Patna, 20/5: In a show of opposition unity, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah attended the swearing-in ceremony of Siddaramaiah as the Karnataka Chief Minister on Saturday. Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi was not present during the…
Kolkata, 20/5:On a day when her nephew has been called in for questioning by the CBI, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted that the centre’s “agency-raj” has made her task of running the state challenging. She ostensibly took to the social media site, on the occasion of the anniversary of her party…
Hyderabad, 20/5: The ruling party in Telangana- Bharat Rashtra Samithi- has slammed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government over the announcement by the Reserve Bank of India to withdraw Rs 2,000 denomination currency notes from circulationThe RBI on Friday night announced withdrawal of Rs 2,000 currency notes from circulation and said existing notes in…
Sikkim, 20/5: The Indian Army rescued 500 stranded tourists, including 54 children, in Sikkim as torrential rain in parts of the Himalayan state caused landslides and roadblocks, a defence official said on Saturday. Heavy rain was witnessed in Lachen, Lachung and Chungthang on Friday and as a result of this, approximately 500 tourists,…
New Delhi, 19/5: The government on Friday said no TCS will be levied on international spending of up to Rs 7 lakh a year by using debit or credit cards. Facing backlash from a wide section of people, the Finance Ministry said the move is aimed at removing procedural ambiguity with regard to…
New Delhi, 19/5: India’s government plans to take action against Alphabet Inc’s Google after an antitrust watchdog last year found the group to have abused its market position by indulging in anti-competitive practices, a top IT minister told Reuters. India’s antitrust body in October fined Google $275 million in two cases, which involved abusing its…
New Delhi, 19/5: In a big development, RBI has decided to withdraw Rs 2000 currency note from circulation but it will continue to be a legal tender.
New Delhi, 19/5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, broadcaster CNN-News 18 reported on Friday, their first meeting since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. News of the meeting came hours after Modi left New Delhi for Hiroshima, where he will…
New Delhi, 19/5: The Reserve Bank on Friday approved Rs 87,416 crore dividend payout to the central government for 2022-23, nearly triple of what it paid in the previous year. The dividend payout was Rs 30,307 crore for accounting year 2021-22. The decision was taken at the 602nd meeting of the Central…
New Delhi, 19/5: Kiren Rijiju on Friday assumed charge as Earth Sciences Minister and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving him an opportunity to handle various portfolios. Rijiju, who was removed as Law Minister on Thursday, refused to answer questions about his previous ministry contending that they were no longer relevant and…
