New Delhi, 30/9: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday apologised for the distorted map of India in his manifesto with parts of Jammu and Kashmir omitted. Re the troll storm on a manifesto map: No one does such things on purpose. A small team of volunteers made a mistake. We rectified it immediately & I…
Canada, 10/7:Lakshya Sen beat reigning All England Champion Li Shi Feng to win the Canada Open final in straight games 21-18, 22-20 at Calgary on Sunday night. This is his first BWF World Tour title of the year and the first since India Open last year. Sen was trailing by four points in the…
New Delhi, 8/6:The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday hiked benchmark lending rates by 50 basis points to control skyrocketing prices of food, fuel and other commodities, governor Shaktikanta Das announced as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which started its deliberations on Monday, concluded its review. RBI raised the repo rate, or the…
Mumbai: The MPC (monetary policy committee) decided unanimously to reduce the policy rate by 25 basis points, from 6.5% to 6.25%: RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra. Making a statement on Monetary Policy, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra says, “The MPC noted that inflation has declined, supported by a favourable outlook on food and continuing… MPC also decided unanimously…
New Delhi, 1/9: A SpiceJet flight that took off for Nashik in Maharashtra from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Thursday morning returned midway to the city due to an ‘autopilot’ snag, a DGCA official said. The Boeing 737 aircraft landed safely, he said. “SpiceJet B737 aircraft VT-SLP, operating flight SG-8363…
Bangiriposi: Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Minister Dr Krushna Chandra Mohapatra yesterday expressed his anger over delay in roadwork in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha.Dissatisfied over the delay in work he reportedly said the concerned authorities over phone that they should be lodged in ‘jail’ for such negligence, as many road mishaps are going on and people…
Hyderabad, 12/1:Well-known actor of Bollywood and South films Siddharth (Siddharth) had made a ‘lewd and inappropriate’ tweet against badminton player Saina Nehwal, after which Saina Nehwal’s father and his fans on social media apologized to the actor. had demanded. Seeing the strong reactions of people coming out on social media and the matter gaining momentum,…
New Delhi, 14/6:Opposition on Wednesday rallied behind DMK after the arrest of its minister V Senthil Balaji with parties strongly condemning the action by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and describing it as “political harassment and vendetta” by the Modi government. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said none of them in the Opposition would be intimidated by…
Guwahati, ,19/10: Amid the growing criticism over the investigation into iconic singer Zubeen Garg’s sudden death, ruling BJP in Assam is faced with other multiple challenges in the run upto Assembly elections—from confusion over its ties with ally United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL), strong agitation by the ethnic communities and tea garden voters besides resignation…
Kerala, 11/4: Thousands of people, including UDF leaders and workers, turned up on Tuesday at Kalpetta in this border district of Kerala to welcome Rahul Gandhi, who arrived here along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi after his disqualification as an MP. While hundreds of UDF workers lined up at Kalpetta here for the roadshow…
