Sagar Adani, have agreed to receive a legal notice from the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a civil fraud lawsuit alleging they misled investors about a bribery scheme, according to a court filing. The stipulation is subject to court approval. In a filing in…
Twenty women drivers holding valid Heavy Motor Vehicle (HMV) licences departed for Pune today to undergo a 14-day advanced training programme at the OEM EKKA Mobility plant. Sponsored and supported technically by GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), the training will run from February 2 to February 15, focusing on electric bus handling, advanced driving…
More than 200 people died after the Rubaya coltan mine collapsed in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marking one of the deadliest mining disasters in recent years.The collapse occurred on Wednesday, but the full scale of casualties became clear by Friday. Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, spokesperson for the rebel-appointed governor of North Kivu,…
Thiruvananthapuram, 31/1: Sanju Samson would expect passionate home support to lift his game even as India fret over Axar Patel’s fitness when they wind up their T20 World Cup preparations in the fifth and final T20 International against New Zealand here on Saturday. India were in experimental mode in the fourth T20I at Visakhapatnam, sticking…
Mumbai, 31/1: Days after Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash at his hometown of Baramati, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has initiated the process to anoint his wife Sunetra Pawar as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister. If everything goes as per plan, Maharashtra will get its first woman deputy chief minister, over the weekend. The…
