Colombo, 23/7: The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday said it would formally apologise to the island nation’s Muslim minority community for its controversial cremation policy adopted during the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The mandatory order taken in 2020 to cremate the bodies of COVID-19 victims, which denied minority communities, including Muslims, their religious rights,…
New Delhi, 23/7: An aggressive Opposition on Tuesday pounced on Narendra Modi government’s latest budget calling it a ‘Kursi Bachao’ budget that “did not provide” any concrete proposals to tackle price rise, unemployment and farmers’ issue while trying to unsuccessfully copy ideas from them
New Delhi, 23/7: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that there would be no re-examination for NEET-UG, after hearing a bunch of petitions, Bar and Bench reported. Fact that leak in NEET-UG 2024 took place at Hazaribagh and Patna is not in dispute, the SC said.
New Delhi, 23/7: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday tabled the Union Budget 2024-25 in the Lok Sabha. Among the many announcements, she has proposed no income tax within earnings up to Rs 3 lakh per annum. Here are other proposals she made regarding those opting for the new tax regime: Rs 0-3…
Bhubaneswar, 23/7: In a major development, Talsara MLA Bhabani Shankar Bhoi files his nomination for Deputy Speaker in presence of CM Mohan Majhi, DY CMs and ministers at the state assembly in Bhubaneswar.
New Delhi, 22/7: Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced new mechanism for facilitating continuation of bank credit to MSMEs during their stress period without collateral or third party guarantee as she set out to present the Union Budget 2024. The limit for Mudra loans have also been increased from Rs 10 lakh to Rs…
Bengaluru,;22/7: The special court for cases involving MPs/MLAs on Monday granted conditional bail to JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna in a case of alleged sexual harassment to two men. Special court judge Santhosh Gajanan Bhat allowed the bail application filed by Suraj Revanna, son of former minister and Holenarasipura MLA HD Revanna.
Mumbai, 22/7: Indian Navy’s frontline frigate INS Brahmaputra was severely damaged and listed in an incident of major fire while under repair at the Naval dockyard in Mumbai. One junior sailor on board was reported missing. The fire started on Sunday evening and was brought under control on Monday morning, according to Indian Navy officials….
Islamabad, ,22)7: Singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has been arrested by Dubai police over a defamation complaint by his former manager Salman Ahmed, news agency ANI reported on Tuesday, quoting Pakistan’s Geo News. According to the ANI report, Rahat and his former manager Ahmed had some longstanding dispute due to which, Ahmed submitted complaints against…
Mumbai, 22/7: Amid the widening rift between the Marathas and OBCs, veteran politician and NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar met Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday. Neither Pawar nor Shinde has commented on the meeting which was held at the Sahyadri Guest House at Malabar Hill here.
