New Delhi, 9/1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is considering doubling the annual payout to landowning female farmers to Rs 12,000 ($144), three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, a move likely to appeal to women voters ahead of a general election. The plan is likely to be announced in the budget on…
Mumbai, 9/1: After its negotiations with the RJD and the AAP, the Congress on Tuesday held talks with its allies in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh on seat sharing for the Lok Sabha elections and green-lighted the induction of the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujn Agadhi as an ally. Sources said a decision was taken to accede…
Kolkata,9/1: Music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan, who had been undergoing treatment at a Kolkata-based hospital for prostate cancer, died at a city hospital this afternoon, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said. He was 55. “We tried our best but failed. He passed away at around 3:45 pm,” an official of the private hospital where…
Subarnapur, 9/1: –Mao poster was found in Nurpa chhak area of Manamunda bypass road in Boudh district on Tuesday morning. Police has not reached the spot till the time of writing. According to news , Mao from KKBN division at Nurpa chhak under Manamunda police station of Boudh district. The poster is thrown on the…
London, 9/1: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in London on Monday for a three-day visit focusing on all aspects of the India-UK Defence Partnership and to hold high-level discussions covering a wide range of defence, security and industrial cooperation issues. Singh is accompanied by a Ministry of Defence delegation comprised of senior officials from the…
Thiruvananthapuram, 9/1: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday came out with a slew of suggestions, including laws to regulate ownership of news organisations by a political or business entity, to ensure responsible journalism and a free press in the country. Speaking at the N Ramachandran Foundation award ceremony here, the Thiruvananthapuram MP said India was…
New Delhi, 8/1: The Congress and the AAP on Monday held the first round of discussions on seat sharing for the Lok Sabha elections, with the former saying both will fight the elections together as I.N.D.I.A partners. The two parties also decided to meet again in a few days to finalize the arrangements. The meeting…
Mumbai, 8/1: Sony Group Corp is planning to call off the merger pact of its India unit with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, said people familiar with the matter, capping two years of drama and delay in creating a $10 billion media giant. The Japanese conglomerate is looking to cancel the deal due to a standoff…
Mumbai, 8/1: Two individuals found themselves in a legal mess after attempting to gain access to Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s Panvel farmhouse. The incident took place on January 4. Both culprits, identified as Ajesh Kumar Omprakash Gill and Gurusevak Singh Tejsing, hailed from other states and had travelled to Mumbai with a singular ambition: to…
Kolkata, 8/1: The row over the attacks on ED teams in West Bengal escalated with the agency on Monday saying that the state police registered an FIR only under bailable and non-scheduled offences in the incident in Sandeshkhali and has not provided a copy of the complaint to it It said a ‘similar incident’ again…
