Mumbai, 27/5:The Reserve Bank of India’s expenditure surged as it tucked away more money towards a contingency fund, its annual report showed, development economists said cut the central bank’s surplus and led to the smallest dividend payout in a decade to the government. While income rose by 20.1% in the financial year to March…
New Delhi, 27/5:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said there was an environment of “indifference” towards the use of technology in governance before 2014 due to which the poor and the middle class suffered the most. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating India’s biggest drone festival in Delhi, he said the enthusiasm being seen…
J&K, 27/5:In a major development, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday issued summons to National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah asking him to appear before the investigators at its headquarters in Delhi on May 31, r
New Delhi, 27/5:Observing that human decency and dignity extend to sex workers and their children, the Supreme Court has directed police forces in all states and Union territories to treat sex workers with dignity and not to abuse them, verbally or physically. Issuing a slew of directions, a bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao,…
New Delhi, 27/5:In a swift action, the Centre Thursday shunted IAS couple Sanjeev Khirwar and Anu Dugga to Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh respectively following media reports suggesting misuse of official position by them, officials said here. In an order, the Home Ministry said Khirwar, a 1994-batch IAS officer from AGMUT cadre, is shifted…
New Delhi, 26/5: Newly appointed Lt Governor of Delhi Vinai Kumar Saxena on Thursday spoke about recent incidents of communal riots in the city and recited a poem to give a message of love and peace, asking people to let go of violence. Saxena in his address to media after taking oath as…
New Delhi, 26/5: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested the main accused in the April 22 Sunjwan terror attack case from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on May 25. A spokesperson of the NIA on Thursday identified the accused as Abid Ahmad Mir son of Mushtaq Ahmad Mir of Putrigam, Rajpora in Pulwama, who…
Mangalore, 26/5: Students of Mangalore University College staged a protest in the campus against wearing the Hijab in classrooms. They accused the Principal of failing to prevent over 40 Muslim girls from removing the Hijab before entering the college. The students also condemned the college’s failure in not implementing the Karnataka High…
Hyderabad, 26/5: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Thursday morning left for Bengaluru, just hours ahead of the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is the second time in the last four months that KCR has avoided meeting Modi during the latter’s visit to Hyderabad. Earlier in February, PM was…
UP, 26/5:With an eye on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Thursday tabled a budget of Rs 6,15,518.97 crore for the financial year 2022-23. This is almost double the size of the Rs 3,46,935 crore budget presented by the Akhilesh Yadav government for the…
