Mumbai, 14/3: Digital payments firm Paytm, formally known as One 97 Communications, was on Thursday granted a third-party application provider license by India’s payments authority, which will enable it to facilitate payments after its banking unit ceases operations. The license will allow customers to continue using the Paytm app for payments through India’s popular unified…
Patna, 14/3:Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was on Thursday declared elected unopposed to the state Legislative Council for a fourth consecutive term. Besides Kumar, 10 candidates from different parties, who had stood in the biennial polls to 11 seats of the Legislative Council, were declared elected unopposed on the last date for withdrawal of nomination…
New Delhi, 14/3: Government on Thursday said it has taken action to block 18 OTT platforms and social media accounts associated with them for publishing obscene, vulgar and in some instances pornographic content. In a statement, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said 18 OTT platforms and 19 websites, 10 apps associated with them.
New Delhi, 14/3: The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday released its first list of eight candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Punjab. The list includes Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Laljit Singh Bhullar, Sushil Kumar Rinku, Gurpreet Singh GP, Karamjeet Anmol, Gurmeet Singh Khudian, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and Dr Balbir Singh.
New Delhi, 14/3: A meeting for the appointment of the Election Commissioner will be held at Delhi’s Lok Kalyan Marg on Thursday, ANI reported, citing sources. Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Choudhary will reportedly participate in the meeting expected to be held in noon. This comes as the Supreme Court on Wednesday…
New Delhi, 14/3: The high-level committee on simultaneous polls headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind is likely to submit its report on ‘one nation, one election’ on Thursday, it is learnt. Though there was no official word yet, sources said the report could be submitted to President Droupadi Murmu. The panel may recommend amending…
Mumbai, 13/3: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday said it has imposed a penalty of Rs 1.4 crore on Bank of India for non-compliance with certain regulatory norms It has also imposed a penalty of Rs 29.55 lakh on private sector lender Bandhan Bank for non-compliance with certain directions.
Patna, 13/3: LJP (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Wednesday said his party has finalised a seat-sharing formula with the BJP for the Lok Sabha polls. Paswan announced this after a meeting with BJP chief J P Nadda here. “All my concerns have been addressed by the BJP. I am satisfied,” he told reporters. He…
New Delhi, 13/3: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its second list of 72 candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections that are due in April or May this year. Anurag Thakur has been fielded from Hamirpur, while Union Minister Piyush Goyal will contest from Mumbai South. Nitin Gadkari to fight from Nagpur…
New Delhi, 13/3: The Election Commission has received details from the State Bank of India (SBI) related to the electoral bonds and will share all relevant information ‘in time’, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said here on Wednesday. The assertion comes in the wake of the Supreme Court directing the SBI to submit the details…
