Bengaluru, 3/9: The Enforcement Directorate Saturday said it conducted raids at six premises of online payment gateways such as Razorpay, Paytm and Cashfree in Bengaluru over alleged irregularities in instant app-based loans “controlled” by Chinese persons. The searches that started Friday as part of an ongoing probe are still underway, the agency said…
New Delhi, 3/9: India has overtaken the UK to become the world’s fifth-largest economy and is now behind only the US, China, Japan and Germany, according to IMF projections. A decade back, India was ranked 11th among the large economies while the UK was at the fifth position. With record-beating expansion in…
New Delhi, 3/9: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday appealed to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Gujarat to work for his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) while staying in the ruling party. Kejriwal said BJP workers should continue to get “payment” from the BJP but work for AAP “from inside”. Addressing…
Manipur, 3/9: Five out of the six MLAs belonging to JD(U) merged with the ruling BJP in Manipur, days after the Nitish Kumar-led party parted ways with the saffron party in Bihar. The merger of the JD(U) MLAs took BJP’s tally to 37 in the Assembly of 60. The development comes amid…
Washington DC, 3/9: The United States on Friday announced a $1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, vowing to keep boosting the island’s defenses as tensions soar with Beijing, which warned Washington of “counter-measures.” The sale comes a month after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defiantly visited the self-governing democracy, prompting mainland China to launch…
Chilika, 3/9:The Indian Navy has taken a giant leap in its tryst for self reliance in defence by the commissioning of its first indigenous air craft carrier INS Vikrant on 02 Sep 22 at Kochi. In order to commemorate the momentous occasion, a Sand Art on theme “INS Vikrant” was put on display at…
Colombo, 3/9: Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday returned to the country from Thailand, nearly two months after he fled the country following a massive uprising against his government over the island nation’s worst-ever economic crisis. Rajapaksa, 73, fled the country on July 13 after months-long mass public demonstrations demanding his immediate resignation…
Kabul, 2/9: An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 18 people, including a prominent cleric, Taliban officials and a local medic said. At least 21 people were hurt. The blast went off in the Guzargah Mosque in the western city of Herat during Friday noon…
Mumbai, 2/9: The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Friday suspended the party’s local leader Vinod Argile who has been caught on camera slapping and assaulting a woman. Argile is the Mumbai Up-Vibhag pramukh of the MNS. “We were disturbed after the video came to our notice,” senior MNS leader and former minister…
New Delhi, 2/9: India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was on Friday ruled out of the remainder of the Asia Cup due to a knee injury and Axar Patel will replace him in the squad. Jadeja had made a significant contribution in India’s tournament opener against Pakistan. “The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Axar Patel…
