New Delhi, 27/6: The Congress on Tuesday staged a demonstration against the AAP government in Delhi over a hike in power tariffs in the national capital. The monthly electricity bills of the majority of domestic consumers in Delhi — who use more than 200 and up to 600 units — will be hiked by up…
Beijing, 27/6: China’s economic growth in the second quarter will be higher than the first and was projected to reach the annual economic growth target of around 5 per cent, China’s Premier Li Qiang told delegates at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin on Tuesday. As factory output slows amid weak external and domestic demand,…
New York, 27/6:Diwali, the festival of lights, will now be enshrined as a school holiday in New York City, authorities announced here and described it as a “victory” for the city’s residents, including the Indian community. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he was proud that the State Assembly and the State…
Ahmedabad, 26/6: India leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi has changed his state team ahead of the new domestic season, moving from Rajasthan to Gujarat. “” Bishnoi, who represented his home side Rajasthan in the domestic circuit, will next turn out for Gujarat, and is likely to pair up with veteran spinner Piyush Chawla in his new…
Manipur, 26/6: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has expressed concern over the changing nature of violence in the northeastern state. The union home minister is reportedly concerned over the shifting of violence and civil unrest from peripheral areas to districts in the Imphal valley. The changing nature…
Telengana, 26/6: As many as 35 BRS leaders, including former MP Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and ex-minister Telangana government Jupally Krishna Rao, joined the Congress and met the party’s top leadership here on Monday. The Bharat Rashtra Samithi leaders formally joined the Congress in the presence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul…
New Delhi, 26/6: The Chief Executive Officer of Bharti Airtel’s enterprise arm Airtel Business, Ajay Chitkara, has resigned from the company, according to a filing. Following the resignation, Bharti Airtel has restructured leadership in the enterprise arm by dividing it into three segments. “Ajay Chitkara, CEO Airtel Business, has decided to move on from…
New Delhi, 26/6: The Reserve Bank of India will likely start cutting the policy repo rate in early 2024 once headline inflation eases toward the 4 per cent target, S&P Global Ratings said. “In India, under the assumption of normal monsoons, we expect headline consumer inflation to soften to 5 per cent in…
Tiruchi, 26/6: Five people died on the spot while 43 others were injured after a car collided with a bus in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchi district, police said on Monday. According to the police, the accident occurred on Sunday night and victims — P Nagarathinam, Muthamil Selvan, G Manikandan, R Ayyappan, S Deenadhayalan — were all…
Shimla, 26/6: Hundreds of commuters were stranded near Aut in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district as the Chandigarh-Manali highway was blocked following flash floods and landslides, officials said on Monday. Flash floods were witnessed in Khotinallah near Aut on the Pandoh–Kullu stretch due to a heavy downpour and the commuters have been stranded since Sunday evening….
