Mumbai, 11/9: The Maharashtra government wants to give quota to the Maratha community which will be foolproof and stands legal scrutiny but it won’t take any hasty decision, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Monday ahead of the all-party meeting. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the government will try for broad consensus on how…
Mumbai, 11/10: Byju’s, which is grappling with multiple legal and financial woes, has proposed to repay its entire $1.2 billion (Rs 9,940 crore) term loan in less than six months, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company is offering to repay $300 million (Rs 2,486 crores) in the next…
New Delhi,11/9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held wide-ranging talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, focussing on shoring up bilateral trade and defence ties. Bin Salman is currently on a State visit to India following end of the G20 Summit. Ahead of the talks, the Crown Prince was accorded…
Washington DC, 11/9: Novak Djokovic battled past Daniil Medvedev 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3 and into the tennis record books on Sunday, winning the US Open to equal Margaret Court’s record haul of 24 Grand Slams. The victory, his fourth in 10 Flushing Meadows finals, capped another remarkable Grand Slam campaign for Djokovic with wins at the…
Kashmir,11/9:Security forces detected an IED-like object in Pattan area of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday following which traffic on the Srinagar-Baramulla national highway was temporarily suspended, officials said. The suspected IED, kept in a bag, was found by the forces at Hanjiveera on the national highway in early hours, they said. They said while the…
Mumbai, 10/9: More than two months after he joined the BJP-led NDA coalition, senior NCP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said that one of the main reasons for the switch from the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi was to get the work of people done. “It was all about getting the work of people…
Andhra, 10/9: Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu has been sent to 14 days judicial custody till September 23 in connection with the multi-crore skill development scam. The former chief minister was arrested in connection with the alleged Skill Development Corporation scam after a pre-dawn police operation at Gnanapuram in…
Colombo, 10/9: A spell of heavy rain halted play in the marquee Asia Cup clash between India and Pakistan on Sunday. India were 147 for two in 24.1 overs when rain lashed the Premadasa Stadium. Virat Kohli and K L Rahul were batting on 8 and 17 respectively after openers Rohit Sharma (56) and Shubman…
Kolkata, 10/9: Senior BJP leader from West Bengal Dilip Ghosh on Sunday said that India will be renamed as Bharat and statues of foreigners in Kolkata will be removed. The Medinipur MP said that those against the change of name can leave the country. Speaking at the ‘Chai pe Charcha’ programme in Kharagpur city, which…
Islamabad, 10/9: Pakistan, in a bid to revive its ailing economy, has introduced a new visa policy to attract business communities from across the world to invest in the cash-strapped country. The decision was taken in the two-day consultation meeting held under the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC); a civil-military hybrid body set up by…
