Mumbai, 9/3: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is also the state Finance Minister, on Thursday presented the Eknath Shinde-led government’s first Budget for the year 2023-24 in the state Assembly. Fadnavis started reading out the budgetary allocations in the Lower House of the state legislature at 2 pm. He read out the Budgetary…
Kyiv, 9/3: Russia unleashed a massive missile barrage on cities across Ukraine early Thursday, targeting energy infrastructure facilities, Ukrainian officials and media said. Air raid sirens wailed all over Ukraine, including the capital, Kyiv, in the first such missile attack in three weeks. Ukrainian media said air defense systems were activated in multiple…
Sukma, 9/3: An encounter took place between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Thursday morning, police officials said. No casualty was reported to security personnel but some Naxalites have sustained bullet injuries in the firefight, they added. “A joint team of the Special Task Force (STF) and 208th battalion of…
Mumbai, 9/3: Veteran actor and filmmaker Satish Kaushik – who essayed loveable characters like “Calendar” in Mr. India and “Pappu Pager” in Deewana Mastana – passed away in Mumbai on Thursday. Kausik was 66. He is survived by wife and daughter. Kaushik was an alumnus of National School of Drama, New Delhi…
Mumbai, 8/3: Capital markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday asked all investors to link their PAN with Aadhaar number by March-end for continual and smooth transactions in the securities market. Non-compliance with this directive would be considered non-KYC compliant, and there could be restrictions on securities and other transactions until the Permanent Account Number…
Ahmedabad, 8/3: The Adani Group has repaid a Rs 4,000 crore ($500 million) bridge loan due Thursday, according to people with knowledge of the matter, adding to a slew of other payments as the Indian conglomerate works to restore confidence in its financial health after a scathing short seller report. The money was released to…
New Delhi 8/2: Rejecting the Aam Aadmi Party’s allegations as “unfounded”, the Delhi Prison authorities on Wednesday said former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia has been lodged in a ward of Central Jail No. 1 of Tihar where there are a minimum number of inmates and no gangsters. The response was issued by the jail…
Kolkata, 8/2: A 24-year-old woman has been arrested for smoking in the lavatory of a Bengaluru-bound flight. Priyanka Chakraborty, of Sealdah district, West Bengal, was caught smoking inside the lavatory of IndiGo flight number 6E 716 late on Sunday night. The plane took off from Kolkata at 9.50 pm and landed in Bengaluru more…
Mumbai, 8/3: Sensex on Wednesday declined 297.55 points to 59,926.91 points in the early trade, while Nifty fell 103.95 points to 17,607.60 points. Meanwhile, rupee fell 37 paise to 82.29 against US dollar in early trade. More details are awaited.
New Delhi, 7/3: President Droupadi Murmu has accepted the resignations of Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and minister Satyendra Jain, both currently in Tihar jail in alleged corruption and money laundering cases respectively. The president also appointed Aam Aadmi Party MLAs Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi Marlena as ministers in the Delhi government…
